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  • EntheoNaut@lemmy.mltoFantasy@lemmy.ml•Mini review: The Chronicles of Amber (ten books)English
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    26 days ago

    Children of Time is how a multitude of people discovered AT and I’m stoked for that. He deserves the praise and accolades without question. I read it after Final Architecture and just kept going, looking for the next book by him. It can be a multi year endeavor to read his entire catalogue.

    The only one that didn’t grab me was the first book of Tyrant Philosopher series so I dnf’d. I’ll comeback to it one day.

    The other novellas I adore are The Hungry Gods and Elder Race.

    Good reading and chatting my friend. Oh and my absolute favorite thing about e-books is being able to peruse the library and finding something instantaneously to read. Amazing.

  • EntheoNaut@lemmy.mltoFantasy@lemmy.ml•Mini review: The Chronicles of Amber (ten books)English
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    26 days ago

    Yep both of those great reasons for e-books. And yes AT has been my favorite contemporary author for the last few years, just discovered Mielville in 2025 and been absolutely blown away by the prose and scope of his works. Embassytown still impacts my thinking and haunts me daily.

    I started reading AT’s Final Architecture after I read The Expanse for the second time about 5 years ago and that was my first foray into his work. He’s so damn prolific and wide ranging. I still prefer FA and Dogs of War series to Children of Time, but that may be me pushing against the popularity of it.

    Shroud, Cage of Souls, Doors of Eden are my favorite novels and novellas Ogres…spacing out the 2 or 3 that really stand out. He’s an international treasure for sure.

  • EntheoNaut@lemmy.mltoFantasy@lemmy.ml•Mini review: The Chronicles of Amber (ten books)English
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    26 days ago

    I hear that…I started using the library last year and read over 50 books in 2025. I was searching for a new career and took full advantage of my time. Started a new gig a few months ago and went from a book a week to one every few months.

    Just finished Perdido Street Station by China Mielville who’s my new favorite contemporary author, right up there w Adrian Tchaikovsky and JSAC. Just starting Children of Strife today and have Faith of Beasts on deck.

    I much prefer old school analog printed books, e-books are okay and audiobooks don’t work for me.

  • EntheoNaut@lemmy.mltoFantasy@lemmy.ml•Mini review: The Chronicles of Amber (ten books)English
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    27 days ago

    I haven’t read the books since the 80s and these and Lord of the Rings were my foundation of reading, I loved them both dearly. I’ve been considering reading them again soon, of course only first five were written when I was a fan, OPs review has me hesitant and may be best just to leave the books as a memory.

    Last year I read Lord of Light for the fist time and holy WOW, that book is top tier and the fact that it was written over 50 years ago is mind-blowing, highly recommend.