Daughter of the Empire

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1. kemayoMay 2022
   Magician was the start of a reasonably entertaining sword and sorcery series. The RPG campaign roots are really visible once you pay attention, but (as far as I can remember) in a better way than, say, Dragonlance managed.

   I always enjoyed the political fantasy spin-off series Daughter of the Empire by Janny Wurts more, though. :D

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2. weisnobodyFeb 2022
   More science fiction than just fiction:

   * Spider series by W. Michael Gear

   * Forbidden Borders series by W. Michael Gear

   * The Change series (aka Emberverse) by S.M. Stirling (first 6)

   * The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey

   * Dream Park by Larry Niven and Stephen Barnes

   * In The Country of the Blind by Michael Flynn

   * Me by Thomas T. Thomas

   * A State of Disobedience by Tom Kratman

   * Merchant Princess series by Charles Stross

   * Daughter of the Empire series by Raymond E. Fiest and Janny Wurts

   * Ecolitan series by L.E. Modesitt Jr

   * Freehold by Michael Z. Williamson

   * The Game is Life series by Terry Schott

   * The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jum Butcher

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3. thaumasiotesMar 2025
   > Do us a favor and don't misrepresent what I say.

   Would you mind doing me the same favor, of not misrepresenting what you say?

   > "Self-published" connotes no-name author (or anonymous/pseudonymous) with no publishing history or reputation; whereas Neil Gaiman is already reputable and has sold 40 million books.

   ...is this relevant to something you've said? I'm the only one so far who's said something about self-published books. Your recommendation was to avoid ebooks. That recommendation was stupid.

   > Statistically, the average e-book that Amazon tries to advertise to you is far more likely to be the former than the letter.

   Well, I just opened the Amazon front page. These are the ebooks they're advertising to me:

   1. The Summer Dragon, Todd Lockwood. Publisher: DAW

   2. Beren and Lúthien, J.R.R. Tolkien (and Christopher Tolkien). Publisher: William Morrow (= HarperCollins)

   3. Daughter of the Empire, Raymond Feist (and Janny Wurts). Publisher: Spectra (= Penguin)

   4. The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu. Publisher: Saga Press (= Simon & Schuster)

   5. An Inheritance of Ash & Blood, Jamie Edmundson. Publisher: Rarn, which does appear to be Jamie Edmundson's personal publishing company. This could fairly be considered self-published. It's also available on Kindle Unlimited, which is a red flag. The author appears to be fairly prolific, so he's not exactly lacking a publishing history.

   6. Heir of Ra, M. Sasinowski. Publisher: Kingsmill Press. This is another publisher that appears to be a vehicle for a single author. Probably self-published. This book is at pains to point out the many awards it's won, probably because it's self-published.

   7. The Anvil, Christopher Coates. Publisher: Next Chapter, which purports to "combine the professionalism and quality of traditional publishing with the creative freedom of independent publishing". They review your work before publishing it; not self-published.

   8. The Book That Wouldn't Burn, Mark Lawrence. Publisher: Ace

   That concludes the front page. There are five books from major publishers, one from a minor publisher, and two most likely self-published. The biggest names appearing are J.R.R. Tolkien and Raymond Feist. Taking author quality into account, you appear to be roughly as likely to get Neil Gaiman as you are to get anything self-published. Ignoring it, you're far more likely to get something reputable than to get trash.

   Unless, of course, you want to read trash, in which case Amazon's recommendations will probably lean that way.

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4. e12eAug 2016
   On the other hand the triology he co-wrote with Wurst (starting with daughter of the empire) reads less like a ad&d campaign run by an inexperienced gm...

   And I also think the Greyhawk books started as a setting for a private game, then became books, and finally a published rpg setting?

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