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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 1352 Views
This is the only place. - 10/11/2013 04:26:22 PM 1068 Views
Maybe, but I'm a bit skeptical - 11/11/2013 12:14:36 AM 1008 Views
If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 13/11/2013 01:06:41 PM 953 Views
Preaching to the choir here - 14/11/2013 07:55:56 AM 1079 Views
Re: If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 21/11/2013 09:24:22 PM 1010 Views
That might be swimming upstream against a strong current - 22/11/2013 08:41:15 AM 980 Views
Quite - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM 869 Views
io9 - 10/11/2013 07:32:41 PM 1287 Views
Locus Online also has good lists of upcoming/new SF/F releases - 11/11/2013 12:16:18 AM 984 Views
The Economist, NYT, and WSJ - 11/11/2013 01:05:36 PM 965 Views
Very true - 14/11/2013 07:57:14 AM 994 Views
I'm skeptical of the Economist. - 16/11/2013 05:02:47 PM 949 Views
Which books were those? - 19/11/2013 03:19:59 PM 952 Views
There were at least four or five bad reviews. - 30/11/2013 05:41:45 PM 969 Views
I remember reading that book. I don't recall being impressed by it. *NM* - 05/12/2013 03:37:59 PM 525 Views
I've essentially stopped reading - 11/11/2013 12:36:51 AM 1110 Views
I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM 1132 Views
I've never even been to r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:31:11 AM 965 Views
I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM 958 Views
For some odd reason, I distrust Goodreads - 14/11/2013 07:58:29 AM 1075 Views
"Distrust"? Interesting word choice. - 14/11/2013 09:32:35 PM 1073 Views
Call me old fashioned... - 11/11/2013 02:47:37 PM 919 Views
Old fashioned! - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM 949 Views
I second that suggestion. - 14/11/2013 09:35:51 PM 878 Views
Re: I second that suggestion. - 16/11/2013 02:10:10 AM 787 Views
Here mostly, Goodreads, io9 - 11/11/2013 09:40:41 PM 1028 Views
Interesting - 14/11/2013 08:01:05 AM 918 Views
Typically new is "New to me" - 14/11/2013 08:36:09 AM 1167 Views
Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM 904 Views
Here mostly too. And bookshops over here. - 12/11/2013 06:54:05 PM 915 Views
I have list of things to read longer than I have time to read - 13/11/2013 05:39:59 PM 891 Views
So true - 14/11/2013 08:03:16 AM 919 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 850 Views
Quick, cozy comfort zone reads, more or less? - 22/11/2013 08:52:37 AM 780 Views
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I don't really care to learn about new books. - 21/11/2013 08:58:44 PM 911 Views
I'm all BELE - 29/11/2013 07:12:03 PM 864 Views
Book recommendations can come from the oddest places... - 07/12/2013 04:36:26 AM 873 Views

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