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If you want a book “set in d&d” the Dragonlance books are a good place to start. The early Drizzt books aren’t terrible either. In both cases these are firmly Y

by yaur 5y ago

If you want a book “set in d&d” the Dragonlance books are a good place to start. The early Drizzt books aren’t terrible either. In both cases these are firmly YA books and on rereading them as an adult they don’t hold up that well. I don’t know of any d&d novels that I would recommend to adults that don’t play the game.

effingwewt 5y ago
After the first sentence I was like 'yea but litte better than Piers Anthony' but then you nailed it with the YA tag. I've read a lot of forgotten realms books, and Dragonlance, but as I've grown I wanted something more adult I guess. I've read the Malazan Book of The Fallen series and loved it but I felt it went off-rails, I prefer sagas that at least know where they will end up- as opposed to just figuring it out as you go (like Stephen King's 'Gunslinger'). As I've gotten older I can't do filler (why I hate most modern anime without a site that tells you which are filler episodes and so safe to skip). I refuse to even watch any anime series on Netflix as they are all filler except the first and last 2 episodes (that new olympus series is exactly this). Anyway does anyone have some more 'adult' sci/fantasy books or series to recommend?
- yaur 5y ago
  For grown up Sci-fi Phillip K Dick is where its at. Ubik, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, and A Scanner Darkly are the foundation of what PKD is about. Once you grasp the level of mindfuck you are dealing with you can move on to valise and the other post-OD stories if you want. Skip the man in the high castle. I know that there will be other signals telling you to not skip it, but skip it. If you can't help yourself just say "this is what happens when a great author writes a book with a D20" and look back to why all "DnD" books suck. If you want space opera, you can't go wrong with the culture books. Consider Phlebas, is a fine place to start. Later books build on the mythology and themes, but if you don't connect with book 1 you probably aren't going to like the rest. A student of PKD who likes to play with scifantasy ideas is Johnathan Lethem. If he has written a book set somewhere that you have a connection to start there, otherwise start with The Fortress of Solitude. Follow with Chronic City and Motherless Brooklyn. Don't watch the Motherless Brooklyn movie.
  - effingwewt 5y ago
    I know I'm late but just wanted to say thanks, I've seen some of the film adaptations of PKD but hardly read any of them, will check them all out. Likewise the rest I really appreciate the recommendations, think I'm going to start with Phlebas! Edit1 - I don't know how I've managed to never hear about the Culture series before! Edit 2 - Dropping this on the infinitesimally small chance someone will know, I read a book forever ago about a girl being raised and trained by her father to sit court, as an assassin, and was trained to think about multiple completely separate things/strategies at a time. I remember it blowing my very young mind, but I was so young I remember no other details. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

by yaur 5y ago

effingwewt 5y ago

After the first sentence I was like 'yea but litte better than Piers Anthony' but then you nailed it with the YA tag. I've read a lot of forgotten realms books, and Dragonlance, but as I've grown I wanted something more adult I guess. I've read the Malazan Book of The Fallen series and loved it but I felt it went off-rails, I prefer sagas that at least know where they will end up- as opposed to just figuring it out as you go (like Stephen King's 'Gunslinger'). As I've gotten older I can't do filler (why I hate most modern anime without a site that tells you which are filler episodes and so safe to skip). I refuse to even watch any anime series on Netflix as they are all filler except the first and last 2 episodes (that new olympus series is exactly this). Anyway does anyone have some more 'adult' sci/fantasy books or series to recommend?

yaur 5y ago
For grown up Sci-fi Phillip K Dick is where its at. Ubik, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, and A Scanner Darkly are the foundation of what PKD is about. Once you grasp the level of mindfuck you are dealing with you can move on to valise and the other post-OD stories if you want. Skip the man in the high castle. I know that there will be other signals telling you to not skip it, but skip it. If you can't help yourself just say "this is what happens when a great author writes a book with a D20" and look back to why all "DnD" books suck. If you want space opera, you can't go wrong with the culture books. Consider Phlebas, is a fine place to start. Later books build on the mythology and themes, but if you don't connect with book 1 you probably aren't going to like the rest. A student of PKD who likes to play with scifantasy ideas is Johnathan Lethem. If he has written a book set somewhere that you have a connection to start there, otherwise start with The Fortress of Solitude. Follow with Chronic City and Motherless Brooklyn. Don't watch the Motherless Brooklyn movie.
- effingwewt 5y ago
  I know I'm late but just wanted to say thanks, I've seen some of the film adaptations of PKD but hardly read any of them, will check them all out. Likewise the rest I really appreciate the recommendations, think I'm going to start with Phlebas! Edit1 - I don't know how I've managed to never hear about the Culture series before! Edit 2 - Dropping this on the infinitesimally small chance someone will know, I read a book forever ago about a girl being raised and trained by her father to sit court, as an assassin, and was trained to think about multiple completely separate things/strategies at a time. I remember it blowing my very young mind, but I was so young I remember no other details. Any help would be greatly appreciated!