What Your Fav SFF Author Says about YOU!

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

This is obviously meant in a joking way. Please don’t take offense to me memeing on ya.

[@milospollonia1121]

You are staring into my soul and I don't like it.

[@miscellaneousgoblin910]

Who's your favorite author Daniel? What does it say about you? :)

[@jackinthebox1993]

@@milospollonia1121 Ikr? When the Joe Abercrombie one came up I was like bruh, I'm gonna need you stop exposing my past trauma and insecurities real quick 🤣🤣🤣

[@dylanthechillinvillain2488]

Bruh you got Pratchett fans wrong, I am the opposite of cool. Though I really like the Frank Herbert Fans omg.

[@kellycockcroft3961]

Still discussing WoT with my high school bestie 20 years later, so I can vouch for the RJ analysis.

[@Zetamen7]

Finally a respectable, scientifically proven personality classifier

[@benjaminzerr6708]

It just took a lifetime of reading and one questionably human KZbinr.

[@richardjones7984]

This is irony, whichever way you look at it.

[@jasonbailey9139]

100% better than any of the ones my acquaintances on FB post anyway....

[@weeps4ourspecies210]

If your favorite is Neil Gaiman you pretend that being left off lists doesn’t bother your macabre loving heart.. But truthfully it hurts... it just hurts.

[@darthplagueis13]

If you've read Good Omens (and I mean read, just having watched the show doesn't count) you get to count the Pratchett compliment for Gaiman as well.

[@raphaelhemery152]

I made it, but just barely. I love Neil Gaiman so much, he is a very close second. I am so blessed that Good Omens combines my two favs.

[@aggietrombonist]

Neil Gaiman is also my favorite! I watched the hole video hoping for him 🙁

[@-septimus]

This!

[@jdreiki]

Thank you

[@ManCarryingThing]

POV: You've played so many Buzzfeed quizzes that you've transformed into one.

[@Bookdragon11]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrBenfranz]

... No one's ever called me 'cool' for devouring the entire Discworld Series before; not sure how to deal with that. Also Tad Williams and his trilogy Memory, Sorrow and Thorn just does not get enough love. That's something that should be adapted to some form of media content. Would love to see Seoman Snowlock and Binabik frolic across Osten Ard. Seen plenty of the Discworld, would definitely like some Osten Ard. Yes...

[@TheSuburbanAlchemist]

Could you imagine if someone were able to properly adapt Tad’s Otherland series? That would be epic.

[@MrBenfranz]

@@TheSuburbanAlchemist That, would be epic, indeed!

[@reginarainer9740]

Tad Williams is one of my favorites also, and you are absolutely right he does NOT get enough love.

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

Normally people just say "Terry who?" And "what's Discworld?". It makes me a bit sad.

[@merphynapier42]

How dare you

[@calin6327]

To be so accurate, amirite

[@IndiaTides]

I am shocked as well.😂😂😂

[@michaelmccourt4992]

😂😂😂 a direct stab at Merphy

[@MagusMarquillin]

He didn't even cover J.M. Barrie.

[@phen0menos]

He didn't mention Scott Lynch though!

[@josephinevivian356]

Who needs astrology?! “Oh, I see, you’re a Sanderson.” *files nails* “I’m a Martin.”

[@Slipfish]

Listen I'm a Gibson, I'm so high I'm only pretending to know what you're talking about.

[@134Waffle]

I don’t believe in astrology or this. It’s all a bunch of hokey nonsense for idiots who can’t reason. What? Ya, I am Pullman, how did you know??

[@tommyb9711]

"Uhm... yeah, uhm... I'm a Rothfuss. [Yelling to someone in the other room] *I said I was gonna do the dishes, I'll get to it someday! Gawd, leave me alone!*" (No hate against Pat tho. I love the man and his books to bits.)

[@jackyoh971]

As a GRRM fan it's description it's so accurate it's scary.

[@EvelyntMild]

As a Pratchett, would you guys like to order pizza, get some beers and have movie night?

[@_alma]

the brandon sanderson assumption is... terrifyingly accurate

[@marc-andrewelie7684]

I thought it was just me...

[@madeleinesvensson5636]

Not gonna lie I feel a little exposed.

[@samuelransom4494]

Agreed

[@erg344]

I admit, I was spooked

[@vadimarhip4447]

WTF... how? 0_0

[@kurtoogle4576]

I've read a lot of these authors' works, but Neli Gaiman is absolutely my favourite SFF author. I find his work imaginative, empathetic, sentimental, and kind, but it has a dark streak a mile wide and reflects chaotic lives full of tragedy and complex relationships that are almost inconsequential in the face of the scope & strangeness of the world. But his work remains somehow cheerful and gives me hope.

[@rue2838]

This is why he is my comfort/just my favorite author. My favorite book he wrote was Anansi Boys, it’s so good and it means so much to me.

[@svenf8947]

Came here hoping I'd find out what him being my favourite would say about me, sadly he wasn't on the list. Maybe in a part 2 :D

[@NotYurAverageJoe]

Hell yeah

[@amyreadingthings3518]

“Robin Hobb… you own a weighted blanket” I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO CALLED OUT IN MY ENTIRE LIFE 😭😂

[@fantasylovemagic]

Same 😭😂♥️

[@lindsey5714]

Right! And the tea collection thing... it’s like he’s seen my damn kitchen 😂

[@TinaTissue28]

The Robin Hobb description is making me want to go read their books tbh because thats me to a T (without the weighted blankets because I live in a place that gets cold for like 2 weeks)

[@fantasylovemagic]

@@TinaTissue28 If you like slow paced fantasy, with awesome characters that you get to explore thoroughly, intricate relationships political intrigues and magic, set in a kinda winter/wolf/stone castle type of atmosphere it's made for you ! The Farseer Trilogy especially is slower, then the Liveship Traders is more dynamic with different povs, set in another part of the world (pirates, dragons, sea and treasures), then the Tawny man Trilogy goes back to the Farseer Trilogy pov, and the Fitz and the Fool Trilogy have two povs including the one from the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies :-)

[@Armpitfunk]

👏

[@marvcollins7842]

This video can also work as an "I recommend authors to you based on your personality" type video which is nice

[@richardgurney1844]

According to this video - I should give Brandon Sanderson and N K Jemsin a go :)

[@joyclendening9908]

Multiple times I went "huh, perhaps I should try that author."

[@gornfoo]

I'm just adding everything he listed to my wish list

[@deathmattkiller]

That is exactly how I took this video. Tour none of my favorite authors were mentioned, so I took this as a which description do I want to feel like. And chose books accordingly I'm now reading Ted Williams

[@DStrormer]

@@richardgurney1844 you really should though.

[@benetgladwin5490]

"If your favourite author is Robert Jordan, you're not afraid of commitment. You might even still be with your high school sweetheart" *my wife and I, watching this video 11 years after we met in high school* "Wow, okay, feeling a little called-out" 😅

[@thebear6123]

I have read this series over 20 times, send help pls. Also been with my wife almost a decade now.

[@_MARSyt]

BENET

[@cakes_lollies9948]

Mate I am 9 years into my relationship with my dude and he still hasn’t put a ring on it please dm this loser ahahah

[@Newfiecat]

Oh my god. My brother, too, likes Robert Jordan best and has been married several years to his highschool sweetheart. Wow. I think Daniel Green might be some kind of wizard.

[@alisonrobbins1126]

My husband and I met online 21 years ago in a Wheel of Time fan fiction website. I would say that the commitment statement is accurate! We both LOVE, Robert Jordan.

[@shreyasingh2471]

Going from JK Rowling to Leigh Bardugo as the favorite author, I can't stress upon how accurate this is! 😂

[@Spoonishpls]

My top two are Sanderson and Bardugo and I was hurt by this jk 😭 but fr

[@beth1155]

The bit about Stephen King and a difficult relationship with parents....... Daniel I did not click on this video to so violently get called out, even my therapist takes a more subtle approach JeSUs 💆‍♀️😂

[@duartevader2101]

Same here.

[@orvilpym]

Okay. Yeah. That part was pretty spot on.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

To be fair, that call out needed a follow up response: “but which Stephen King era/style? The Dark Tower, The Stand Expanded, The Talisman, the later slow burn novels, the short stories? Which King?”

[@Poleson]

Ever since I started sharing my King books with my old man we have had a great relationship...

[@cenedra20]

As a Terry Pratchett fan, Thanks for calling me cool, Daniel. You're not too shabby yourself

[@cinthiagoch]

Hello fellow cool person!

[@rishabtalan2135]

the Cool People club ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ

[@romainpascaud3735]

Hello, crazily cool person!

[@yogsothoth915]

Terry Pratchett and rr Martin are my favorites. Where do I stand...?

[@brimtastic_spastic1154]

Daniel: "You're cool" Me: "Not really :(" Daniel: "You just don't realize how cool you are" Me: " : ) "

[@dylanoshea9647]

I'm using this video to find out which authors I should read

[@davidmauriciogutierrezespi5244]

Honestly, yes. Fantasy is not something I'm very well readed so I'm looking for an in

[@lazyslytherin9391]

omg me too

[@kaladin783]

@@davidmauriciogutierrezespi5244 mistborn

[@MrWhangdoodles]

I'm pretentious, so I need to read Neal Stephenson now.

[@erinsilver3920]

I’m surprised that Phillip K. Dick and Douglas Adams are not on this list. But definitely a watch later save for authors I haven’t heard of.👍

[@technoirtn]

Those are the exact two I was wondering about! We may have similar reading tastes lol.

[@Lanai50]

Same, and Vonnegut

[@Mo95793]

Oh no.... and I was just starting the video.

[@miraidiver5981]

I was hoping for Philip K. Dick too!

[@thesaintzor625]

Philip K Dick... You know the world is going to shit and there may be something to slow it but nothing to change that course eventually. So you sit back, go through your motions and laugh at life when it's at its worst.

[@CapturedInWords]

Shallan: Jokes on you, I have an identity for every one of these assumptions.

[@cattheparamecius1125]

Stick: I am a stick.

[@quattroCrazy]

I agree. As I’ve read more and more series, I have no idea how anyone picks a favorite. There are things to love about so many authors!

[@sentient.ball.of.stardust]

@@quattroCrazy Usually the one i'm currently reading is my favourite.

[@mist7295]

I really did enjoy your cosmere talks Nd then you just stopped. What happened

[@madladthad2403]

@@sentient.ball.of.stardust same

[@ashalindrose6055]

Watches whole video. None of my favorite SFF authors are mentioned. I am a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.

[@Lurklen]

I've read everything up until the 4 minute mark, and half of everything after. But neither of my faves were mentioned either. Not sure what that says about me.

[@danielhuras617]

so what is your fav then? Stephen Arryn, Josiah Bancroft, James Islington?

[@catchampjade]

@@danielhuras617 terry mancour... I am just addicted to the spellmonger series

[@ringinn7880]

@@danielhuras617 Heard of Jordan Ifueko?

[@Sanglant4342]

I was hoping for L.E Modesette or C.S. Friedman mention, but notta.

[@jaydee4697]

Daniel just made every Discworld fan blush and smile to themselves.

[@zigorously]

AND LO, THE GREAT GOD OM SAID: Awwww shucks, you're far too kind

[@jaydee4697]

@@zigorously OOOOK!

[@frankduff18]

@@jaydee4697 I agree absolutely and wholeheartedly agree. please make sure that if you are planning to travel with the alligator has its passport update.

[@jaydee4697]

@@frankduff18 Duly noted. :)

[@swordfish1929]

I needed that today

[@cninh4574]

You should've done separate ones for LeGuin's fantasy and her sci fi, they're so different! Also, Heinlein's chapter being "Hans Zimmer"...

[@MJUltra42]

I was waiting patiently for Douglas Adams the way a child waits patiently in a doctor's office after eating a bucket of sugar.

[@ohifonlyx33]

Douglas Adams: you think you're cool because you do drugs as a way of escaping your existential fear of death and getting in touch with the universe OR you just have a weird sense of humor and like to have fun at the party.

[@travisdenen7633]

Here's a frood who really knows where his towel is.

[@Panslostboys]

He just didn't mention it because he know of all people, the hitchhikers wouldn't panic.

[@Xivair]

Douglas Adams "He's just this guy you know"

[@sophiaro4593]

Douglas Adams: You are a weirdly old soul and you care deeply about the world while also knowing you can't save it so you've taken to just caring about the little things you can control. You're not a confident person, but you have a weird but wholesome sense of humour and you definitely haven't lost touch with your inner child. Also you can get weirdly dark which usually surprises EVERYBODY around you. Alternatively: You're not British, but you're VERY British.

[@ruthikareddy7695]

Me: ASOIAF Fan believing he can't figure me out Daniel: You have very negative feelings towards the world Me: This man needs to be my therapist

[@Christinka888]

D: You have very negative feelings towards the world. Me: Naah man, you're so so wrong! D: You will want to discuss the deeper themes to a point where it's obnouxious... Me: Well I guess you got me after all... 😶

[@joannaszulc1496]

Saaaame

[@AW-xc1xc]

That first sentence alone made me realise that he was a force to be reckoned with...

[@AriusDragon]

This list really shows how well read Daniel has become over the years he's worked on this channel

[@callnight1441]

Cant belive how accurate the J.K. Rowling one is🤣 I love and admire Tolkien for how much thought and effort went into his books. Also, missing some Philip K. Dick and C.S. Lewis :(

[@Sk1nn3r32]

That one made me laugh as a Potter fan because it was less “what does this say about you” and more of a rant about you. 😂 I was absolutely in that camp (read Rowling multiple times each). I read a ton as a kid, trying to get back into it as an adult. Fantasy is helping with that. Finished Dune Messiah last night, picked up Children of Dune today! Binged the entire Witcher series last year over a few months - so Sapkowski (sp?) is probably my favorite adult fantasy author currently. But Herbert has a real way of making you think. It’s definitely harder (in a good way) making it through his books, but I’d only recommend it to a very specific crowd, not the casual reader.

[@humyrahfatima]

Tolkien 0:29 Jim Butcher 0:47 Robert Jordan 1:05 Brandon Sanderson 1:22 George R R Martin 1:44 Pierce Brown 2:22 Terry Pratchett 2:32 Mark Lawrence 2:51 Patrick Rothfuss 3:02 Frank Herbert 3:29 Isaac Assimov 3:40 Robert A Heinlein 3:56 Raymond d Feist 4:17 Arthur C Clarke 4:37 Martha Wells 4:50 Neil Stevenson 4:55 Tad Williams 5:16 Larry Niven 5:35 NK Jemisin 5:41 Tamsyn Muir 6:03 Robin Hobb 6:20 Joe Abercrombie 6:41 Stephen king 6:59 Jk Rowling 7:11 Philip Pullman 7:42 Ursula k le guin 7:53 Brent Weeks 8:12 John Gwen 8:38 William Gibson 8:57 Nicholas Ames 9:14 Leigh Bardugo 9:31 V.E Schwab 9:54

[@amitnagpal1985]

Thank you so much stranger.

[@kenna176]

Bless you

[@StardustDNA]

No R.A. Salvatore?!

[@morpheusdamon348]

Yooo

[@Tina-Ma1899]

Thank you!!! This needs to be appreciated more :))

[@chaitanyakrishnadeepak29]

That JK Rowling part is hillarious and so accurate

[@s.r.dragonreads4915]

I have a friend who reads Harry Potter 3 - 4 times every year and refuses to read anything else. This couldn't be more accurate!

[@Sunnegora]

Yes! My best friend claims she is a book nerd but hasn't read anything else but Harry Potter except the high-school reading list...she's 31 now. Hehehe.

[@user-K8T]

@@s.r.dragonreads4915 that sounds obsessive. Are they ok? Like emotionally, mentally, are they ok?

[@keithlynch1064]

@@user-K8T how is that obsessive? that's the same thing I do

[@user-K8T]

@@keithlynch1064 reading the same few books over and over and over again and refusing to read any others? It's obsessive. You'd be rightfully concerned about somebody who only ate one type of food or only watched one TV show. It's the refusal to even consider new experience that worries me. As if there's a reason that they only consume their "safe books." We all have them, our favorite trash media we partake in when things are rough or you can't find something good to read or watch, but when its the only thing you'll read? That's concerning. And I'm not saying that to shame him, or you, but to express concern. People generally don't want to only read one thing and that gives me pause.

[@angusmcgregor2863]

Holy shit Dresden and Sanderson were both so accurate. Mistbron was my first fantasy and you bet I was pretending to be Legolas as a kid.

[@angusmcgregor2863]

Oh and I do enjoy my small gatherings of Fantasy nerds

[@achimwienzi381]

very similar on my end, especially the Dresden part. xD

[@cartergreen2309]

Sanderson is my favorite and my wife immediately was like that sounds nothing like you. Arthur C. Clarke she said was me

[@brainydiode]

I spent most of my childhood and teenage years avoiding high fantasy for reasons even I don't fully comprehend, but in 2021 as an early 20-something I finally gave it a shot with The Stormlight Archive, and I'm only two books in but am enjoying it so far. I related to that Brandon Sanderson bit a bit TOO hard, so I assume that I'm going to also enjoy Mistborn when I eventually get around to it. I'm also currently halfway through my first Discworld book and I sure do hope that Terry Pratchett stuff applies to me. But I'm not ashamed to admit that I still frequently indulge my inner child and my real favorite fantasy author is Eiichiro Oda (ok, I am a LITTLE ashamed to admit it but you know...)

[@Kikakowia]

If you’re reading The Stormlight Archive, you might also find Warbreaker of interest, especially if you reread Stormlight afterward, or detour to it before you get to the last few Stormlight books… 👀

[@Greentrees60]

Why be ashamed of liking one piece? Fantasy isn't the kind of genre where you should judge yourself for liking something.

[@flyingwhiskey4216]

My fiance lost her shit when you mentioned Robin Hobb fans having a comfort blanket. I've been trying to introduce her to more fantasy, she likes Robin Hobb and she has a comfort blanket

[@DaDunge]

Yeah I also have a favourite blanket for reading and like Hobb, no idea where he got the idea that Hobb readers don't like Audiobooks

[@asliwins337]

@@DaDunge, I love audiobooks but gotta admit with Hobb I often prefer reading because I just get lost in the prose. And, I mean, the last 60 pages of The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy I needed to read in physical form so I could stop and weep openly every couple of paragraphs.

[@DaDunge]

@@asliwins337 That's the third trilogy with Fitz right? I haven't been able to pick that up second hand so no spoiler please. I haven't listened to any of Hobbs books as audiobooks, and I guess I prefer real books I haven't got anything against audiobooks.

[@bennathrai7489]

@@DaDunge The "Hobb fans don't like audio books" meme might be thanks to the Rainwilds audio books and their horrible performance. I had to actually go back to reading those books myself because the reader assigned to them was just atrocious X_X

[@DaDunge]

@@bennathrai7489 Ah I figured it would be something like that.

[@johncroncejr6156]

This was great, I need a part 2. Suggestions: Neil Gaiman, Brian Jacques, Ray Bradbury, Sapkowski, C.S. Lewis, H.G. Wells, Phillip K. Dick, Douglas Adams, maybe Danielewski?

[@FellsApprentice]

Muthafuckin Jacques. Fuck yes

[@nomisunrider6472]

Mercedes Lackey: You're a massive animal person and also probably a little grumpy. Tamora Pierce: You're a massive animal person and definitely a feminist. Richard Adams: You are a massive animal person and dear God what is wrong with you?

[@Quwia]

Scott Lynch, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cixin Liu

[@antaresmaelstrom5365]

Stanislaw Lem, Hans Dominik, Peter F Hamilton (maybe Colin Kapp, but I've only read Cageworld)

[@hallaloth3112]

@@nomisunrider6472 Be real, for Mercedes it is definitely your a horse loving girl that never got her pony. (yes her and Tamora are both on my shelf)

[@pimployrieger1677]

The feeling when your favorite author is Steven Erikson, yet you still go unwitnessed. ; - ;

[@DragonwolfoftheSands]

But that's why you like him isn't it? You're a missionary at heart and you've found a religious text that you feel compelled to convert the world to. One day you'll get the recognition but that isn't really why you love his work

[@matthewatkinson4887]

We are unwitnessed

[@wilsonguillory490]

Lol I was going to say the same thing

[@pimployrieger1677]

@@DragonwolfoftheSands This comment is beautiful.

[@miguelassuncaomartins4215]

I came here for this. We stand together

[@Pinpoint3621]

The copy of "The Elf Queen of Shannara" I picked out of the free bin at my school library, though it was beaten, and lacking pages, will always hold a special place in my heart. Terry Brooks, thanks for bringing me into the genre!

[@Drakenrahll]

My Dad had a copy of the Sword of Shannara... I used to look at it on his bookshelf when I was a kid. When I got into adult fiction it was one of the first books I read. Im not a fan of where he's taken the series, but I still remember his early works fondly.

[@bloozism]

@@Drakenrahll I read my dad’s copy as well!

[@Drakenrahll]

@@bloozism I still have it in my bookshelf. its old and worn. The book is as old as I am. I dont know that I will ever read it again, but it will always remind me of my father and the gift of the love of fantasy that he gave me.

[@asksalottle220]

So many people know him for Sword but personally I am a very big fan of the Magic Kingdom For Sale: Sold series.

[@thejosh2099]

@@asksalottle220 Magic Kingdom was great as well. It's pretty much one of two portal fantasy that I have ever read, and it was my introduction to that particular sub-genre.

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

The Brandon Sanderson thing is fairly accurate actually. Although my first entry into modern fantasy was not a Sanderson book. But other than that, actually pretty accurate.

[@bobbedybob8036]

This was actually really accurate for me. I had read LOTR before but Mistborn was the first epic modern fantasy. All the personalilty stuff about Brandon was on point although I'm not sure whether I count Brandon Sanderson or Terry Pratchett as my favourite

[@rachelownbey4586]

Sanderson was one of my first modern fantasy books that wasn't urban fantasy. I've read more of the classics than most people ever will though (not a brag, my family just has ALOT of books) so that particular assumption amused me. Sanderson isn't necessarily my *current* fave but he's very high up there.

[@stephenpeterson4738]

Garth Nix was my first. Seventh Tower, Sabriel, keys to kingdom. So good!!!

[@whatcanidooo]

Me, a Terry Pratchett fan: sobs because no one's ever told me that I can be cool even though I'm anxious while also complimenting my taste in books 😭😭😭

[@Merlijn1994]

My boyfriend has Terry Pratchett as a favourite author and based off him, Pratchett fans really are super cool! I'm unfortunately not cool enough for the club but that's okay

[@MarshalLtd]

I've met 2 people who, just like me, said Pratchett is their favorite and they were very cool. Morally questionable, weird, great conversation buddies, and so cool. And we were great friends. So based on this experience I assume you are a cool person.

[@theywalkinguptoyouand4060]

"Cool" people don't take the joke video too seriously

[@mariannamariano5036]

@@theywalkinguptoyouand4060 yeah, but, it feels good to be called cool once in a while, so, why not be happy about it?

[@Chabooki]

@@theywalkinguptoyouand4060 Lol, cool police here

[@drummerofawe]

Neil Gaiman dropped an ad on the video for me so I wouldn't feel sad at him being left out 😅

[@StartOfTheYear]

I wanted him to be in here to bad...

[@ApequH]

@@StartOfTheYear Me too!

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Neil Gaiman has no peer, Neil Gaiman needs no peer....it is a gift!!

[@sertaki]

We shall feel left out together and vanish into a strangely magical place of subtle horrors, yet whimsy and deep thoughts.

[@darthplagueis13]

Neil Gaiman lost his list privileges when Daniel found out he's on tumblr.

[@clay1430]

As a Martin fan, yeah, you right. The anti-fantasy style is ironically the very thing that pulled me into fantasy and I am very opinionated when it comes to most things especially politics. I also do gatekeep a little bit, I really like how the fanbase is currently and I do not want that to change. Recently I purchased Malice and I am really enjoying it so I am hoping to diversify my taste and connect with more authors.

[@robertwinslade3104]

As a Discworld mega-fan I definitely feel the part about being anxious, but I think you are massively over-estimating my 'coolness' 😅

[@wellendowedplatypus9024]

That might be because he is addressing himself and not you but what do I know :)

[@Morfeusm]

Yes* *but also horses, when you think about it, they are smiling because you are awesome 😎

[@anoniem1006]

agree

[@kathleenquinlan6559]

We should all hang out! But in small groups, because I’m also a Sanderson fan.

[@jessi4894]

You are greatly under-estimating your coolness.

[@ProfessorBear510]

Just checking everyone here just used the is as a reading list, right? I found so many authors I have not heard of and now need to read. Thank you Dan, I now have a new summer project!

[@FrumpybutSuperSmart]

Yup

[@sonea9444]

saaame!

[@Osyrous]

You and me both Spencer!

[@rriggs6547]

All I can say is, if you can read all those books in a summer you are a far faster reader than I. I couldn't even get through all Discworld books in a summer. (Yes. I tried.)

[@Termicrafter]

Me, cuddled in my weighted blanket, drinking tea and reading Farseer as a comfort read: HOW?

[@kohhna]

Personally I think Wizard of the Pigeons is far better than anything she did under the Hobb moniker.

[@Termicrafter]

@@nastjx96 Yeah, I know it's a bit weird with all the trauma and turmoil in the books. But the slice-of-life-like descriptions of the characters' daily lives and their interactions gives me a warm and cozy feeling.

[@Wineoclockbookworm]

Haha! Same! I'm currently on Royal Assassin in my second read through! And I DO have a favorite blanket along with a sweet selection of the finest tea!

[@kohhna]

@Anni Vilna Yes, its amazing!

[@kohhna]

@Anni Vilna Yeo, thats my good deed for the week nailed then :) enjoy

[@ultraquackgames9426]

So my 2 favorite authors are Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan, and I was having a hard time deciding which description was more me, as I felt like they both summed me up equally. Until the end where you described Sanderson fans as the ones who fanatically suggest his books to everyone, and im like "wow... THAT'S ACTUALLY ME!!!" Didn't think this would be so spot on, but it was. Another great video, and I hope to see another one of these in the future!

[@achimwienzi381]

I'm so pissed how accurate the Jim Butcher part hit me without even knowing it.

[@AB-bo5fz]

The Helms Deep bit cut me to the bone.

[@kristimarks2040]

Well, except for the "with your friends" part. Unless those friends are, for the most part, imaginary. Then its spot on.

[@jackthevagabond2669]

@@kristimarks2040 OK, listen. Words hurt, y'know? Whether I had friends previously to high school or not is irrelevant to the current topic, thank you very much.

[@kristimarks2040]

@@jackthevagabond2669 Sorry, I was referring to myself in the previous comment. Butcher is my current favorite.

[@aldurinpictures]

When your favorite author isn't on the list so you can't get roasted: _Signature look of superiority_

[@Zivilin]

Same. 😂 I never see my favourite authors on these video lists.

[@omshree901]

@@Zivilin same, never saw Dostoevsky here... though, he is a legend.

[@MrMultiPat]

Gosh the J.K. Rowling one is too spot on. I definitely re-read them 6+ times each when I was growing up. BUT I did read other authors too!

[@isaacdoggart4879]

My rereads on those is pretty depressing as well, I reread Deathly Hallows so many times my mother worried about me and told me to stop doing it. My estimate is between 50 and 70 times. Now It's more space opera for me, Glynn Stewart especially.

[@doritobandito_1323]

I was obsessed but not in a reread way, I read them maybe 3 times and then sustained myself with fanfiction as well as other series

[@Estarfigam]

JK Rowling should always be a gateway book.

[@doritobandito_1323]

@@Estarfigam debatable tbh, I think Rick Riordan's books are a better option

[@kwillshenry]

Was it Leigh Bardugo?

[@valeriedefarias]

“The fanatic level you see from Sanderson” that was so on point 😂 I started reading fantasy thanks to a Sanderson fan 🧡

[@vintariss]

Daniel making an assumption about me based on my favourite author and actually nailing it is amazing and terrifying at the same time.

[@vintariss]

@Domagoj Čović Perhaps I am, but who doesn't have weaknesses?

[@vintariss]

@Domagoj Čović Good for you then. Until I feel good and happy, I don't mind being weak.

[@vintariss]

@Domagoj Čović Don't worry about it. Thanks for the message, have a nice day!

[@Masonio]

The sanderson one about prefering small parties with close friends is incredibly accurate.

[@artistryunicorn928]

Right!?! As far as having read quite a bit of modern fantasy though... that’s a no for me 😅 pretty much all I’ve read for the last three years is Brando Sando. But I’m working on it now! ☺️

[@finncess4104]

The Harry Potter one would've applied to me 7-8 years ago, BUT I GOT OUT OF IT AND AM DOIN' GOOD

[@cinthiagoch]

So... Six of Crows fan now?

[@alannahsandys8975]

*sniff* I'm so proud of u complete stranger. =)

[@leonbrooks2107]

It gets a lot of stick but I’d argue that Harry Potter was the best thing to happen to fantasy writing since possibly Tolkien due to the way it got so many new people interested in the genre.

[@userJohnSmith]

We're proud of you.

[@fcv4616]

​@@leonbrooks2107 I agree. Harry Potter is still my favourite series, yet I'm also grateful to it for introducing me to other great fantasy books or related genres. Some of my other favourites include ASOIAF, TLOTR, Narnia, Earthsea, The last unicorn, and currently reading "His dark materials" and "The KingKiller chronicles".

[@peeko_luxx2873]

I usually don’t read much SF-F but recently fell in love with Frank Herbert and Dune. Was a die hard fan of Star Wars and since I’ve read Dune, I can’t go back. Appreciate the long list of other authors I should check out when I’m finished with Dune! Heard great things from multiple videos on Terry Pratchett with Discworld. Gonna have a long reading list soon 😅

[@Alverant]

As a Pratchett fan who has self-esteem and confidence issues, thanks. I needed to hear that.

[@sereneshiblisexton53]

Mood

[@SpydeyDan]

Ditto

[@eldrago19]

When he said "you're cool" my first thought was you are so so wrong. Still not entirely convinced he isn't wrong.

[@leirumf5476]

@@eldrago19 mood 👉🏻👈🏻

[@mortimerlangford601]

Based, fam

[@susanadeabreu1544]

The lord of the rings was a personal attack😂

[@ZlothZloth]

You'll be stronger for it soon. ;)

[@taterpugz]

It gets nostalgia points!

[@genghisgalahad8465]

0:40! 😆 That glance as he’s holding up the Fellowship of the Rings, specifically! 😬

[@hanstyrolt7617]

As a George R R Martin fan, I couldn't help but smile and giggle as you were absolutely right in everyway.

[@amypatterson7395]

@npcfree since 83 In fairness, if they’ve read the books, then it probably won’t be their favorite show anymore...

[@helenrose5383]

I second!

[@amandaforrester7636]

I watched the first season of the show, that is how I found out about it. I immediately got my hands on the books, because I couldn't wait. So I mean the show did introduce people lol. But yeah. Read the first book in 2 weeks. Would have been quicker, but I had a job and you know, sleep.

[@reckles21]

I stand by the fact that I will not start reading the series until his last book has an official release date 😂

[@Squiggly6942]

@npcfree since 83 ppl who call it their favorite show, straight up haven't read the books. That just has to be true. Otherwise they would be very upset, like those of us who have read the books. If you can watch Seasons 5 - 8.... you didn't read the books....

[@kwillshenry]

Too funny! You need to do a part 2 and include my other favorite Octavia Butler. (I'm a N.K. Jemisin fan girl) P.S. Based on that description I 'm going to slide some Patrick Rothfuss into my son's TBR pile. 😉

[@aaroneasy658]

Patrick Rothuss- you're a hopeful and patient person

[@berserker8884]

Facts

[@hhoi8225]

That was totally what I was thinking it would be lol

[@jessi4894]

You WERE a hopeful and patient person nine years ago, but now are a cynical and jaded person.

[@SpuTalks]

@@jessi4894 oh, you’ve been to his Twitch streams too?

[@jessi4894]

@@SpuTalks Once or twice but mostly r/kingkillerchronicle. I had to absent myself from both places for my own sanity. The whole KKC debacle is, in my opinion one of those things where literally everyone is wrong. The whole BetsyGate was the point where I lost all hope of him ever finishing and decided to just be glad for what I was able to read. Here's how I think everyone was wrong: The fanbase: For being toxic and abusive, harassing an author, and demanding work be done that they themselves are incapable of doing. Betsy: For publically calling Pat out and taking out her frustrations on social media (which may have been an act of desperation on her part) but still unprofessional. Pat: For responding to and feeding the trolls, for only giving vague book 3 progress during fundraising season and begging for donations for his charity (which if you dig into their expense reports is kind of shady) and using charity as a leverage for fans to donate, for ghosting Betsy and her not having read a single word of book 3 in six years, and putting her in the position of having to publically call him out, and general unprofessionalism. Also, letting the trolls get to him and get under his skin so badly that he was quite an asshole to regular fans asking benign questions about book 3. Pat wants to be a professional writer, but he treats it like a hobby that is secondary to his fundraising. I realized this and decided to disengage, not watch his streams, not follow his Twitter, leave r/kingkillerchronicle, etc. I've never been happier with my decision. If book 3 ever comes out, every booktuber will be buzzing about it, and I'll find out that way and go buy it then. Until then, he and it do not exist, and I wish others would make peace with it, disengage and not be assholes to him. Because nobody on Twitch gives a shit about some guy with a beard playing Minecraft and everybody knows it.

[@anotherworldhopper5344]

I’ve accidentally called my friend’s new parrot a chicken several times now... guess who’s my favorite author?

[@nachiketgurjar2769]

Sanderson?

[@duskshard4854]

The name as well sort of gives it away

[@SplitWasTaken]

I named my parrot Cat to confuse people... maybe I should get into Sanderson

[@JesusChrist-tu8lo]

I called a blue parrot Human...

[@TheFrigidMidget]

Colonel Sanders... on

[@TheSuburbanAlchemist]

I perked up every time you mentioned authors that I am familiar with. Then I had to chuckle at how accurate it was in regards to myself and my favorites.

[@heitorcoutinho4462]

"Patrick Rothfuss: you're pretentious." Me, an intellectual who loves The Name of the Wind: Damn, he's right.

[@kepler3.14]

Me tooooooo

[@ethanloughrey8375]

Me before watching the video: Pfft, this will be as accurate as horoscopes. Me, married to my secondary school girlfriend and with Robert Jordan as my favourite author: 😯

[@danielgonzalez-pf5el]

I’m so surprised, I was really expecting Daniel to at some point go “C S Lewis...you are a good christian boy aren’t ya?”

[@morthismejere1879]

😳🤭😅😂

[@thomasneudorf1170]

nice comment, the only other thing I can suggest for C.S Lewis may be "have you read more than the Chronicles of Narnia (and maybe the Screwtape letters) of his work?"

[@kohakuaiko]

@@thomasneudorf1170yes, the space trilogy is awesome.

[@renaissanceman95]

I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.

[@reuvengritters2983]

@@kohakuaiko Boy howdy, is it! So is Until We Have Faces.

[@Indhel9957]

Brent Weeks used to be my favorite author, but then I picked up The Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (reading the second book in that series now) and... I think he's my new favorite lol and I'd love to see him in a second video if you ever make one!

[@a.fleming4211]

As someone with Steven Erikson being their favorite author, I guess I will continue to go unwitnessed in the world. Doing what is right just for the sake of it.

[@berserker8884]

Me being lonely AF waiting for Erikson and him not showing up: "I guess that fits me well indeed."

[@bobvuleta8941]

I was waiting for Malazan to show up. 😢

[@dyusssan]

Okay, but how does one choose only ONE favorite author? 😅

[@Morfeusm]

I looked deep into my heart and picked up 3 names only to disc over it was Terry Pratchett all along. And I miss him so much 😭

[@eaptan]

@@Morfeusm "disc over" I see what you did there!

[@user-K8T]

Honestly, I first thought Sanderson and then he brought up Jim Butcher and I was like "wait, I also love him!"

[@IarwainBen-adar]

@@faustina5577 yessssss

[@nviz47]

Yeah I was like: Butcher, no - Hobb, wait, Pratchett, wait V.E.S 😅🤔😂👏🏾👏🏾 it's ALL of them and some others :)

[@Bobbiitty]

Stephen King: you either had a sheltered childhood or one that wasn't at all!! Lmao this is so true it hurts 😂😂😂😂

[@reak73]

While my two favorites Iain M. Banks and Glen Cook are sadly missing the description of GRRM fans resonates the most with me and he actually was my favorite fantasy author for a long time so good job with this book astrology

[@jackinthebox1993]

I'm gonna sound so stupid right now, but when I initially read the title I thought you actually spoke to individual authors and they were like, yeah, my audience sucks 😅

[@petervilla5221]

Not an inaccurate interpretation of the title. Also a really good video idea.

[@toria.4613]

You do not sound stupid, that is literally how the title is written 😂 was Daniel accurate? 🤔

[@koriel-in-real-life]

My wife and I died during the Robert Jordan one. "You might even still be in your high school relationship." Yep. Yep. You nailed it Daniel. Yep. Ha ha

[@sunnysouthpaw]

That’s kind of cool :) Congratulations on being together since high school, it’s pretty rare.

[@Merlijn1994]

Aahw, that gives me the warm fuzzies! I hope the two of you have many more happy years together

[@TLhikan]

Me, a C.S. Lewis fan: *concerned for the sequel*

[@killianhackenschmidt4987]

*Hears mention of sequel* *Inner Michael Moorcock fan starts panicking.*

[@folkertdejong6974]

Let me do this: You’re a christian or come from a Christian family and even though you may or may not be a believer anymore, you don’t have an overwhelmingly negative experience and like the thoughts and values he brings.

[@snappycenter7863]

@@folkertdejong6974 Also, whether or not you're Christian, you like allegories in stories.

[@davidr9104]

Damn this terrifyingly accurate. This is a really cool video, man. Good job articulating what it us about us that makes our favourite authors resonate with us

[@Remsdream]

The Robin Hobb one is so accurate...I feel exposed

[@Bookdragon11]

I haven’t read Mark Lawrence, but I love that he just goes “Who hurt you? Are you okay?” 😅😂

[@TheDebu666]

Prince of Thorns, if u read it you will understand

[@skakried7673]

@@TheDebu666 The Ancestor Trilogy is also like, abit "Yikes". All of his books are filled with themes of oblivion and Nihilism.

[@TheDebu666]

@@skakried7673 thanks for informing. I am going through Abercrombie now but later I will look into it. I'm very much into the edgy fictions.

[@gabrielleauclair254]

Robin Hobb Me : Oh his description kind of feels like me, except I like audiobooks... Daniel : Reveals my tea collection. Me : ... But how?!?

[@irak.5039]

Sooooo true!!!

[@tootpaste427]

Honestly have never read Robin Hobb but he said tea collection while I'm drinking a black tea called Bonfire toffee, so I guess I should buy some Robin Hobb

[@woofergranade2044]

This was more wholesome than expected. Thank you for that. Also, how dare you be so accurate! And I can only relate to 80% of what Stormlight characters deal with when it comes to mental health!

[@shemjaza]

I'm surprised you didn't have Steven Erikson: "You are either a software engineer or have science degree, and you have run multiple complicated homebrew D&D games."

[@wilsonguillory490]

Yes to the first, close with the last. Yikes

[@DSpaceman]

Welp yes to the former and working on the latter, lmao

[@ducovanderwoude6971]

The first in a few years, the second once I find the time.

[@wullagaru]

not the first, though law might be close. definitely the second

[@liviathemalazanpotatonoob5014]

Shiet! *hides* close on the first one and yes on the second one!

[@Ashencrowe]

I don't view a 14-book series as "a challenge," I view it as a good start.

[@nickcabrera5517]

I think that's what Terry Pratchett said when he started the disc world series

[@Draymorden]

Martha Wells: you are in therapy but your new 'found family' has kept you stable and you are doing so much better. Hobb: the weighted blanket also functions to absorb your tears.

[@DawnDavidson]

OK, I obviously need to look up Martha Wells. Thanks!

[@Shelf_Improvement]

Feel this in my bones.

[@skyeoak3]

Not if I’m at half price books and start crying a little after just LOOKING at a Robin Hobb spine

[@sullivandmitry1416]

I don’t read much fantasy anymore but one who holds a special place in my heart is Joseph Delaney. His “Spooks apprentice” or “last apprentice” series is great and one that I loved as a child.

[@carmineknight9123]

Feeling pretty attacked by Pratchett and Le Guin. I just want a better world, yo. Also, here's one I'm surprised you didn't do: Christopher Paolini: You were one of those wolf or dragon kids when you were 15 and also wanted to be an author. Possibly wrote fanfiction.

[@curaxu]

Oh boy thats me.

[@Miss_Myth]

THANK YOU. I feel seen now 😂💯

[@gallifrey42501]

Me as the person who struggles to find a favorite of anything: *glances around nervously*

[@bobstanly9198]

Me: My favorite authors are Joe Abercrombie and Mark Lawrence My reaction after the video:👁👄👁

[@andyxz_8091]

Sammmme I feel both attacked and cared for 🥺

[@ducky36F]

Haha sammmeee

[@katethegreat4918]

As an all-around bookworm who sometimes forrés into sci-fi/fantasy, I really enjoyed this. Of the authors you mentioned I’ve really only read Tolkien and Sanderson, but it’s been really enjoyable. I don’t understand why you didn’t include Orson Scott Card, he writes fantasy too. C.S. Lewis is definitely my favorite author, though.

[@Nomisdoowtsae]

Orson Scott Card got cancelled for speaking out against homosexuality

[@williamglahn]

And CS Lewis does not get coverage due to the overt Christian undertones. The major objection I have with his coverage is his name over bias against old authors. While I agree they may not age well but a lot of classics do not hold up well but they are still great stories and books.

[@captainanopheles4307]

Michael Moorcock: people get high just knocking on your front door. Robert E Howard: you own real swords, dontcha? HP Lovecraft: I'd rather not go into your cellar, thanks.

[@OlgaSPN]

This is priceless 😂

[@nenadmilovanovic5271]

HP Lovecraft: You have a cat and nobody knows its name

[@Thagomizer]

Why weren't these authors in the vid?

[@MrWhangdoodles]

Edgar Allan Poe: When people step into your house they feel the anguish that you experience every single moment of your life.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Jack Vance!!

[@BessmaITube]

J.K. Rowling. Believe me, I'm trying And that's exactly how I came across your channel lol I cant believe how accurate you were spot on I'm cracking with laughter.

[@carsonrush3352]

A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate are two books in a series that scratches The Magic School itch

[@guillermorelobalopez7553]

@@carsonrush3352 To add to this wonderful recommendations, Dresden Files will meet the need for a long (very long!) series with slowly growing and evolving characters, a mystery or a couple of mysteries every book and a wide and varied urban fantasy world. You "lose" a bit of the whimsical tone and change it for a slightly noir one, but that should be fine if you enjoyed the more mature tone of the last HP book. Bonus Point for being long enough you'll think twice before deciding to reread! (Although I have 🙄 Twice)

[@frostblizzard8499]

So if I read fantasy, I’m a lonely fool who has lost hope in the world and hence read fantasy to fill that void inside of me? Yeahhh, that sounds about right.... That’s surely me xD

[@Gladissims]

My favorite writer is Diana Wynne Jones. She was terrible at writing endings but the journey there is always such a delight that I can overlook it. XD I’ve made it my personal goal to read everything she ever wrote (am up to 20 now, I think). When I feel down, her books are definitely my go-to reads. 😌

[@thefili8849]

As someone with Pratchett as first and Rothfuss as second pick, I feel seen. Also thanks for basically giving a 20 second summary of the itch each author scratches.

[@jellevanbreugel325]

Guess I never realized how cool I actually am.......

[@orandulum]

Softening me up with the Pratchett just so I'm wide open for the double kneecap of Le Guin and Gibson. Superbly done.

[@blossommachado9743]

Robin Hobb assumption is so accurate that I'm checking my vents for cameras

[@FlyingFocs]

"Tad Williams: You're really well read." Me: *literally the only epic fantasy author I've read, solely because I picked it at random* ...but other than me, you're probably right.

[@katymartin3924]

It’s been an actual decade since I’ve read Ursula K Le Guin, but my god.... it is WAY too early on a Saturday morning for me to feel this attacked. 😅😭

[@Baraz_Red]

I thought his presentation was endearing ! Some of her novels are more "dystopian" (not exactly the right word): they portray various political systems and not everyone can get into it. From what I can see, there is a great variety between the worlds in her many books! (i.e. have read very little)

[@talesoffolkloreandcoffee3835]

Lord of the rings will always be one of my favorite fantasy books. There haven't been many books that can immerse me into a story as well as Tolkien.

[@tomswiftyphilo2504]

true

[@awitchwith3diplomas426]

Agreed

[@guillermorelobalopez7553]

I've always said LotR might not be the best books to read, but Middle Earth is definitely the best world to immerse yourself into. Prose doesn't hold up to modern standards, plot is rather simple and repeated to the ground by its successors, many of the characters are flat (although really interesting and grandiose) but the depth and thematic strength and coherence of Middle Earth has not been matched. Maybe can never be matched.

[@dustinmccollum7196]

You user name fits with your choice and commitment. And I mean that in a nice way.

[@johns70]

@@guillermorelobalopez7553 I thoroughly disagree with this. Middle Earth is great, but it has been matched several times over. Feist’s worlds (both his own and the one co-written with Janny Wurts) I think beats it. Robert Jordan’s world. And my favorite SF writer, Peter F Hamilton, makes pretty much everyone (including the previously mentioned) look like amateurs. His worldbuilding and characters are crazy good. Well, at least in my opinion. ;)

[@paulinal9609]

Wait why was this so accurate? I totally fit your Branden Sanderson description XD

[@NeptuneCheeseCake]

Ray Bradbury: You spent too much of your childhood being ignored by your parents, left to play in diners or by the side of train tracks with your friends. As an adult you’re distrustful of your line manager and suspect she might be a demon. You think about becoming a vegetarian, but you’re too nostalgic for the best chicken nuggets you ever had to really go through with it.

[@CraigMiyazaki]

I had to read Ray Bradbury stories in all three years of middle school english and I hated them. I've that Fahrenheit 451 is good but I'm skeptical

[@orvilpym]

That's the stuff! Daniel! Take notes! ;)

[@OlgaSPN]

This comment is pure gold. How dare you look so deep into my soul 😂

[@dare7782]

I've been called out

[@heatherlopez9551]

"Just like me, you're in therapy." um wow, you didn't have to call me out like that

[@billyalarie929]

Owning up to it is the first step to progressing toward greatness!

[@Aschult42]

The most disturbing part of this was how Daniel treated those poor books. There is no reason to slam each of them on the table. What did they ever do to you?

[@mecanimus2225]

That's why he's in therapy.

[@AB-bo5fz]

Read Power Word Kill and it will make sense.

[@sadiec2701]

I'm so very late to this party but I JUST discovered your channel, gotta say this was such a fun watch! I read a lot and appreciate too many authors to choose one fav. I'm Feist/Jordan/Martin, so I guess that makes me a dedicaded but socially jaded deep thinker with a slight superiority complex in particular areas that doesn't like taking risks and who would probably be disagreed with a lot. Yeah, sounds about right lol ❤

[@benjaminhondorp8593]

interesting detail: I actually didn't know Robert Jordan's WoT was 14 books long when I started it, until after I had fininshed the first book. but by then I was too invested not to continue

[@andreasvox8068]

Just imagine how you feel when A) you find out that the most recent book hasn't been translated into your native language yet B) you've read book 9 in the English version and now have to wait and wait for book 10 C) you've just finished book 11and find out that the author died. True WOT readers have to be tough cookies.

[@benjaminhondorp8593]

@@andreasvox8068 I can only imagine, in most cases I've had the luxury of starting a book series that was already finished

[@damp2269]

I'm the one that heard 14 books and said "challenge accepted" in his best barney Stinson impression. on book 10 now

[@eldrago19]

I wonder how it compares to Stephenson's Baroque Cycle in terms of word count because while there are only 3 physical books, they're each 1000 pages long and written in 5pt font.

[@rriggs6547]

I found WoT when their were only 8 books and the 9th came out soon after I read the first 8. And then I found out about the waiting. And Waiting. AND WAITING! But it was all worth it in the end.

[@michellebarnett2046]

FASCINATED that the Le Guin review was clearly based on her more truly Fantasy writing over her SF works. I think if her as the social commentary SF author first typically.

[@antifantastisch4467]

Me too. Is there a harder hitting social commentary short story than "Those who walk away from Omelas"?

[@michellebarnett2046]

@@antifantastisch4467 a great one! I still need to read Jemisen's "The Ones Who Stay and Fight" which is her response piece. (Mentioning in case you hadn't heard it existed!) I've often credited The Dispossessed as the piece that has shaped my politics the most.

[@antifantastisch4467]

@@michellebarnett2046 I haven't heard of that response & will read it, thanks!

[@taylorrkenneth]

Preach. I love Earthsea, but it isn't her fantasy that makes Le Guin my favorite writer, it's her Sci-fi. "The Left Hand of Darkness" and "The Dispossessed" are two of the best science fiction novels ever written, and "The Lathe of Heaven" will make you feel like you're tripping on acid.

[@michellebarnett2046]

@@taylorrkenneth how did you manage to pick all my favorites of hers! All of the Hanish cycle is dear to me but The Dispossessed & Left Hand are such stand outs for good reason. If you enjoyed the acid trip of Lathe of Heaven, Phillip K Dick's A Scanner Darkly has a similar feel while reading it, albeit much grittier if memory serves.

[@cameronshank9257]

I need that portion where Daniel explains how Hogwarts Houses have no say on personality. I need to send it to a few people.

[@panna833]

Totally agree!! We need it!!

[@terragrahamthefirst]

For argument’s sake, isn’t that how the sorting hat works? It’s not a personality test. It decides which house you’d do best in/feel the most at home in, taking your wishes into account just as much as the quiz does.

[@darthplagueis13]

I've always found it a questionable concept to sort people by character. Like, if you put all of the honourable folks in one house, all of the nerds into another, have the third one for the himbos and reserve the last one just for all of the assholes.... That's just bound to cause trouble later down the line.

[@terragrahamthefirst]

@@darthplagueis13 Himbos? 😂 I’m not sure this is how the houses are meant to be interpreted. Hermione, for example, is the nerdiest of all nerds, but she’s not in Ravenclaw. It’s about more than how you act-it’s about what you *believe.* The hat puts you in an environment where those core beliefs are encouraged by your likeminded peers. Harry thrives in Gryffindor in a way he wouldn’t have surrounded by cunning, ambitious Slytherins and rigid, rule-following Ravenclaws. Y’know?

[@darthplagueis13]

@@terragrahamthefirst I see Hermione as more of an internal logic error. Like, just read the Philosophers Stone again. Even if we accept that it is about personal beliefs rather than character traits, Hermione still mostly presents herself as rule-abiding, highly teachable and rigid. She's the one who typically disagrees with Harry and Ron when it comes to doing things that don't comply with school rules. She's not in gryffindor because her highest ideals are chivalry, bravery and valour, she's in gryffindor because the plot works better if Harry (who is generally fairly new to the wizarding world but strongly advocates for justice and fairness as a result of his unfair treatment at the hand of the Dursleys) and Ron (who has been living in this world for all of his life but is also a bit frowsy and chaotic) are presented with a character who actually represents the behavior and ideals that Hogwarts would like their students to have, a rule-abiding, industrious striver who primarily seeks to learn what there is to learn. She absolutely is a Ravenclaw character, but the plot and the dynamics between the different characters work better if she's in the same house as Ron and Harry. Granted, she becomes a little less strict and nerdy in later books, but that could reasonably be explain as the general gryffindor influence rubbing off on her.

[@elis.5350]

i just saw this as a list of recommendations and i love it there are some books i am going to buy now thanks to this and I appreciate the genre guide