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Orlion

Orlion@books.theunseen.city

Joined 3 years, 4 months ago

I like a wide variety of books but do prefer fiction written with style! I am hoping to get some reading caught up on, including finishing some science fiction and fantasy trilogies, as well as the novels of William Golding and Anthony Powell.

For 2023, I might finally start Proust, what with the new translation being completely available this year!

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Brandon Sanderson, Howard Lyon: Tress of the Emerald Sea (EBook, 2023, Dragonsteel Entertainment)

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has …

A Good Start to the Secret Novels

This is the first of Brandon's "secret novels" whose publication was funded by Kickstarter. It's fun and enjoyable and had lore bits for those wanting to sink their teeth into the wider Cosmere.

I also imagine it does fine on its own.

Brandon Sanderson, Howard Lyon: Tress of the Emerald Sea (EBook, 2023, Dragonsteel Entertainment)

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has …

More pirate jargon, matey! Also, looks like this book will have the first on page appearance of a motherfuckin' dragon! Yolen!

Junji Ito: Gyo (Hardcover, 2015, VIZ Media LLC)

The floating smell of death hangs over the island. What is it? A strange, legged …

Here, fishy fishy

This is perhaps the most hopeful of Ito's work I've read.

Which is to say it didn't end with everyone doomed to a completely horrific fate.