What Your Fav SFF Author Says about YOU!
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- What your favorite science fiction or fantasy author says about YOU! According to me... an idiot.
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This is obviously meant in a joking way. Please don’t take offense to me memeing on ya.
You are staring into my soul and I don't like it.
Who's your favorite author Daniel? What does it say about you? :)
@@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 🤣🤣🤣
Bruh you got Pratchett fans wrong, I am the opposite of cool.
Though I really like the Frank Herbert Fans omg.
Still discussing WoT with my high school bestie 20 years later, so I can vouch for the RJ analysis.
Finally a respectable, scientifically proven personality classifier
It just took a lifetime of reading and one questionably human RUclipsr.
This is irony, whichever way you look at it.
100% better than any of the ones my acquaintances on FB post anyway....
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.
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.
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.
Neil Gaiman is also my favorite! I watched the hole video hoping for him 🙁
This!
Thank you
Going from JK Rowling to Leigh Bardugo as the favorite author, I can't stress upon how accurate this is! 😂
My top two are Sanderson and Bardugo and I was hurt by this jk 😭 but fr
... 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...
Could you imagine if someone were able to properly adapt Tad’s Otherland series? That would be epic.
@@TheSuburbanAlchemist That, would be epic, indeed!
Tad Williams is one of my favorites also, and you are absolutely right he does NOT get enough love.
Normally people just say "Terry who?" And "what's Discworld?". It makes me a bit sad.
How dare you
To be so accurate, amirite
I am shocked as well.😂😂😂
😂😂😂 a direct stab at Merphy
He didn't even cover J.M. Barrie.
He didn't mention Scott Lynch though!
the brandon sanderson assumption is... terrifyingly accurate
I thought it was just me...
Not gonna lie I feel a little exposed.
Agreed
I admit, I was spooked
WTF... how? 0_0
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.
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.
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
Hell yeah
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.👍
Those are the exact two I was wondering about! We may have similar reading tastes lol.
Same, and Vonnegut
Oh no.... and I was just starting the video.
I was hoping for Philip K. Dick too!
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.
Who needs astrology?! “Oh, I see, you’re a Sanderson.” *files nails* “I’m a Martin.”
Listen I'm a Gibson, I'm so high I'm only pretending to know what you're talking about.
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??
"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.)
As a GRRM fan it's description it's so accurate it's scary.
As a Pratchett, would you guys like to order pizza, get some beers and have movie night?
POV: You've played so many Buzzfeed quizzes that you've transformed into one.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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 :(
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.
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"...
“Robin Hobb… you own a weighted blanket” I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO CALLED OUT IN MY ENTIRE LIFE 😭😂
Same 😭😂♥️
Right! And the tea collection thing... it’s like he’s seen my damn kitchen 😂
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)
@@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 :-)
👏
The feeling when your favorite author is Steven Erikson, yet you still go unwitnessed.
; - ;
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
We are unwitnessed
Lol I was going to say the same thing
@@DragonwolfoftheSands This comment is beautiful.
I came here for this. We stand together
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!
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.
@@Drakenrahll I read my dad’s copy as well!
@@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.
So many people know him for Sword but personally I am a very big fan of the Magic Kingdom For Sale: Sold series.
@@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.
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...)
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… 👀
Why be ashamed of liking one piece? Fantasy isn't the kind of genre where you should judge yourself for liking something.
I'm using this video to find out which authors I should read
Honestly, yes. Fantasy is not something I'm very well readed so I'm looking for an in
omg me too
@@davidmauriciogutierrezespi5244 mistborn
I'm pretentious, so I need to read Neal Stephenson now.
This video can also work as an "I recommend authors to you based on your personality" type video which is nice
According to this video - I should give Brandon Sanderson and N K Jemsin a go :)
Multiple times I went "huh, perhaps I should try that author."
I'm just adding everything he listed to my wish list
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
@@richardgurney1844 you really should though.
“The fanatic level you see from Sanderson” that was so on point 😂 I started reading fantasy thanks to a Sanderson fan 🧡
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!
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
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... 😶
Saaaame
That first sentence alone made me realise that he was a force to be reckoned with...
Neil Gaiman dropped an ad on the video for me so I wouldn't feel sad at him being left out 😅
I wanted him to be in here to bad...
@@StartOfTheYear Me too!
Neil Gaiman has no peer, Neil Gaiman needs no peer....it is a gift!!
We shall feel left out together and vanish into a strangely magical place of subtle horrors, yet whimsy and deep thoughts.
Neil Gaiman lost his list privileges when Daniel found out he's on tumblr.
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. 😉
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
Daniel just made every Discworld fan blush and smile to themselves.
AND LO, THE GREAT GOD OM SAID: Awwww shucks, you're far too kind
@@zigorously OOOOK!
@@jaydee4697 I agree absolutely and wholeheartedly agree. please make sure that if you are planning to travel with the alligator has its passport update.
@@frankduff18 Duly noted. :)
I needed that today
"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" 😅
I have read this series over 20 times, send help pls. Also been with my wife almost a decade now.
BENET
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
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.
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.
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!
This was a lot of fun (and also lowkey a cool way to get introduced to some interesting authors since I'm someone who's newer to the genre). Really enjoyed it!
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
Thank you so much stranger.
Bless you
No R.A. Salvatore?!
Yooo
Thank you!!! This needs to be appreciated more :))
That JK Rowling part is hillarious and so accurate
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!
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.
@@s.r.dragonreads4915 that sounds obsessive. Are they ok? Like emotionally, mentally, are they ok?
@@user-K8T how is that obsessive? that's the same thing I do
@@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.
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 😅
Please do a part 2. This video had me rolling 😂.
Shallan: Jokes on you, I have an identity for every one of these assumptions.
Stick: I am a stick.
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!
@@quattroCrazy Usually the one i'm currently reading is my favourite.
I really did enjoy your cosmere talks Nd then you just stopped. What happened
@@sentient.ball.of.stardust same
Watches whole video. None of my favorite SFF authors are mentioned. I am a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
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.
so what is your fav then? Stephen Arryn, Josiah Bancroft, James Islington?
Just the comment I was looking for.
@@danielhuras617 terry mancour... I am just addicted to the spellmonger series
@@danielhuras617 Heard of Jordan Ifueko?
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.
Well, having most of my favorites in your list (Tolkien, Jordan, Feist, Weeks), I think it was very well to the point :D I am even not sure why they are my favorites, I just like how and what they wrote... But I identify with what you said about their fans :D Good job! And, on another note, thanks for introducing some new names I might be interested in :)
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 💆♀️😂
Same here.
Okay. Yeah. That part was pretty spot on.
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?”
Ever since I started sharing my King books with my old man we have had a great relationship...
This list really shows how well read Daniel has become over the years he's worked on this channel
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.
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 ❤
As a Terry Pratchett fan, Thanks for calling me cool, Daniel. You're not too shabby yourself
Hello fellow cool person!
the Cool People club ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ
Hello, crazily cool person!
Terry Pratchett and rr Martin are my favorites. Where do I stand...?
Daniel: "You're cool"
Me: "Not really :("
Daniel: "You just don't realize how cool you are"
Me: " : ) "
I was waiting patiently for Douglas Adams the way a child waits patiently in a doctor's office after eating a bucket of sugar.
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.
Here's a frood who really knows where his towel is.
He just didn't mention it because he know of all people, the hitchhikers wouldn't panic.
Douglas Adams "He's just this guy you know"
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.
I love your library and the lights!!
Gonna use this as recommendations for new reading. Thanks!
Daniel making an assumption about me based on my favourite author and actually nailing it is amazing and terrifying at the same time.
@Domagoj Čović Perhaps I am, but who doesn't have weaknesses?
@Domagoj Čović Good for you then. Until I feel good and happy, I don't mind being weak.
@Domagoj Čović Don't worry about it. Thanks for the message, have a nice day!
The lord of the rings was a personal attack😂
You'll be stronger for it soon. ;)
It gets nostalgia points!
0:40! 😆 That glance as he’s holding up the Fellowship of the Rings, specifically! 😬
OMG, I feel so called out on so many of these; especially, Pratchett, Stephenson, Le Guin, Tolkien, Butcher, Jordan, and Sanderson. Also, you just added a bunch of authors to me TBR list.
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.
Orson Scott Card got cancelled for speaking out against homosexuality
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.
Me, cuddled in my weighted blanket, drinking tea and reading Farseer as a comfort read: HOW?
Personally I think Wizard of the Pigeons is far better than anything she did under the Hobb moniker.
@@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.
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!
@Anni Vilna Yes, its amazing!
@Anni Vilna Yeo, thats my good deed for the week nailed then :) enjoy
When your favorite author isn't on the list so you can't get roasted: _Signature look of superiority_
Same. 😂
I never see my favourite authors on these video lists.
@@Zivilin same, never saw Dostoevsky here... though, he is a legend.
Brilliant, lol. This summed me up with my favourite fantasy author, even with authors whose work I am well read in. Great job. 😂
The quality of your videos is just so 🤌🏻
Also, if I close my eyes while watching, I'm definitely just listening to John Greene.
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?
Muthafuckin Jacques. Fuck yes
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?
Scott Lynch, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cixin Liu
Stanislaw Lem, Hans Dominik, Peter F Hamilton (maybe Colin Kapp, but I've only read Cageworld)
@@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)
I'm so pissed how accurate the Jim Butcher part hit me without even knowing it.
The Helms Deep bit cut me to the bone.
Well, except for the "with your friends" part. Unless those friends are, for the most part, imaginary. Then its spot on.
@@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.
@@jackthevagabond2669 Sorry, I was referring to myself in the previous comment. Butcher is my current favorite.
You just gave me a lot of good books to read for the future. Thanks for this.
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
As a Discworld mega-fan I definitely feel the part about being anxious, but I think you are massively over-estimating my 'coolness' 😅
That might be because he is addressing himself and not you but what do I know :)
Yes*
*but also horses, when you think about it, they are smiling because you are awesome 😎
agree
We should all hang out!
But in small groups, because I’m also a Sanderson fan.
You are greatly under-estimating your coolness.
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.
Oh and I do enjoy my small gatherings of Fantasy nerds
very similar on my end, especially the Dresden part. xD
Sanderson is my favorite and my wife immediately was like that sounds nothing like you. Arthur C. Clarke she said was me
Dude!! Love the background music! ❤
Hey Daniel you’re videos are so cool and I’m definitely hitting the patreon man
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
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
@@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.
@@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.
@@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
@@bennathrai7489 Ah I figured it would be something like that.
Patrick Rothuss- you're a hopeful and patient person
Facts
That was totally what I was thinking it would be lol
You WERE a hopeful and patient person nine years ago, but now are a cynical and jaded person.
@@jessi4894 oh, you’ve been to his Twitch streams too?
@@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.
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
Ahahaha... Loved this, heaps of fun! Many of them I have read and you estimates are fun, or true or interesting. Also. Thank you, I am really cool and I even wear a Tiffany Aching pendant witches hat at times...
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 😭😭😭
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
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.
"Cool" people don't take the joke video too seriously
@@theywalkinguptoyouand4060 yeah, but, it feels good to be called cool once in a while, so, why not be happy about it?
@@theywalkinguptoyouand4060 Lol, cool police here
I’ve accidentally called my friend’s new parrot a chicken several times now... guess who’s my favorite author?
Sanderson?
The name as well sort of gives it away
I named my parrot Cat to confuse people... maybe I should get into Sanderson
I called a blue parrot Human...
Colonel Sanders... on
HOWWWWWWWW. How did you get me down to pat. Even that comment about Sanderson near the end is me
Wait why was this so accurate? I totally fit your Branden Sanderson description XD
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.
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
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.
Garth Nix was my first. Seventh Tower, Sabriel, keys to kingdom. So good!!!
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!
Yup
saaame!
You and me both Spencer!
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.)
Thank you for giving me books to read. :)
This video has helped me find out some authors I would love!
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?”
😳🤭😅😂
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?"
@@thomasneudorf1170yes, the space trilogy is awesome.
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.
@@kohakuaiko Boy howdy, is it! So is Until We Have Faces.
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."
Yes to the first, close with the last. Yikes
Welp yes to the former and working on the latter, lmao
The first in a few years, the second once I find the time.
not the first, though law might be close. definitely the second
Shiet! *hides* close on the first one and yes on the second one!
Great reading list 😃
Sanderson and weeks were spot on for me! Fun video!
Me, a C.S. Lewis fan: *concerned for the sequel*
*Hears mention of sequel*
*Inner Michael Moorcock fan starts panicking.*
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.
@@folkertdejong6974 Also, whether or not you're Christian, you like allegories in stories.
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: 😯
Peter Watts
Don't come any closer! I have a restrictipn order!
Awesome list, Daniel! I've totally noted some authors that I could like based on my personality)
Great video. Made me laugh. Named 7 of my favorite authors
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.
Me being lonely AF waiting for Erikson and him not showing up: "I guess that fits me well indeed."
I was waiting for Malazan to show up. 😢
As a Pratchett fan who has self-esteem and confidence issues, thanks. I needed to hear that.
Mood
Ditto
When he said "you're cool" my first thought was you are so so wrong. Still not entirely convinced he isn't wrong.
@@eldrago19 mood 👉🏻👈🏻
Based, fam
You absolutely nailed me with that Sanderson evaluation. Lmaooo
Holy shit you nailed me with the Brando Sando point, gg m8
The sanderson one about prefering small parties with close friends is incredibly accurate.
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! ☺️
The Harry Potter one would've applied to me 7-8 years ago, BUT I GOT OUT OF IT AND AM DOIN' GOOD
So... Six of Crows fan now?
*sniff* I'm so proud of u complete stranger. =)
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.
We're proud of you.
@@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".
Brent weeks isn’t my favorite but your description did fit me. I had some problems with the lightbringer series but its home to some of my favorite character work across all media.
thanks for saying I'm cool! and the "a little anxious" part fits for sure.
As a George R R Martin fan, I couldn't help but smile and giggle as you were absolutely right in everyway.
Seriously though, if GOT was someone's FAVORITE show, how could they NOT read the books. It's mind blowing.
@@npcfreesince83 In fairness, if they’ve read the books, then it probably won’t be their favorite show anymore...
I second!
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.
I stand by the fact that I will not start reading the series until his last book has an official release date 😂
I don't view a 14-book series as "a challenge," I view it as a good start.
I think that's what Terry Pratchett said when he started the disc world series
Havent read anything except jim butcher in last 5 year,im now on wek long bingewatching your reviews,keep it up!Read 90% of authors here,but not latest works,and not all ,gonna fix that
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.
Stephen King: you either had a sheltered childhood or one that wasn't at all!! Lmao this is so true it hurts 😂😂😂😂
Nice list. Tad Williams has been my favorite since the Dragonbone Chair was first released. Kinda surprised that there was no David Eddings or Terry Brooks on the list, though. Only so much time I suppose.
IMO your take on kings of the wyld is SPOT ON my friend!
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.
OK, I obviously need to look up Martha Wells. Thanks!
Feel this in my bones.
Not if I’m at half price books and start crying a little after just LOOKING at a Robin Hobb spine
"Patrick Rothfuss: you're pretentious."
Me, an intellectual who loves The Name of the Wind: Damn, he's right.
Me tooooooo
This is the one time I would have loved to see you lift your Terry Goodkind embargo. Just for the lols 😆
You were surprisingly good at the speculations. My two favorite authors are Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, and I am exactly the type of person you described in those two sections.