Larry Correia Puns

I'm familiar with Correia's funnier stuff like Grimnoire and Hard Magic series but I know nothing about "Forgotten Warrior." The first one "Son of the Black Sword" is in the sale. It seems more serious that the others.

Is this series any good? It's read by Tim Gerard Reynolds, fwiw.

I liked that even without using Angruvadal, that Ashok Vadal(or just Ashok)was able to fight both unarmed and armed with any weapon he could find

But TBH, I don’t like seeing weapons treated as consumables, there needs to be some sentimentality to them, think of the weapon as being a companion or a part of the character, or even almost a limb

Yesterday I made a post asking for recommendations of books based of Indian mythology. But doing my own research, reading through articles plus reading through the comments of my post, I find that most fantasy works are retellings of classic epics. Which is great I'm interested in reading Ashok Banker's Prince of Ayodhya. But I'm primarily looking for original works (American or Indian writere but in English) that utilize the rich lore and mythology of the Indian culture. I read that most of India don't really read fantasy/scifi so if an author does try to write a fantasy book it will be primarily a retelling of an epic like Amish books.

-Fantasy works in India and people's different views on them is really interesting and I highly recommend researching it. and seeing the difference between how the west and east sees our fantasy really opens your eyes

Books that I know and will like someone's opinion on them :

-Ten Kings,Slayer of Kamsa,The Ramayana,Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok Banker

-The Pyre by David Hair

-Cult of Chaos by Shweta Taneja

-The Whispering Dwapara by Rishi

-Xenoland by Hardik Desai

-Vedic Warriors by Rituraj Sharma

-The Thirteenth Day by Aditya Iyengar

-The Aryavarta Chronicles by Krishna Udayasankar

-Yudhisthira by Mallar Chatterjee

-Narasimha,Dharmayoddha Kalki: Avatar of Vishnu by Kevin Missal

-Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

-The Forbidden God by Venu G. Joshi

-The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

-Asura Tale of the Vanquished,Vanara, by Anand Neelakantan

-The Simoqin Prophecies by Samit Basu

-The Krishna Key by Ashwin Sanghi

-The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath

-Ajaya : Epic of the Kaurava Clan Roll of the Dice by Anand Neelakantan

-Inkredia Luwan of Brida by Sarang Mahajan

-The Devourers by Indra Das

-Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z Hossain (I can't remember if this was Indian based though)

Wuxia Novels recommendations too please. I love martial arts movies since I was a kid and want to read more books based on it. Fantasy Wuxia primarily but any will do. Works that also explore the Asian mythology. I know of :

-Journey to the West

-Legends of the Condor Heroes

-The Eleventh Son

-The Stone Road

-Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain

-Dragon Heart : Stone Will

-Dragon Sword and Wind Child

-Outlaws of the Marsh

-The Book and the Sword

-Under Heaven

Any recommendations will be very much grateful!!!!

Hard Magic, Spellbound, Warbound are the three books.

It's not even REMOTELY standard 'sci-fi' and might even be better categorized as urban/historical fantasy, but there is enough alternate technology and a focus on how humans with magic can replace or better utilize technology that I wouldn't be mad if I saw the series suggested by someone else here.

The basic non-spoilery premise is that in the early 1800s people start being born with various powers - altering gravity, increasing or decreasing their own body density/hardness, brute strength, magic super smarts / inventiveness. The first book picks up after the first world war, and rewrites a lot of history by attributing various powers to various famous people. (as part of world-building, not as primary plot, really, although one famous inventor is a primary plot character, and a few other historically significant people are prominent.)

Correia is fairly conservative in his views and very, very pro second amendment so some of that comes through, but it's not rub-it-in-your-face levels of present. (I love his Monster Hunter International series but I can see how it might turn off some people because it's a lot less careful about this.)

Mostly it's just three books telling a pretty cool story with some really good characters and premises/ideas, and if you like science fiction I don't see you disliking this. If you like science fiction and fantasy, I'm really confident you'd enjoy this.

Elaborate Alien world with creatures is a must also I prefer my sci-fi on the more action less drama side, kind of the same flow of this book if I’m explaining it right

Larry Correia speaks the truth. A friend of mine posted about seeing this: “Where are all you gun owners now that the federal government and police are attacking citizens in the streets?? Now that the National Guard is out oppressing citizens? I thought this was the moment you’re waiting for? So why aren’t you out there fighting them with your guns? You’re nothing but a bunch of fucking cowards!” My response was the GIF of Nelson Muntz going HA HA. 😀

But I’ve seen this sentiment a lot too over the last few days, so please if you are so incredibly fucking dumb that you are actually wondering why America’s gun culture aren’t commuting into the democrat cities you have banned us from in order to get into gun fights with the National Guard on your behalf, allow me to elaborate. Hypothetical Liberal “Ally” Who Lives in the Suburbs Which Aren’t On Fire – “Hey, gun owners! Here is some civil unrest! Why won’t you come and help us?” Snort. Fuck off. 😀

“Pussies! Why not?” Well, every single gun nut in America has spent their entire adult life being continually mocked, insulted, and belittled by the left. You’ve done nothing but paint us as the bad guys. In Hollywood, we’re always evil, stupid, violent, malicious, redneck, racist, murderers. That’s so ingrained in the liberal religion that when “ally” Harvey Weinstein was trying to get out of being a sleazy rapist, his repentance consisted of promising to make more movies about how the NRA is bad.

In the news, everything is always our fault. If there is a mass murder, we can always count on the vultures to swoop in and blame America’s gun culture. They flog it for weeks on end, 24/7 coverage, hoping for gun control. And if the identity of the shooter doesn’t fit the narrative, it drops off the news in mere hours.

And then at the local, state, and federal level, legally speaking, the left fucks us at every opportunity. You ban everything you can get away with. You ban things that literally make no sense. You ban shit just out of spite. When we fight back against gun control laws, you declare we are stupid because only the police should have guns (hey, aren’t those the guys you are protesting right now?)

“Stupid racist rednecks! We live in a civilized society! Don’t you realize the police will protect us?” until when your democrat cities are on fire, and you call 911 and the operator tells you sorry, the police can’t come to your house right now, please try not to get murdered… How is that strict gun control wo

I recently listened to Into The Storm written by Larry Correia and narrated by Ray Porter.

This novel is clearly placed in the Warmachine universe. Sir Madigan, a knight in disgrace, has been banished to the frontiers for some time. When he is called back to form a platoon of misfits into a group of Elite Storm Knights, he chooses Sergeant Cleasby, a well meaning but naive young idealist, as his second. They are, to say the least, ill matched.

Narration: Ray Porter’s enunciation is crisp and well done. He is superb at characterizations and uses his ability to add the appropriate emotion to the tales he reads. His narration is wholly spot on and evokes a serious impact for any listener.

Conclusion: This tale stands solidly in the tradition of the movie The Band of Brothers. It evokes emotion and drops the reader wholly into a world that sings with gritty tension. It’s a gripping read.

For more audiobook reviews by me, please check out my audiobook reviews on goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/126703488-gene-parish

I mistakingly listened to Destroyer of Worlds audiobook (book 3) instead of book one of the series (Audible has no indication of series number for their book titles which frustrates me deeply). But thing is, I had no idea until I went to find the next book in the series. I was not confused or lost the entire book. I found the characters very engaging and the story interesting. There was enough about the characters back stories I thought it was hinting at future reveals rather than referencing past books. I blew through the book in less than a week.

But now I’m wondering is it worth going back to listen to the first two? I kinda like this Ashok and Devedas and their previous selves don’t sound all that interesting. And knowing what happens to everyone I just don’t feel very motivated to go back. Wanting thoughts of those who have read the whole series.

I'm trying to decide if I should read Monster Hunter International, and I was wondering to what extent the series includes progression fantasy or power scaling elements? Does the main character gain magical or paranormal-type abilities/strength or is it just an increase in mundane skill and aptitude (or a middle ground such as in Harry Potter where magic is a skill like any other that can be learned, but there isn't an apparent "power" curve)?

Please keep the plot details vague if possible. Thanks.

I was listening to the recent episode and Craig mentioned a Larry Correia episode that was deleted. Does anyone know why, and what it was about? Because he has a couple great series. I think the podcast could cover The Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series and it would be great. The 3rd book was just released today. Also I think Monster Hunter International would be great for the Blue Team.

I read the entire Monster hunter international series already and I just started Tom Stranger inter-dimensional insurance agent and both are amazing!

I was wondering if anyone has read the Forgotten warrior series yet? Book 2 is $5 books on audible right now so I snatched up 1 and 2.

Are there any other books of his that are worth reading?

Also, are there any series of books in the urban fantasy genre that are as good?

There are only so many times I can reread the Dresden Files.

I already read the iron Druid series and I’m not a real fan of that series.

Is it just me or is Larry Correia becoming less of a fantasy author and more of a political pundit? I have enjoyed his books in the past and don't mind when an author interjects their personal politics into a book as long as it feels natural to the story. What I'm finding is Larry Correia (Monster Hunter memoirs and then The adventures of Tom Stranger) are so ham-fistedly ramming his politics down your throat that the story takes a back seat to his politics. In my opinion this pulls me out of the story and really ruins any connection i may have had.

I kind of wish i could tell him that i used to enjoy his art, but now his political interjections are actively making his stories worse.

I have not seen a lot of hype about this release today. I thought the 1st book Son of a Black Sword was really well done. I have not read other works by this author (doesn't seem like my cup of tea) but I really enjoyed his first traditional fantasy novel. I will admit that I stumbled upon Son of the Black Sword due to the audio-book narrator Tim Gerard Reynolds. I really loved his work with the Ryria novels so I gave this one a go and was very pleased.

Anyone else looking forward to the second installment?

https://www.goodreads.com/series/150976-saga-of-the-forgotten-warrior

Any recommendations for something like that?