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I started a re-reading of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books in January and have been interspersing his books with other authors. After the sad news of his passing I have finished up the forgettable military thriller I had been reading and am now reading Guards, Guards. It's the first book with the Night Watch characters, and having read all of them, it's pretty amazing to go back and realize just how much some of the characters developed over the series, while others (Sgt. Colon and Cpl. Nobby) remain familiar and somehow comforting constants of the Disc.

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Just started Anathem. I found a hardback copy in a used book store today (as well as a copy of Saturn's Children with the British cover ^_^) and decided to reread it because for the life of me I cannot remember anything but slivers of its story.

Can anyone recommend any fantasy where the protagonist isn't a very special snowflake? I've been having trouble finding stuff that doesn't engage in Great Man fiction.

You might like The Lies of Locke Lamora. Although it seems to be moving more towards the protagonist having a secret heritage in later books, earlier books are very much about the protagonist surviving by virtue of his wits and charisma. It's made very clear that he is, at best, a passable swordsman, and entirely lacking in extraordinary powers or virtues.

I finished Chimera by David Wellington. It's wasn't horrible, but I wouldn't recommend it, given the number of better books out there in a similar vein (Preston and Child's stuff or Jonathan Maberry's Ledger books, as an example). I picked up my copy of Butcher's Skin Game yesterday, and probably won't pick up anything else until I finish it. I also started Warren Fahy's Pandemonium yesterday before getting Skin Game. It's the sequel to Fragment which was a lot of fun, but Pandemonim will probably sit abandoned until I finish Skin Game

Depends on how the earth is destroyed.

If the ideas of Global Warming/Cooling/Whatever environmental disaster is your favorite are correct, then we could expect the Oceans may become PHd Intolerant for a majority of the species in it, the earth itself will have drastic changes...and it could be some of the smaller and more resistant creatures that survive. Cockroaches probably have just as many chances as some sort of ant...though some snakes seem pretty resilient as well.

If we nuke the planet to kingdom come and back...I don't think anything will be inheriting the earth...everything will die eventually from the radiation...well...there is a small chance. The Ocean seems to clear radiation faster than most things, so we may see some of the sea creatures come into the dominant species eventually. For a while, some liked Octopus's as a favored creature.

If we wipe ourselves out from some sort of biological weapons, if it only affects humans, who knows, maybe some other form of ape will take our place.

I don't know if it would be the octopodes, but I'd definitely cheer for them. They're such awesome animals.

RFP_Susan wrote:

Hey guys! I feel I speak for all of team Removed From Play when I say that, when we win the Gauntet, we will totally let you borrow it to punch Jason in the face. :)

Yay! No matter whom wins or loses the children come out on top. And Jason gets punched in the face.

I guess that updates the slogan to RIVALS HELPING US TO HELP THE CHILDREN AND PUNCH JASON IN THE FACE

If anyone ever does a Spicer sorcerer bloodline, wall of text would definitely be one of the bonus spells.

Dire hobbit is banned for slowing down the game by stopping for elevensies.