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Looking for recommendations !!
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Author: u/user19911506 *
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URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/8j5jqn/looking_for_recommendations/
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Score: 0
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Created: 2018-05-13T17:49:40
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u/xamueljones [+7] My arch-enemy is entropy (2 hours later)
There's RationalReads, Rational Fiction on TV Tropes, and the Monthly Recommendations. Poke around the subreddit wiki for more.
u/Amonwilde [+5] (2 hours later)
Have you tried Worth the Candle yet?
u/user19911506 [+1] (6 hours later)
I did not want to get into a "player transported into another world" type now , after a point they all sound same usually
u/LucidityWaver [+3] (10 hours later)
I did not want to get into a "player transported into another world" type now , after a point they all sound same usually
Based on the way you put this forward, I highly recommend you give it a try.
Although the premise 'player transported into another world' does apply, Worth the Candle doesn't really adhere to the format you're probably expecting, although, iirc, it does appear as though it's going to in the beginning. I'll try to elaborate on why.
WtC is driven by characters and deep world building. It's not driven by the glorification of game mechanics or portal fantasy tropes. There's a small tradeoff between story and world building where parts of the world seem disconnected from each other. And they kind of are. But you end up with a lot of well fleshed out places that each have their own themes exploring interesting ideas.
Not only does story frequently play around with and subvert the standard tropes of the format, but the characters are not blind to the implications of the premise. They comment on it, air existential concerns about the implications, make plans and so forth.
The POV character's advantages don't generally grant them unique power nobody else has or can match. It does give them ease of learning which translates into versatility, but they're not a one-person powerhouse.
The main characters have to put thought into how best to leverage these abilities or solve problems and they don't always do so perfectly.
That said, it's perfectly reasonably to still consider WtC part of that overall format or genre and to feel like it's still too close to reading more of the same. The MC is given game mechanic based abilities and is transported from another world and these both do give them some advantages over others in the setting.
u/Amonwilde [+1] (9 hours later)
I think you might be prejudging it wrongly.
u/Jokey665 [+0] Worth the Candle (8 hours later)
well it's better than everything you listed and probably better than everything you've ever read (unless you've read worm)
u/Nic_Cage_DM [+1] (8 hours later)