by fastbilly1 Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:32 pm
Wow, God Emperor over original, whats your reasoning for that? I fully agree on the KJA titles. Sandworms was the best of the ones I read.
I have been churning through Vasily Mahanenko "litRPG" series The Way of the Shaman. Whats a litRPG you ask, imagine Ready Player One with stats. Do the stats add anything, no, do I even like Ready Player One, not really, but the mechanic of someone doing a large treasure hunt inside of a fantasy world is engaging to me. LitRPG's are huge in Russia, so most of the big series are still in Russian. Mahaneko is one of the few authors with multiple books translated. Way of the Shaman is about a guy who gets tricked and ends up in prison which is a copper mine in a fantasy world much like World of Warcraft. The first book is shows him learning the system, the next three is him getting established and setting up a clan. Just started book five yesterday.
I would not say this is for everyone, but if you have fond memories of playing MMOs, forgive the mary sue main character, and can let some inconsistent parts slide by, they are enjoyable and go really fast. It just makes me long for mid 1998 dial up UO...