The 6 stages of reading fantasy
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2023
- Once you read Stage 6, you are actually in all stages simultaneously. Tell me which stage of loving adult fantasy you're in...or tell me a stage I missed.
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The last stage goes back to Tolkien when you read the Silmarillion
My favorite book!
Ikr silmarillion is the peak of fiction
I swear Tolkien becomes some kind of religion at that point, and I am daunted
The Tolkien covers are so gorgeous! ❤
Lord of the Rings is definitely not level 2 though, alot of people haven't read it because they think the prose is much more complex than other fantasy.
That's the deluxe pocket edition. That's the one i have also
@@alb0zfinestYeah it's a shame that people think that. If they actually tried, they'd see it's not difficult at all
Malazan is the final boss of Fantasy
I've listened to it 2s, both times I forgot more than I remembered. I though stormlight was straight up easy to follow, but Malazan is the only fantasy ive read to be shelved for reread and not continue, purely cuz I remember only a few plot points.
Nope the Silmarillion is
Book of the new Sun is a rival of malazan too
@WayTooUnderated nah thats just an ad hoc collecting of his lore into one, I kinda went in expecting it to be that. Malazan is much more confusing cuz it is an actuall story info dumping on you when you don't even know if what they said was a spell, place or character lol
I've tried three times to get into it but it's just so not for me,
Brandon Sanderson has just suddenly become my favourite author of all time. I read Elantris a few years ago, it was pretty good but for some reason I never followed his other books. I rediscovered him just recently when I happened across Yumi and the Nightmare Painter on Amazon. The cover art was _phenomenal_ and it really drew me in. That was in early January. Fast forward 4 weeks and I have now finished all of his secret projects (except Sunlit Man) and am nearly finished with the first trilogy of Mistborn. No other writer has come _close_ to drawing me into a book this well and I’ve read a _lot_ of books.
I can’t wait to start Stormlight!
Edit 3/20: I finished The Hero of Ages. Last week I finished The Way of Kings and I’ve now almost finished Words of Radiance. I’m still completely hooked it’s so good! I’d have probably finished all of his books by now if I wasn’t in college (damn you higher education!)
omggg I'm so excited for you. Stormlight is SO FREAKING GOOD!!
Stormlight has turned me into a avid reader, as someone who hasn't read in ages. Feels like playing a narrative heavy action fantasy game 🤤🤤
Well now you gotta read sp5!
Is Way of Kings a Mature book? Or pg-13
@@CrazyzzzDudezzz yes. Yes yes. Its got slavery graphic murder ptsd and more
I jumped from Stage 1 in my childhood to The Way of Kings right away in my adulthood 😂 which I do not regret because this series has quite changed my life.
Anyway, love your channel! Keep it up 😃
lol no wrong way to do it
Me too!!
Same! After years of not reading I went for the name of the wind, and the the way of kings and been sanderson obsessed since
1. Goosebumps
2. Half of Harry Potter
3. Percy Jackson
4. Heroes of Olympus
5. Rest of Harry Potter
6. Mist Born
7. Stormlight Archives
@@AHorrorFanatic for me
1. Harry potter
2. Percy jackson ( including magnus chase and all the others)
3. Throne of glass
4. Promise of fire
5. Wings of Fire (woooooo)
6. Skulduggery pleasant
7. Air awakens
Then there's me. I never really cared for reading. Then, I decided to try audiobooks last October. Started with a few Star Wars books, then a friend convinced me to give Sanderson a shot in December. Now, after just 2 months, I am close to finishing the entire Cosmere. Just started the Way of Kings. Once I'm done with Stormlight, all I will have left is Sunlit Man and Yumi. Idk what I'm gonna do with myself when I'm done...
I feel it's also worth mentioning that in those two months, I've also listened to 3 of the Dune books and the entire Wingfeather Saga. For anyone counting, that's 11 Sanderson novels, 4 novellas, plus 7 novels outside of the cosmere. In just 2 months. For reference, prior to last October when I started getting into audiobooks, I had only read 9 books in their entirety in my entire life. I am 26.
may i recommend a left turn to the Discworld series, by Terry Prachett? It's not high fantasy, but it's so good! And you seem to like the series that come in tomes, so definitely try A Song of Ice and Fire. Worth it, even if it's not done.
@@jenniferpearce1052 I will add it to the list!
Brandon Sanderson was my gateway to high fantasy genre as well. You should check out the GraphicAudio version of Stormlight Archive. You'll thank me later
I’ve done something very similar with my time since Covid and people told me using Audible is cheating. Don’t let people tell you that consuming audiobooks doesn’t count as reading the book. As long as your mind has gained the knowledge of the book's content then mission accomplished. If my intent for reading books was a better vocabulary I’d take a writing class and buy some vocabulary flash cards.
@blakechildress944 yeah, I've never been a reader, and I've always been treated like it's a character flaw. More people need to realize that reading isn't the end all be all when it comes to the acquisition of information. Being an avid reader doesn't automatically make you a better, more successful person than someone who doesn't. The fact is, different people benefit from different mediums. Yes, reading is an inherently good thing, but there are other equally effective ways to learn and retain information. And I just wish more people would accept that.
I love not being able to read the captions. Makes for an enjoyable experience!
Eragon was literally my first fantasy book .
And I did not know It was "the first" for so many people.
I simply stumbled upon the movie and it got me interested
I almost reported you for mentioning the movie 💀😭
Christopher Paolini recently published Murtagh 20 years after the Eragon book. It was really well done and enjoyable to fulfill another story from the Inheritance series
I’m between stages 4 and 5.
I can tell the subgenres, and I’m also reading both Malazan and Stormlight 😊
I honestly didn't understand he put them at the same level when Brandon is known for his very straightforward prose and structure. And Malazan is considered one of the most complex and hard to understand fantasy series out there.
p.s. Don't often see black Turkish dudes. I hope that's not rude, just couldn't help myself mentioning it after I noticed the profile picture.
@@3choblast3r4 Right? I guess if you look at both of them as a Universe/Multiverse it makes sense.
Combine all of Sanderson's work to see a complex Cosmere plot, vs Malazan's big main plot and surrounding prequels, interquels, and sequel stories.
Plus Malazan has the benefit of having 2 authors, one being an archaeologist, anthropologist, philosopher, fencer, table rpg'er., while Sanderson has himself and his crazy mind.
As for the other part🤣🤣I've never gotten a comment on that before! Not like that! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My father is from there, my mother is not, so that's how it happens. You must have saw the name and the face and went like "WHAT IS THIS??!!?!"?🤣🤣
It's fine, no problems here!
Bruh you’re reading malazan that’s an instaskip to stage 6😂
@@benroache1857it’s awesome I went from Harry Potter to First Law to Mistborn to steer right to Mazalan
@@ErikPT👏🤌
I just started with priority of the orange tree and then jumped to Brandon Sanderson way of kings😂
I started with The Kyoshi Novels, but my first adult fantasy book was tpotot
😂 I feel old 😂 I was reading fantasy two decades before your Stage 1 book was published. And when it was published, it wasn't considered adult reading but youth / late primary school-early high school. I don't think we even had the term YA back then
The stage 1 book wasn’t my first book either ;) I was reading for a full decade before it was published. It’s just a representative reel!
My gateway to fantasy was Lewis.
And I had three extra stages between your 2 and 3. After Tolkien, I became obsessed with his influences and contemporaries! So, I devoured George MacDonald, ER Eddison, William Morris and other VIctorian fantasists, Lord Dunsany, fellow Inklings other than Lewis, James Branch Cabell, Mervyn Peakz etc.! 🥰
After that, I read and collected every title I could that was part of Lin Carter's Ballentine Fantasy series! This was followed by a feminist streak (Le'Engle, LeGuin, Robin McKinley, etc). 😊
The inheritance cycle is iconic
new book Murtagh took me back ❤
@@hmh7847my fave character🤌
I don't know where I am on the stages. I kind of just migrated to reading japanese, korean, and chinese fantasy novels.
You've transcended
@@misantrope6267Maybe I did. Or maybe I am just a racoon in a dumpster who finds a half eaten steak every once and a while. Sometimes it is pretty good though.
I am the guy in the corner of the party sneering at my friends who dont read fantasy books.'' They dont know what they are missing ''.
Bruh ikr. I have friends who love fantasy too in like video games, movies or even graphic novels but can’t get them too read anything😂it’s so frustrating knowing how much they are missing out on
Maybe that’s why they wanted to have fun so left you in the corner
Parties, eww. Stay home and read!
So glad someone else remembers Never Die. That book is so underrated
I am older. I started with Tarzan and John Carter of Mars along with the Hobbit. Then, 'Chronicles of Amber' is what really got me hooked on the genre.
Book tubers make me sad, it’s like except for Tolkien nothing was written outside of 10 years ago
Ohmygosh!!! 😂 My grandfather left a complete Edgar Rice Burroughs hard cover collection to my dad when he passed! I grew up reading the Mars and Venus series on repeat. Then I had to read The Hobbit in school, and I LOVED it! I guess Narnia gets a spot in there too. I read that series several times. I've never seen anyone mention Burroughs on BookTube! I loved those books! His imagination just staggered me! (I'm sure I wouldn't be nearly so impressed now, but it was a great starting point for me.)
Holy cow. You just sparked a deep forgotten treasure trove of fantasy books I started to read when I was young. Like 30 or so years ago I read Nine Princes in Amber and basically forgot about the rest. I'm going to have to track those down again. Great pull!
@@frozenninja4030 I loved them
@@jessezigg My uncle and I loved Burroughs so I inherited that part of his collection when he died in the mid 80s.
Nice video - but all the text at the bottom of the screen, about the channel and subscribing and Super Thanks, are covering the subtitles for each stage, so I could hardly understand what this video was saying
I'm at stage 6 and telling anyone and everyone that Malazan is the most incredible thing ever written 😅
Once you go stage 6 you actually exist in all stages simultaneously 😂
@@Bookborn what comes after stage 7? Becoming a character from the book and never breaking character? 😂
Full Heath Ledger mode 🤣
Bruh sanderson is entry level fantasy
Same
As far as writing style goes I agree but stormlight world building and what not I don’t believe to be entry level. I think it’s more intermediate. But yah most of his are entry. For me Malazan is like some of the most hardcore fantasy out there.
Mistborn yes, Stormlight not so much
@@atumanov55 Agreed. Shit is definietly impossible to read for novice fantasy readers
@@drquack1217Malazan feels like studying an ancient lore from a scripture written 1000 years ago as a novice scholar
Omg I NEED those LOTR books, they look so cool
I highly suggested eragon for younger teens/ children 10 +. I read it when I was younger and loved it.
The first fantasy I read since the Hobbit, in fact the first book I read in years , was Eye of the World. I never looked back, what a cracking series to sink my teeth into and rediscover a love of reading through.
Stage 7: a true adult, reading Guy Gavriel Kay
Stage 8: Exalted Adult, one that reads book of the new sun ... and can keep up with what is going on at least until book 3 and a half. By the end of book 4, no one knows what the fk they just read and everyone realizes they are now forced to reread the book since everything they thought they knew and understood wasn't as they saw it.
Also this guy put Brandon Sanderson on lv 5 side by side with Malazan which is widely considered one of the hardest fantasy books out there
@@3choblast3r4 an epic take. Also how i felt upon finishing book of the new sun.
I discovered fantasy four years ago when Gardens of the Moon appeared on my Amazon page. Every other time I just ignored anything fantasy, but this time the Chapter 1 excerpt caught my eye and I started reading the first couple lines, then I read the entire excerpt, then I downloaded the sample which was the prolong and read that as well. I kept reading until I finished the ten books 14 months later. Been reading fantasy ever since. I had no idea fantasy could be written like this and this well.
Although more than 90% of fantasy is not for me, I have found some incredible authors and books to keep me reading fantasy for years to come 🙂
You will love Joe Abercrombie then I guess...
@@LionheartSJZ I enjoyed reading the "The Blade Itself" but had to listen to the second half of "Before they were Hanged" and all "Last Argument of Kings" because I had lost interest. The narrator gave what was for me was a 'meh' book a 5 star performance. The prose is better suited for audio than reading in my mind. I definitely enjoyed reading "A Little Hatred", but haven't continued reading any other of his books because I wanted to try books by other authors. One day I will come back and finish The Age of Madness series.
Alright, fair enough. I guess it's always personal preference. Love the dark humor and gnarlyness of Abercrombie's writing :)@@Canoe64
I like listening to high fantasy audio books and then get inspired and rewrite my book.. for the 5th time!!
I was all about those stories about wizards and magic schools, then I got into some more realistic and grim stuff then I discovered progression fantasy. And rn im going full circle and back on magic school stories lol
Shit I think I skipped straight to stage 6 by the time I was in high school haha and the Malazan series is the best series ever, I said it and I stand by it lol all 22 books and counting
lol I was in stage 6 in HS but not stages 3-5 yet... Now im in all the stages
And, on another mountain completely, stands Gormenghast....
I feel like there are sub-stages that are optional, like discovering Discworld or Earthsea.
This is half of my journey lmao, except I started with Skulduggery Pleasant
Lmao I guess I’m at the Sanderson stage but missed a few books. Lol I also think you missed Harry Potter. For me it was Harry Potter than the inheritance cycle, than lord of the ring, than Witcher, the wheel of time, a song of ice and fire and other books in that world, Sanderson, and now the Drizz’t series in the forgottean realms of Dungeons and dragons. I’ll probably jump to Robin hobb or joe abecombre next unless I decide to take a break and read some scifi. I’ve been wanting to read the mass effect books and continue on in my Star Wars journey. Also I wouldn’t mind reading more world of Warcraft books. They have some great lore and stories. I would really love to get into the world of league of legends. The arcane show was phenomenal and I’d love to learn more about the lore.
Yeah ORP is so fucking amazing. For anyone who loves it, The Author’s POV is another light novel that’s also super fucking amazing, though the start is a bit rough
Stage 7 is when you make you first re read of malazan and the mind blowing star
Yeah dude, gardens of the moon on first re read is madness.
OMG i love your malazan gardens of the moon edition!!!!
I have tried malazan so many times but always give up after 2-3 books, the most important factor in keeping me hooked to a series is characterisation and i did not connect even remotely to a single malazan character. Hopefully it will change when i try it next time🤞
I’m about Stage 3.5. I do know all the names in the books, but I can’t say I’ve read all those subgeneres. I do also spend time on the wikis for Cosmere now I’m 75% through all of it 😅
Just finished the entire thing and now have to go back and reread stormlight to understand The Lost Metal. It’s never ending lol
Stage 7: the Earthsea hole
Hey! Have you tried either the gentleman bastards or the will of many? Just finished both and they were great.
I need more book recommendations. 😂
The Mortal Techniques trilogy was tiiiiight
Why does this resonate so hard??? 🤷♂️
I definitely went through stage 1, then stage 4, now I'm on stage 2.
finally reading LOTR, and it is so good 🥺
I recently finished the Way of the kings and it was so epic! It was the first time a read anything from Sanderson, I have to say that he really is an amazing fantasy author! Currently reading the next book…
legit correct on every front which is obvs expected.
I skipped from stage 1 right to stage 5 by being a long term dnd fan and just having started reading the Drizzt Do'urden books and being absolutely obsessed with all the background lore and how it correlates to dnd canon events and everything around it (plus Drizzt ofc, hes great)
This is CRAZY. I've literally read those exact books in that exact order. How, Hillary 😂 I'm mindblown
Once you're a frw books deep into Malazan you're terminally into Fantasy
I used to love Sanderson until i discovered Erickson. He's my favorite author now.
Sanderson's style seems formulaic in retrospect. I'm kind of dreading the next stormlight book because of this.
Glad to hear it.
I did stage 1, couldn't get through stage 2 waited for a couple years and then jumped to stage 5, currently on 6
Starting Cosmere tomorrow!
Someday I hope you give Sir Terry Pratchett a chance, as well as Diana Wynne Jones’s Chrestomanci series.
Appreciate the Mr Norrel love
A very great work of fantasy that many western fantasy fans might not be well aware of and which I definitely recommend is "Hoshruba".
Dandelion Dynasty is impossible to put down.. 🤯
I plowed through the First Law, the Way of Kings, the Black Company, etc no problem.. On my 3rd Malazan attempt I got to Toll the Hounds before shelving it for 3 years.. Working on my 4th attempt now.. I've made it to Midnight Tides.. maybe I'll get through it if I pace myself 😂😂
Favorite character? Definitely Kruppe
Me realizing I'm still in Stage 3 😲
Slowly slowly sllllooowly getting through book 2 of Malazan. I listen to audiobooks and this series I keep having to rewind to fully comprehend what is going on. I think this series is the final boss of Fantasy books.
I love how relatable this was. The way I'm entering stage 5 😂 Lore and I are secret lovers who meet up jouously at inopportune times.
I’m on stage 1 lol I read wings of fire but I needed a another book
I guess i started at level 4
You have Way of the Kings twice. I'm reading it at the moment ... it's soooo good
I have the grace of kings and the way of kings, two different books :)
@@Bookborn Still. Way of Kings is Stage 5 and 6. Why not? It's so awesome.
Honestly for me the final stage was grimdark. I read wheel, stormlight, malazan, but what really stuck with me was the first law. Idk why. I just love Abercrombies writing style so much. Plus the dude cracks me up considering how unfunny the stories are 😂
I somehow skipped stages 3 and 4 and went straight to 5 and 6 😂
I'm happily sticking at stage 2
Brandon Sanderson is the best. I think oathbringer is my favorite of the stormlight
Highly recommend you move stage 2 to past stage 4 imo hahaha I just found LOTR really difficult considering the older fantasy dialect, it’s just very unique to modern fantasy in most of the writing style but then again that just put it in a league of its own. 🍻🐐
Y'all gotta try out A Spell for Chameleon the first book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony, brilliant book and if a series scares you don't worry the first is complete and amazing stand-alone as well
The lotr movies are much better than the books. They cut out most of the pointless side characters, and focused on the important events that the books sort of skipped over.
lol...
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I have the exact same books of your Lord of the Rings collection
I love several of those books, but what was written at the beginning causes me conflict haha Since only Abercrombie and Erikson are adult fantasy of all the ones you listed. Most were YA or Children's. Which is not a bad thing, but it does make you curious.
It’s called the sages of fantasy lol it’s supposed to represent someone’s journey! It’s not that serious lol, just many people started reading fantasy when they were children (I did :). Additionally, very few people I know consider Stormlight, WoT, Dandelion Dynasty, or many of the genre ones to be considered children’s oe YA 🤔
I went straight from Eragon to the Cosmere and now I'm addicted. Lol
This is ironically the order I read these books. Spot on lol
The Last stage is reading pre tolkien fantasy
AS A WHEEL OF TIME FAN, i feel so called out omg! He just wrote toooooo many different names
Stage 2 off the bat! 🏁 and then straight to Stage 4!! High Fantasy & Historical! I dig the Miami Vice TV Show BG music! 🌴 🍹🏎 🛥 such a different vibe!
The way of kings is on ny list. Have you given "The Sword of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind a try? By book 3 I couldn't put it down and now I've read the series 3 times.
I think after reading the Wheel of Time you reach the point of no return 😂❤
Well dang. That’s exactly how it happened for me!
i went from stage 1all the way to 5 and it was great way of kings is a masterpiece
Currently stage 4, can’t wait. Lol
I'm near the end of Gardens of the Moon and my brain physically hurts
Out of all these books I've only read Brandon Sanderson. I'll have to check out some of the others.
I've never been in stages 1-5... It was dropped into 6. 😅
I’m at stage 3 lol.
I jumped straight from stage 1 to stage 5
I read most of these, except the Ken Liu one, and.. idk, I can’t see the name while typing- (never die, and the legends and lates… any good?)
I assume the last stage was ASOIAF theorists talking about how Joffrey meant to poison Tyrion at the purple wedding
How was martin work not brought up in this short is beyond me
no, the last stage is makeing the secret horses video and you are in this stage too by knowing what I mean
Joe Abercrombie is my favorite!
Mazalan Empire is a big lore to explore!
I’m on stage 6 and have read all these😅😅😅
I started with litrpgs, then went into stuff similar to the dresden files and im now reading Edgedancer.
I started at stage 4 lol
I was hoping withcher
But never read any of this
I started with the OG SpiderWick Chronicles in the 4th grade. Now im a part time bridgeburner part time ascendant
The Chemical Mage and The Nuclear Druid were an epic duo
I started on stage 5😂
I think im between stages 3 and 4, and I feel like I should be scared of what I'll become 😂😂
The Dune series is all 6 tiers 😆
The only books i ever read in school were Holes and The Giver in middle school. Then in 2012 i watched 3 episodes of Game of Thrones at a friends. I did not have HBO so i got the book the next day and read the whole series. Now i have read to many books to list and subscribe to audible to listen to while i work.
Me who read all of way of kings as my first book on my own for fun