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Looking for high fantasy book suggestions that aren't about preventing the world from ending in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

This is a great list, thanks so much! Farseer Trilogy looks particularly interesting

Looking for high fantasy book suggestions that aren't about preventing the world from ending in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

After a quick search on these, they look almost exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Looking for high fantasy book suggestions that aren't about preventing the world from ending in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the recommendations! I’ll check them both out

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Looking for high fantasy book suggestions that aren't about preventing the world from ending (lemm.ee)

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I really enjoy the idea of world building of high fantasy: A completely foreign place, not tied to anything like earth. I also like that the norms of current social structure can be completely turned on its head.

But what I struggle with is: a lot of popular high fantasy turns into an epic, super high stakes tale of how the world almost ended. I think that is something I've either seen too much of, or something that just takes away from other potential interesting stories that could come out of a different world.

So instead, I am looking for books where the protagonist explores/adventures through the foreign world discovering people and places within it. But there the challenges or conflicts the characters go through are personal and more relatable.

Does anyone share similar frustrations? Does anyone have any suggestions for books that I might enjoy?

Edit: Thanks everyone for your suggestions! Anyone that still comes across this tread, please feel free to add more, and hopefully it’s useful for others as well.

[Meta] How happy are you with having the community here? Would you like to move to another instance? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ve just joined the community, but I’d be happy to move across wherever. Both of the suggested instances make sense

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of Feb 9th in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Most of my gaming time recently has been The Finals. Of all the new shooters released over the past couple of years, I feel The Finals has been the one that tried the most to be its own thing. And I think that is why its earned its own dedicated fan base. I normally try play a couple rounds a day and keep it casual.

There is also a [email protected] community. It would be cool to see a Lemmy Finals community grow.

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of Feb 9th in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Disco is easily one of my favourite gaming experiences. But I agree, it does require your attention. I’d say, give it the time you can, let it consume you and enjoy the ride