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Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
Ashes of Creation Book Club and Tea Room
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So, this has been coming the longest time. We have quite a few avid readers amongst us.
Share with us photos of you libraries, your favorite books, which author(s) you want penning down AoC novellas.
Also, share with us what keeps you company when curling up with a good book.
For me,
1) No library. My books are scattered all about.
2) Other than the staple Salvatore, the last book that I really enjoyed is Patrick Rothfuss The Name of the Wind
3) Salvatore, Rothfuss naturally
4) Iced milk tea, naturally, to keep the British at bay
Share with us photos of you libraries, your favorite books, which author(s) you want penning down AoC novellas.
Also, share with us what keeps you company when curling up with a good book.
For me,
1) No library. My books are scattered all about.
2) Other than the staple Salvatore, the last book that I really enjoyed is Patrick Rothfuss The Name of the Wind
3) Salvatore, Rothfuss naturally
4) Iced milk tea, naturally, to keep the British at bay
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this is your home!
For how I enjoy books and such, I used to read while at work in the calm hours. And for Audiobooks, I drive out somewhere calm and alone with a good view and just listen. Its great.
I imagine @nagash running around his house taking photos of the numerous libraries he has, like Mr Bean on a tour.
(sadly I tried to find the appropriate gif for this but I can't)
sorry about the quality my Kindle has a terrible camera also these are a tiny amount from what I own as I have a room with nothing but books ^^
A merchant has his ways.
I didn't know you have a biography!
https://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Empire-World-Riftwar-Trilogy/dp/055327211X
Gail Carriger
Laurell K Hamilton
Balogun Ojetade
Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis
@nagash... Those hardbacks: Bram Stoker, Jules Verne, HG Wells
@Rumbleforge ... *taps fingers*
In the WW II category, some of my favorites are almost anything by Jack Higgins or Frederick Forsyth. ** Edit to add Ken Follett. Can't believe I forgot him.
Fantasy, beyond the usuals (Tolkien), I have enjoyed books by David Eddings, Stephen R. Donaldson, Raymond Feist, Janny Wurts and others that aren't immediately coming to mind. Currently, I'm re-reading The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Donaldson.
Thoroughly enjoy Patrick O'Brien (Jack Aubrey series)
Jeff Shaara
Love playing 'Empire of the Sun' a CDG by Mark Herrman published by GMT games.
I really enjoy exploring historical military sites / museums such as Gettysburg, Shiloh, the Battleship Alabama, Stones River, WWII Museum in New Orleans.......
edit... add the Dresden novels too.
@Rumbleforge made me do it!
My favorite series are as follows:
Rangers Apprentice
Brotherband Chronicles
Wardstone Chronicles
uhhh I forgot the rest but these 3 are good young adult books thought you 30+ year old folk probably think a marshmellow peep is more interesting.
1) I'm an Assistant Director at a public library, but my personal collection is split between three book cases.
2) I mostly read Non-fiction, stuff like various Sciences, Tradeskills, Art, etc.
3) When it comes to Fiction, I have to be a bit plain here and say J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. As for Non-fiction I enjoy "Origami Design Secrets" by Robert Lang, "Back to Basics" by Abigail Gehring, and "Be Different" by John Elder Robison.
4) London Fog/Coffee, sometimes my two Dachshunds, rarely my wife. Simply because when the dogs or wife enter the picture I'm usually not reading much longer.
(Also, I need time to figure out how to take pictures of my books so that it doesn't show my current hoarder lifestyle.)
My "Recently Read" pile is divided into two clever categories: Those books that are Star Trek, and those that are not Star Trek.
(I know, it is a cunning system.)
For the sake of a shorter post, I won't go into the Star Trek books here.
But here is a list of my most recently read books, many of which would deserve their own posts of potential discussion.
(Presented in no particular order)
The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlman
The Shotgun Arcana by R.S. Belcher
The Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher
Nightwise by R.S. Belcher
Brotherhood of the Wheel by R.S. Belcher
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
Wide Open by Deborah Coates
American Craftsmen by Tom Doyle
The Left-Hand Way by Tom Doyle
Spellstorm by Ed Greenwood
Archmage by R.A. Salvatore
Maestro by R.A. Salvatore
Hero by R.A. Salvatore
(The final Forgotten Realms trilogy by Salvatore, the end of the Drizzt saga.)
Finn Fancy Necromancy by Randy Henderson
Bigfoot Lose and Finn Fancy Free by Randy Henderson
Chapel of Ease by Alex Bledsoe
Gather Her Round by Alex Bledsoe
The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman
These are just he books precariously perched on one of my Hi-Fi speakers in my bedroom.... like Nagash, I too have a room dedicated to books.... but... its in an embarrassing state of disarray at the moment.
This is only the beginning! So many good books out there! So little time! (I do make time to read during half of my lunch hour at work every day.).
Your "Recently Read" pile might be bigger than my "Lifetime" pile.
My favourite fantasy authors:
- Margeret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance trilogy (first ever fantasy novel, also explains my love for the name Autumn)
- Robin Hobb (Assassin's Trilogy)
- George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones
- Frank Herbert's Dune series (ok, it's sci-fi)
Other fantasy Authors I really enjoy:- Most of David Gemmel's stuff, nice gritty combat.
- R.A Salvatore's Drizzit novels
- Raymond E. Feist
- Terry Pratchett
- Joe Abercrombie
I use to read a lot more books but I've been slacking off a little. So my list of favourite books are all pretty old. I do some sci-fi as well, Pierce Brown's Red Rising, Orson Scott Card's ender's series.Iced milk tea?
What is this monstrosity of which you speak?
My English blood boils at such at horrific turn of phrase, Archibald, fetch my pair of pistols and saddle up the charger, I fear a declaration of war is imminent.
[Sadly written books have been another part of my life stolen by health, audio books I largely keep to factual atm.
Before though, I consumed books, no special author, I'd read almost anything except romance
These are all my books.
1) the serious ones, from archaeological manuals, monographies, articles, etc., to, dictionaries, the Constitution, various encyclopedias; on the right, a sieries of classics
2) on the shelves, at least 2 rows of books each, dvided by argument: fantasy, historical, nature&art, politics and local history, narrative, new authors/ and poorer narrative
@ruairidh your bookshelf is the best thing I've ever seen *_*
This is the second or third time I saw "Drizzit" in this forum. It's Drizzt!
Is nothing sacred to you guys?
How is Overlord's novels going on? As I'm an only-anime watcher of it, I'm starving to get a second season from the frenchise.