I have taken almost a year long break from reading fiction to focus on non-fiction. I am ready to start reading fiction again, but after such a long break I have no idea where to start.

Here are some books I have enjoyed in the past:

  • Dragon’s Egg (Robert L. Forward)
  • The Damned Trilogy (Alan Dean Foster)
  • Mage Errant series (John Bierce)
  • Cradle series (Will Wight)
  • Gods of Blood and Powder (Brian Mckellan)
  • The Spiral Wars (Joel Shepard)
  • Basically everything Brandon Sanderson has written
    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      4 months ago

      I am hoping I missed something and this isn’t just a glaring plot hole… But do you know how the Rain Wild Traders originally got to the rain wild lands? Supposedly the only way is up the river with a live ship, but live ships only existed because of the logs from the Rain Wilds. Seems like a chicken and the egg situation.

      • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I have no idea if this is a spoiler or not…

        spoiler

        but I’m pretty sure people were living in The Rain Wilds before the river turned acidic.

        It has been a while since I read them though. I will say I don’t remember feeling perturbed about any plot holes when I finished so I assume it is explained at some point.

        • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
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          3 months ago

          So now I am on the City of Dragons, so quite a ways into this elderling world… Does it ever come together? It seems so disjointed when you jump to the Six Duchies back to Bingtown between each trilogy. One place dragons, one place magic. Does the magic ever come to the traders? The Wit isn’t even mentioned south of Chalced.