I think Malazan is pretty spectacular

He's mine too! If only Brian Blessed wasn't nearly 90

Very cool work. What was he Lord of? Man I miss dnd, I didn't get to play it nearly enough to really feed my addiction before both my groups imploded.

Struggling to think of a good example. Feels like a trope you see a lot in cozy fantasy where a powerful character has to adjust to a low stakes life. Maybe Curse of Chalion? It's not a perfect fit but explores aspects of this idea.

Yeah I dunno, maybe due to how trippy the plot can get, but even then it's a stretch.

I read The Bone Harp last year, and it left a big impression. A bit daunted by how massive The Hands Of The Emperor is but Bone Harp was so good I'll definitely get to it eventually.

Depends really. I can't commit to something that'll impact what little community we have over there without running it by the members first. I'm not clued in on this place and I'm not experienced with migrating. Would ml users still have access?

Temeraire is one I need to go back to at some point. I got about 3/4s through the first book but never finished, can't even remember why anymore.

I didn't think I was much of a fan but then I checked the page to find apparently Morrowind and Pan's Labyrinth (still need to get round to Disco Elysium) count for New Weird. Two of my favourite things.

As for books, I got halfway through City of Saints and Madmen a few years back and I was enjoying it but the pace of the painter story really made me lose interest. Still planning to go back and finish it someday.

I loved the first two so much it pushed me all the way through the whole series but I look back now and wish I'd stopped at the short collections. Think I just needed to get to the ending, which I did enjoy tbf. Glad you're enjoying!

Read the first DCC recently! Absolutely breezed through it, such a fun book. Definitely doing the next one soon.