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PaperclipPerfector  17d ago (text post)   2909 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for March 14, 2025

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Wait, you've read all these serials but not anything else by Alexander Wales?

This used to be about dungeons is really good and you should finish it, but It's an experimental work. He usually puts his protagonists through the wringer and his other stories are much more intense, interpersonally and world building wise. The intent was to do something very different(His idea of cozy fantasy) and commit to that.

A lot of his serials aren't (easily) available online anymore as hes recently published them, but their available on kindle.

He is the goat (of web serials). Im pretty well read in fantasy and hes truly on another level when it comes to originality and thoughtfulness, minor arcs execute and explore entire story premises better than most books.

I would definitely start with Worth the Candle.

Right! I'll give Worth the Candle a shot next.

He is the goat (of web serials).

I wouldn't say this, he's very rationalist fiction with struggles with relatable character writing (Thresholder is the worst for this) and noodly writing about powers. This causes normies to bounce off a lot but obviously anyone here is likely to like him.

Goat status is probably going to go to something like Mother of Learning, Worm, or The Wandering Inn.

Worth the Candle is incredible; best novel I've read in years. Unfortunately, Alexander Wales removed it as part of his Amazon publishing deal. Fortunately, it's still on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

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