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PaperclipPerfector  9d ago (text post)   1753 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for February 28, 2025

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It is a better way to fill subway rides than doomscrolling, but...it disappointed me.

May I suggest the Power of Ten series? It's a solid 4/5 through all 3M words I've read so far, and I assume the other 2M will be similar.

EDIT: And instead of 170 chapters, you should be able to decide by the end of chapter 7. The first four are abnormal, and the rest are typical enough to judge it on. It does improve as it goes on, but it doesn't transform into some other kind of work.

The very rough plot summary for all of the books is (no real spoilers IMO): The world runs on Pen and Paper RPG physics (closest to D&D), and the main character has been incarnated from Earth and is familiar with the system. Using their (absurdly powerful) knowledge of the system and (honestly pretty decent, but completely overshadowed) starting buff, they make their way into the world, find a terrible problem, and spoiler redacted.

It's also very much an action story in the XKCD sense.

The setting for Book 1 is very, very strongly based on Dungeons and Dragons, with only a few of the serial numbers filed off.

Book 2 is Warhammer 40k.

Book 3 is Urban Fantasy.

Book 4 is Marvel comics.

I haven't read books 5 or 6.

I enjoyed that series, but I've almost never recommended it. There is a level of autism on display that is truly mind boggling.

Book 4 was my definite favorite. Book 5 was a setting I didn't really know, but still enjoyed heavily. Book 6 I couldn't keep reading after finishing two others in a row.

I enjoyed that series, but I've almost never recommended it. There is a level of autism on display that is truly mind boggling.

Yeah, I don't foresee a second opportunity any time soon. "You wanted plot in this chapter? Nah, here's a character sheet along with how the bonuses are calculated. Isn't it awesome?" (Yes, it is)

I don't think I'll be looking for another power progression novel for a while after I'm done with Reverend Insanity. It really is like the fentanyl of books, or perhaps the Heartstopper Burger: incredibly easy to consume, but leaves me with something like post-nut depression as described by people on the internet.

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