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Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:07 am to iwyLSUiwy
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Haven't heard of Iron Prince, I'll have to look that up.
I'm assuming he was probably talking about Iron Prince by Bryce O'Connor, it's the first book of the War formed Storm weaver series (only two books out so far). It's kind of a mix of Ender's Game and Red Rising a bit, with some progression style stuff like DCC (though the non-annoying, non-distracting kind in DCC unlike some other litrpg).
It's a very good series so far, but given what you were talking about with not wanting to start unfinished series you might want to hold off for now. He took a long time to get book 2 out and 3 is taking quite a while as well. He started a publishing house right around the same time he put out Iron Prince which I think zapped his writing time. I was reading his Wings of War series which is really good too, and he was putting the books out yearly before that.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 12:58 pm to auyushu
Was looking for some stand alone fantasy to read during the series run I've been on and found quite a few obscure ones that are a little weird and dark. Anybody heard of these...
Little, Big by John Crowley (just started it)
The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir (cannot find a physical copy of this anywhere so probably have to do audible)
Little, Big by John Crowley (just started it)
The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir (cannot find a physical copy of this anywhere so probably have to do audible)
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Posted on 1/5/26 at 8:06 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Little, Big is fantastic if you can stick with writing style.
I have not read that Muir novella, but the three novels of her Locked Tomb series so far released are very good. Her characters have strong voices, which can become bruery aggressive in the dialogue. As in, the characters get close to be too annoying for some. I know this has turned off at least one friend from her work.
I have not read that Muir novella, but the three novels of her Locked Tomb series so far released are very good. Her characters have strong voices, which can become bruery aggressive in the dialogue. As in, the characters get close to be too annoying for some. I know this has turned off at least one friend from her work.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 8:50 pm to Jay Are
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have not read that Muir novella, but the three novels of her Locked Tomb series so far released are very good.
I enjoyed the first locked tomb book a decent bit, the second one not so much. I think I stopped in the middle of it. It was a slog and I didn't care for the main character of the second one, which kinda makes that sort of book hard to read. She built an interesting universe with that series, but it's not for me.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 10:33 pm to auyushu
Each of the three so far are extremely different in tone and style.
It took me half the second book to finally wrap my head around what was happening. It was definitely a case of whiplash after the more straight-forward and comedic Gideon the Ninth.
It took me half the second book to finally wrap my head around what was happening. It was definitely a case of whiplash after the more straight-forward and comedic Gideon the Ninth.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 10:14 am to Jay Are
I'm 40 pages in to Little, Big and I've gone back and re-read so many paragraphs because I'm thinking I'm completely lost or wasn't following something. Turns out that's just the writing style. It is definitely odd. but still liking it so far with the little bit I've read.
Posted on 1/6/26 at 11:25 am to iwyLSUiwy
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Little, Big
Little Big you say?
Posted on 1/7/26 at 5:13 pm to Jay Are
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was definitely a case of whiplash after the more straight-forward and comedic Gideon the Ninth.
I think for me it's more I liked Gideon as a character, and don't really like the main character of the second book all that much. Combine that with it being more of a slog plot wise and I was out.
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