conifer sam
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Aimless griping:
I often find myself in need of very specific books which I am not sure have ever been written, but when reading publishing statistics I find that over 50,000 books are written every year. Combine this statistic with the idea that writers have existed for thousands of years, and I feel hopelessly stuck between the infinite amount of material that seems should exist and the void of information I often find myself in. I'm not much of a wandering reader. I read one thing and something within the book may spark a particular interest. I'll dig through the internet and all resources I can to find a book that sates this interest, and after that book is devoured the process is repeated until I just cannot find what I need.
Well, that is enough aimless griping for now. What I am very interested in at the moment is stories about fantasy creatures. I feel that I may have dwarves and dragons covered, but what I would really like to read are books about immortals that are not either gods or vampires, meaning immortals that are not either all powerful or primarily sentient consuming creatures. Vampire stories often focus on the evils of continued existence as a monster. It is this idea specifically I want to avoid in the case of vampires. I want to avoid gods because in many cases gods are not constrained by the rules of their environment. Let there be light, and there was light, and such. I'd rather have an immortal that has to complain about the dark because they don't have a match. One possibility that I have seen at least in video games is that sometimes elves are seen as immortals, though I have yet to find a book beyond Tolkien where elves are immortal.
I am also interested in a book about orc society, or I guess you could say "greenskin" society. I am not so interested in Stan Nicholls' type of please and thank you orc, but rather the man eaters that existed in Tolkien's books. I read a Markus Heitz book, and I liked his greenskins a lot, but I believe his books are more about dwarves and less about the former.
For an idea of what books I like and don't like:
Writers I like: James Clavell, Jack London, Robert Jordan, Neal Stephenson, Scott Bakker, Lian Hearn, Tolkien, Alexander Dumas, Patricia McKillip, M. A. Foster, George Orwell, Leo Tolstoy
Writers I dislike: Stephen King, R.A. Salvatore, Nathanial Hawthorn, Bram Stoker, Chuck Palahniuk
Everyone has different tastes. Those are just mine.
I would very much appreciate any leads that anyone could give me to find what I am looking for. Also, if anyone knows any books that are about fantasy creatures that are typically not represented in literature i.e. a unicorn or a lich or whatever, I'm sure I would be interested in that as well.
I often find myself in need of very specific books which I am not sure have ever been written, but when reading publishing statistics I find that over 50,000 books are written every year. Combine this statistic with the idea that writers have existed for thousands of years, and I feel hopelessly stuck between the infinite amount of material that seems should exist and the void of information I often find myself in. I'm not much of a wandering reader. I read one thing and something within the book may spark a particular interest. I'll dig through the internet and all resources I can to find a book that sates this interest, and after that book is devoured the process is repeated until I just cannot find what I need.
Well, that is enough aimless griping for now. What I am very interested in at the moment is stories about fantasy creatures. I feel that I may have dwarves and dragons covered, but what I would really like to read are books about immortals that are not either gods or vampires, meaning immortals that are not either all powerful or primarily sentient consuming creatures. Vampire stories often focus on the evils of continued existence as a monster. It is this idea specifically I want to avoid in the case of vampires. I want to avoid gods because in many cases gods are not constrained by the rules of their environment. Let there be light, and there was light, and such. I'd rather have an immortal that has to complain about the dark because they don't have a match. One possibility that I have seen at least in video games is that sometimes elves are seen as immortals, though I have yet to find a book beyond Tolkien where elves are immortal.
I am also interested in a book about orc society, or I guess you could say "greenskin" society. I am not so interested in Stan Nicholls' type of please and thank you orc, but rather the man eaters that existed in Tolkien's books. I read a Markus Heitz book, and I liked his greenskins a lot, but I believe his books are more about dwarves and less about the former.
For an idea of what books I like and don't like:
Writers I like: James Clavell, Jack London, Robert Jordan, Neal Stephenson, Scott Bakker, Lian Hearn, Tolkien, Alexander Dumas, Patricia McKillip, M. A. Foster, George Orwell, Leo Tolstoy
Writers I dislike: Stephen King, R.A. Salvatore, Nathanial Hawthorn, Bram Stoker, Chuck Palahniuk
Everyone has different tastes. Those are just mine.
I would very much appreciate any leads that anyone could give me to find what I am looking for. Also, if anyone knows any books that are about fantasy creatures that are typically not represented in literature i.e. a unicorn or a lich or whatever, I'm sure I would be interested in that as well.
