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I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy Larry Send a noteboard - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM

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Anything that isn't course related. Of those things though, I'm reading more than ever. But none of those are things that I feel like talking or posting about.

I discovered reddit recently, and I know there is a section in it devoted to books, with a pretty healthy population of subscribers, but I haven't been there enough to know what sort of community it is, if they actually have discussions and talk about new authors, and so on. Most of what I've seen were just things that the OF board covered years ago. And to this day it's still always jarring to see Wheel of Time get mentioned outside of this site.

So in short, I don't read, and therefore have no need of any information. If I did though, reddit would probably be the first place I would check, seeing as this place is continuing its descent into the sort of ghost town that makes for a good book setting, but not a good discussion space.


Too much dreck there (leaving aside an occasion in which something I wrote was discussed there, that is - that was worse ), plus the discussions revolve more around the Goodkind type of fantasies (and some Bakker and Sanderson as well, I suppose).

But agreed on this place being a ghost town. I too have little motivation in discussing much these days, as the two blogs I co-operate provide a better platform for me now.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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To whom do you turn when you want to learn more about new books? - 10/11/2013 06:17:07 AM 1395 Views
This is the only place. - 10/11/2013 04:26:22 PM 1112 Views
Maybe, but I'm a bit skeptical - 11/11/2013 12:14:36 AM 1048 Views
If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 13/11/2013 01:06:41 PM 977 Views
Preaching to the choir here - 14/11/2013 07:55:56 AM 1126 Views
Re: If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 21/11/2013 09:24:22 PM 1052 Views
That might be swimming upstream against a strong current - 22/11/2013 08:41:15 AM 1021 Views
Quite - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM 912 Views
io9 - 10/11/2013 07:32:41 PM 1335 Views
Locus Online also has good lists of upcoming/new SF/F releases - 11/11/2013 12:16:18 AM 1023 Views
The Economist, NYT, and WSJ - 11/11/2013 01:05:36 PM 987 Views
Very true - 14/11/2013 07:57:14 AM 1028 Views
I'm skeptical of the Economist. - 16/11/2013 05:02:47 PM 990 Views
Which books were those? - 19/11/2013 03:19:59 PM 994 Views
There were at least four or five bad reviews. - 30/11/2013 05:41:45 PM 993 Views
I remember reading that book. I don't recall being impressed by it. *NM* - 05/12/2013 03:37:59 PM 542 Views
I've essentially stopped reading - 11/11/2013 12:36:51 AM 1153 Views
I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM 1155 Views
I've never even been to r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:31:11 AM 1005 Views
I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM 1005 Views
For some odd reason, I distrust Goodreads - 14/11/2013 07:58:29 AM 1124 Views
"Distrust"? Interesting word choice. - 14/11/2013 09:32:35 PM 1113 Views
Call me old fashioned... - 11/11/2013 02:47:37 PM 958 Views
Old fashioned! - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM 996 Views
I second that suggestion. - 14/11/2013 09:35:51 PM 924 Views
Re: I second that suggestion. - 16/11/2013 02:10:10 AM 829 Views
Here mostly, Goodreads, io9 - 11/11/2013 09:40:41 PM 1068 Views
Interesting - 14/11/2013 08:01:05 AM 953 Views
Typically new is "New to me" - 14/11/2013 08:36:09 AM 1207 Views
Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM 950 Views
Here mostly too. And bookshops over here. - 12/11/2013 06:54:05 PM 950 Views
I have list of things to read longer than I have time to read - 13/11/2013 05:39:59 PM 934 Views
So true - 14/11/2013 08:03:16 AM 965 Views
here, mostly, but i also have less time to read (sort of) and a lot to read... - 19/11/2013 03:49:15 PM 894 Views
Quick, cozy comfort zone reads, more or less? - 22/11/2013 08:52:37 AM 824 Views
It depends on what is happening at the time - 30/11/2013 12:15:55 AM 790 Views
I don't really care to learn about new books. - 21/11/2013 08:58:44 PM 949 Views
I'm all BELE - 29/11/2013 07:12:03 PM 899 Views
Book recommendations can come from the oddest places... - 07/12/2013 04:36:26 AM 912 Views

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