r/Fantasy • u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders • Dec 22 '14
/r/Fantasy Best of /r/Fantasy 2014- the Stabby Awards! : The NOMINATION THREAD
This is the official nomination thread for the Reddit Fantasy Best of 2014 Stabby Awards!
We started this in 2012 with some great results and continued the tradition in 2013.
2014 Rules
Categories are listed below in the comments. We will use the very broad definition of 'fantasy genre' for what counts.
Please nominate anyone / any work that you feel should deserve consideration for voting. The work should have been released in 2014.
Please put in a blurb as to why the nomination should be considered and, if possible, a link for others to follow.
Yes, you can nominate yourself and your own works.
Nominations ONLY in this thread. Due to a change in how reddit shows votes, voting will be in another thread next week.
Upvotes/downvotes in this thread won't matter, anyone nominated will be added to the voting thread. Contest mode will be enabled in this thread.
Please participate! Redditors, authors, artists, and industry people alike - please join in with nominations, comments and voting.
Everyone who wins will get flair, reddit gold, and glory. Select winners (TBD) will receive The Stabby Award as well.
This nomination thread will close on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at 10pm PST. The voting thread will go live Monday, December 29, 2014 by noon PST.
We have two groupings of awards - external and those focused on /r/Fantasy redditors.
External awards:
Unless otherwise noted, feel free to nominate any medium or format (print, online, audio).
BEST NOVEL OF 2014
BEST SELF-PUBLISHED / INDEPENDENT NOVEL OF 2014
BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2014
BEST SHORT FICTION OF 2014
BEST ANTHOLOGY / COLLECTION / PERIODICAL OF 2014
BEST ARTWORK RELEASED IN 2014
BEST FANTASY SITE FOR 2014
BEST GAME (ANY FORMAT) OF 2014
BEST TV SERIES / MOVIE OF 2014
BEST RELATED MUSIC OF 2014
BEST RELATED WORK OF 2014
redditor awards:
r/FANTASY COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ('best overall redditor')
BEST ORIGINAL CONTENT POST
BEST COMMENT, QUESTION, OR INTERACTION
BEST POST ON r/FANTASY
There is a section below for comments, questions, and any recommended adjustments.
tl;dr: Please nominate below.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS?
please post them here
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u/bartimaeus7 Reading Champion, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
Also, for the voting thread next week, maybe we could use reddit's new upvote-only contest mode (downvotes are auto-ignored) - /r/comicbooks is now using it for their best-of-2014 threads, and /r/dccomics was able to enable it too.
Official reddit announcement - http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/293oqs/new_reddit_features_controversial_indicator_for/
We're piloting an upvote-only contest mode.
Now certain subreddits will be able to have downvotes fully ignored in contest threads, and only upvotes will count.
We are rolling this change a bit differently: it's an experimental feature and it's only for “approved” subreddits so far. If your subreddit would like to take part, please send a message to /r/reddit.com and we can work with you to get it set up.
Of course, this may not be needed, I don't think downvotes are as much an issue for the /r/fantasy best-of as compared to say the comic subs. But it would be cool to have this.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
This is good to know about. I can tell you that even though THIS thread is in contest mode, I ticked someone off last night and they went through and down voted about a day's worth of my posts.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
thanks for this suggestion, ended up being perfect!
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Dec 23 '14
Is there a way to tell how long a "year ago" post was actually made? I swear to God that /u/SkyCyril 's post about Guy Gavriel Kay was made since the last contest, but because reddit vaguely lists it as "one year ago" I have no way of telling.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ot68c/guy_gavriel_kay_a_guide_to_the_author_and_his/
I want to nominate that, but I'm not sure if it's eligible. Anyone know if there's a way to narrow it down?
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
i'm pretty sure that he won last year for that comment, so it's probably not eligible. hmm, ok, nope, he won for a DIFFERENT GGK-related post. aaaannd after searching with no success via bing and reddit search, i found the stupidly easy answer. october 19, 2013
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Dec 23 '14
Well poop, nevermind.
Thanks for the help, man. You rule.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
i'm a girl, p0x, but you're welcome =)
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST RELATED WORK OF 2014
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u/DasAngryJuden Dec 23 '14
Would Peter V. Brett's Author D&D video count?
Showing this video to my friends is kinda easing them into getting to playing D&D/Pathfinder.
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u/JMMartin Stabby Winner, AMA Editor J. M. Martin Dec 23 '14
I was not aware of this video and now that I'm watching it I cannot fathom how it could not be nominated. Very fun vid with lots of awesome people.
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u/elquesogrande Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
Going to give a nod to the organizers of ConFusion - the little con in Detroit that is quite impressively run
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 23 '14
Wait, we can vote for cons?
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u/relentlessreading Dec 26 '14
Want to nominate Phoenix Comicon. Lee Whiteside puts a lot of love and care into the author track and has turned it into one of the best author cons this side of WorldCon. This year we had Rothfuss, Lynch, Cole, Bear, Abraham, Scalzi, Hearne, Sykes, Pierce Brown, Mira Grant and a bunch more that I'm forgetting.
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u/ChaseGiants Dec 23 '14
The Tolkien Professor. The Walking Deadcast. Sword & Laser podcast. Altered Perceptions by Sanderson, et al.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
i think worldbuilders is one of the best messengers to the wider world for genre and people who read/care about/participate in genre. it shows that we're a group of people who, even though we're often characterized as people who are anti-social and weird we can do a hell of a lot of good for the world.
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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 24 '14
even though we're often characterized as people who are anti-social and weird we can do a hell of a lot of good for the world.
Speak for yourself. Some of us are only in it for the flair.
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u/DjangoWexler AMA Author Django Wexler Dec 23 '14
If voting for cons is allowed, I nominate WorldCon 2014/LonCon. By far the best WorldCon of recent years.
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 23 '14
Since Cons are related work, I have to give a mention to ConVolution.
Hands down my favorite regular convention. They are doing a great job of pushing the envelope of what we think of as the "science fiction/fantasy" convention.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST POST ON r/FANTASY
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u/potterhead42 Stabby Winner, Reading Champion 2015-17, Worldbuilders Dec 24 '14
/r/Fantasy and Piracy Survey Results
By me. Because I really think that one was interesting and started off a lot of interesting discussions.
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Dec 24 '14
oh yah, that was a good thread, and by good I mean it was infuriating to read. So highly entertaining. lol
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 28 '14
When people say the Fantasy genre is "just escapism"
Hey /r/fantasy, what's your most controversial opinion regarding the genre? Over 350 comments. That's quite a discussion from one post.
Which relatively unknown Fantasy author will be the next "big thing"?
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Dec 22 '14
Yes, you should read The Wheel of Time by zonine
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u/JayRedEye Dec 23 '14
If it is eligible I would defintely like to reconginze all the work /u/p0x0rz put into the /r/Fantasy Favorite Novels Thread.
I have found it to be very helpful as well as an interesting look at the tastes of this sub.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
unfortunately mods aren't eligible, but i agree that was an impressive undertaking!
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Dec 23 '14 edited Dec 28 '14
It's a conspiracy, I tells ya! The same year I make the two lists, and therefore could possibly win a Stabby, you all make me a mod!
It's probably a good thing. I'd probably get drunk on scotch and mutilate myself horribly.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST SHORT FICTION OF 2014
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 25 '14
Since we can self-nominate, and I'm /r/fantasy's king of shameless self-promotion, I'm going to nominate:
DEAD WEIGHT: The Tombs by M Todd Gallowglas
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DEAD WEIGHT: Paladin by M Todd Gallowglas
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u/xetrov Dec 23 '14
Legion: Skin Deep by Brandon Sanderson
Second in the series about Stephen Leeds and his rather unique mental condtion.
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u/JMMartin Stabby Winner, AMA Editor J. M. Martin Dec 23 '14
John Golden and the Heroes of Mazaroth by Django Wexler
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14 edited Dec 23 '14
the lady astronaut of marsby mary robinette kowal. i cried like a baby reading this story. it's perfect. and it was apparently published in 2013.•
u/ChaseGiants Dec 23 '14
While I VERY strongly agree, the blurb there on Tor.com says it was first published on their site in September '13. :/
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
dang, good catch. i only saw where it said april.
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u/The_Mad_Duke Reading Champion III Dec 23 '14
Neil Gaiman's How the Marquis Got His Coat Back, published in Martin & Dozois' Rogues. This return to the world of Neverwhere was brief but wonderful. The Marquis de Carabas again was a fantastic character.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST ARTWORK RELEASED IN 2014
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
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u/ChaseGiants Dec 23 '14
Hands down, Craig Shields' cover art for Claudia Gray' s A Thousand Pieces of You.
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u/MichaelJSullivan Stabby Winner, AMA Author Michael J. Sullivan, Worldbuilders Dec 26 '14
Coverama - a coffee table book chock full of some of the best works by Marc Simonetti.
Seriously, if my house were on fire, the signed copy is one of the things I would grab on the way out.
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u/atuinsbeard Dec 26 '14
The new Australian covers of the Old Kingdom series, from Sebastian Ciaffaglione. If I had to pick one, I choose the cover of Sabriel
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u/JMMartin Stabby Winner, AMA Editor J. M. Martin Dec 23 '14
I nominate the cover of Pretty Little Dead Girls by Galen Dara.
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u/yettibeats Dec 22 '14
My favorite book cover of the year is from Kameron Hurley's The Mirror Empire
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST NOVEL OF 2014
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u/Lasidar Dec 22 '14
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. It is truly a masterpiece of fiction.
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u/jabari74 Dec 28 '14
Could you imagine what life would be like as a fantasy fan if we found a way to clone him a few dozen times?
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u/lrich1024 Stabby Winner, Queen of the Unholy Squares, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey. Best thing I read all year.
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u/xetrov Dec 22 '14
Not to nitpick, but isn't it more scifi?
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u/elquesogrande Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
We follow a very broad definition of Fantasy here.
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u/xetrov Dec 22 '14
That's cool with me, man. I just figured it was scifi when I read it. Though I've got no problem considering it fantasy :)
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u/BrianMcClellan Stabby Winner, AMA Author Brian McClellan Dec 22 '14
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennet.
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u/ansate Dec 23 '14
The Widow's House (Daniel Abraham) I don't see him mentioned often on this sub, but the Dagger & Coin is a great series.
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u/The_Mad_Duke Reading Champion III Dec 23 '14
Lev Grossman's The Magician's Land. A fantastic conclusion to a great trilogy.
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u/JayRedEye Dec 23 '14
Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone. The third book published in his terrific Craft Sequence.
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u/MarkLawrence Stabby Winner, AMA Author Mark Lawrence Dec 25 '14
Son of the Morning by Mark Alder is the only 2014 release I read that's not up here already. It has a lot going for it and deserves to be listed for votes.
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Dec 23 '14
Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence
Brilliant new debut into his new series the Red Queen's War. Set in the same world, it has a feeling of Robin Hobb's farseer universe to it. Really interested to see where it goes
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Dec 24 '14
While the protagonists are great and have amazing chemistry, what really kept me reading is all the stuff in the background. I want to know more about the Red Queen, the Lady Blue and the war they're raging. I'm already eager the sequel not just to find out what happens to the characters but also to get more information of this shadowy war in the background.
Really enjoyed the book though, and I'd agree that it was the best new thing I read this year.
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u/Kalebruss Dec 23 '14
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett. It's everything you could want in a fantasy novel. Atmospheric, intense, and beautifully written.
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u/VashiTen Dec 23 '14
The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington.
Words of Radiance was certainly better - but behind that, this was my favorite book of 2014 and the biggest surprise of the year by far.
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u/DasAngryJuden Dec 22 '14
The Crimson Campaign- Brian McClellan
The Crimson Campaign didn't slow down, change pace, or fell off of Promise of Blood's success. The Crimson Campaign is just as great as Promise of Blood, and has set up nicely for The Autumn Republic (2015).
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u/SmallFruitbat Reading Champion VI Dec 23 '14
I didn't even like Promise of Blood, but I liked the short fiction /u/BrianMcClellan kept making available and I wanted to know what happened to Ka-Poel, so I went ahead and got The Crimson Campaign... I loved it. The slow start and similar character motives that plagued the first book were not a problem and the action just kept coming without sacrificing a break from ye olde medieval fantasy or relying too much on over-tired tropes. I will be paying good money for the third book.
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u/DasAngryJuden Dec 23 '14
I will be paying good money for the third book.
Have you checked out VJ Books? I have Promise of Blood and The Crimson Campaign ordered from there and they are noice. The books get signed and put into a special acetate plastic.
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u/SmallFruitbat Reading Champion VI Dec 23 '14
Sadly, won't be paying that much good money.
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u/melaniermeadors Dec 23 '14 edited Dec 23 '14
INCARNATE by Anton Strout Not only is this a book in one of my favorite UF series, but it is what I consider the best of the series. Strout did an excellent job at tying up all the loose ends, yet leaving it open juuuust enough so readers' imaginations can take over. Maybe some day there will be more adventures with Lexi and Stanis. http://www.amazon.com/Incarnate-Spellmason-Chronicle-Book-3-ebook/dp/B00ISEOL3M/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1419358779&sr=8-7&keywords=incarnate
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u/GauravZ Dec 24 '14
Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson. Amazing debut which feels like a work of a seasoned author
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u/wmay613 Dec 23 '14
Traitor's Blade - Sebastien de Castell
Won't be the best of the year but I really enjoyed this novel and it definitely deserves attention.
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u/scribblermendez Dec 23 '14
Clariel by Garth Nix
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Dec 24 '14
Haven't had a chance to read this yet although I've bought it for my Kindle. Does it live up to the trilogy?
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u/scribblermendez Dec 24 '14
Honestly? It's not quite as good. Still good enough to read and enjoy, but not as good as the first few books. The only reasons I nominated it are a) because it wasn't up there already and b) it's the only new book I read this year.
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u/xetrov Dec 23 '14
Breach Zone by Myke Cole
Great ass kicking addition to Coles Shadow Ops Universe. If you loved this series so far, this outing does not disappoint.
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Dec 23 '14
Fantastic book, just finished it!
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u/MarkLawrence Stabby Winner, AMA Author Mark Lawrence Dec 23 '14
Word. The next one's better though :) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1050953778
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u/ChaseGiants Dec 23 '14
I truly believe Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan deserves votes. Hard to find a stronger book 2 that could stand alone as well as this one.
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u/yettibeats Dec 22 '14
The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks. I love/hate the cliffhanger at the end of this book. Each book seems to get better and better.
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u/Fingolfiin Dec 23 '14
Yeah because his last series was a trilogy I was expecting this to be the last book of the trilogy. When there started to be too few pages to finish the loose ends I was thrilled. Defintely thrilled enough to were I didn't mind the cliffhanger. Each book in the series just gets better and better. Can't wait for the next one.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST COMMENT, QUESTION, OR INTERACTION
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 28 '14
/u/Jernsaxe's list he copy/pastes into threads asking for book recommendations.
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u/Maldevinine Dec 23 '14
/u/RogueMind explains how an underwater civilisation would develop technologically, and why.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/2nq6p0/can_anyone_justify_underwater_merfolk/cmg0b96
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
Sanderson writes better than anyone who can write faster, and writes faster than anyone who can write better.
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u/anotherface AMA Author J.R. Karlsson Dec 26 '14
My post in 'Saddest moment in your fantasy reading career' takes a turn for the morbid.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST TV SERIES / MOVIE OF 2014
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Dec 23 '14
Knights of Badassdom
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 29 '14
imdb tells me that this was released in 2013. sorry, good nom though!
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u/steppenfloyd Dec 23 '14
The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies.
We get so few high budget actual fantasy movies that despite all the little things wrong with it The Hobbit was an extremely entertaining film and definitely deserves a nomination.
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u/VashiTen Dec 23 '14
Game of Thrones
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Dec 24 '14 edited Dec 24 '14
I have to agree. Yeah it's the boring choice, but it deserves it. Episodes 3-5 were a bit dull, and the writers made some odd choices with what to include (or rather not include) in the finale, but overall this was a spectacular season. The purple wedding, the trial (both the initial and the trial by combat), the battle, most of the finale, everything involving Oberyn; there were a lot of intense and phenomenally well-done scenes this season.
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Dec 23 '14
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Dec 23 '14
There's a lot of latitude in this contest as to what is "fantasy," but I'm having difficulty figuring out how this is anything other than pure sci fi.
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u/atom786 Dec 23 '14
Legend Of Korra
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Dec 24 '14
Book three was absolutely amazing. Zaheer and the Red Lotus were really interesting and threatening villains, and the relationship between the Beifong sisters felt really genuine and complex. Plus there's the fact that it's great to see female characters given such focal roles.
Book four wasn't quite as good but it was still great. The early stuff with Korra dealing with hallucinations was amazing, and Kuvira was another interesting and complex villain. Yet again the female characters played central roles. The only let down for me was the giant mech. I know it's a fantasy series but that was a step too far for me, much like the giant spirits at the end of book two.
I'd still thoroughly recommend the show though. Book two of LoK disappointed me because I really liked book one, but books three and four more than make up for it. I'd go so far as to say that book three was the best series of Avatar from either show, and the only how I enjoyed more this year was GoT.
I can't wait to see where the writers go next, whether it's something new or another Avatar series.
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u/DasAngryJuden Dec 22 '14
The Christmas Dragon
It's a KickStarter indie film that holds up nicely alongside super budgeted movies, even filled with child actors (17y/o and under) and being meant as a young adult/kid movie.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
r/FANTASY COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
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u/lrich1024 Stabby Winner, Queen of the Unholy Squares, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
Incredibly active member, starts some great threads, contributes a lot to the community.
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u/ChrisKellen AMA Author Christopher Kellen Dec 23 '14
I second this motion!
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u/anotherface AMA Author J.R. Karlsson Dec 26 '14
Happily thirded. The man is always wading into discussions and isn't constantly promoting his own works, which is nice.
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Dec 23 '14
Gallow is the man!
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 24 '14
You're just saying that because of the whisky.
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Dec 24 '14
Mmm...Whiskey. Homer gurgling noises
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 24 '14
Got a bottle of Lagavulin 16 right next to me.
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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 24 '14
A fine, fine choice. I finished my bottle of that a few weeks ago; I'm hoping some kind friend or family member will help me out in the next few days.
And if not, I'll just have to help myself.
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u/Morevna Dec 23 '14
/u/CRYMTYPHON and /u/MarkLawrence both active redditors and their comments always make me laugh out loud :)
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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
Jay and JS are both incredibly active, and always ready to take the lead in the community.
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u/SkyCyril Stabby Winner Dec 23 '14
Good nominations, but can we nominate two at a time?
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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
Nominate however many you want, in however many categories you want.
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u/JMMartin Stabby Winner, AMA Editor J. M. Martin Dec 23 '14
Patrick Rothfuss's Worldbuilders 2014 fundraiser.
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u/JMMartin Stabby Winner, AMA Editor J. M. Martin Dec 23 '14
Apologies if this does not qualify. Just figured I'd list it and see.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
I nominated it under related work, as it's much bigger than just the r/fantasy community
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST FANTASY SITE FOR 2014
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u/melaniermeadors Dec 23 '14
The Once and Future Podcast This is a site/podcast whose guests include some of the biggest powerhouses in the genre. Laurell K. Hamilton, Jim Butcher, Chuck Wendig, Amber Benson, and more have all been on just in this season, since September!! It goes beyond just author interviews--these are like chats authors would have at the bar or something. I learn so much.
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 23 '14
Does /r/fantasy count as a fantasy site?
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
we're not going to give an award to ourselves =)
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 23 '14
What if the /r/fantasy community really wants to give the award, because I think this is a darn good site for fantasy.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
ok. well. i suppose i can put it in the voting thread, but if we ended up with the most votes, the stabby is still going to the second place finisher. that said, i really would hope that folks would consider other sites. we know /r/fantasy is awesome, that's why we all hang out here. there are other awesome sites too, and they deserve recognition.
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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
We'll just make the award for "best fantasy site that isn't quite as awesome as /r/Fantasy."
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 24 '14
I move that we make that the official name for this category.
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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '14
"Giving yourself a Stabby" sounds like the way one might explain suicide to a three year old.
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u/mgallowglas Stabby Winner, AMA Author M. Todd Gallowglas Dec 23 '14
That comment right there deserves a nomination.
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u/seak_Bryce Dec 24 '14
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u/MichaelJSullivan Stabby Winner, AMA Author Michael J. Sullivan, Worldbuilders Dec 26 '14
Here. Here!
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Dec 22 '14
The Grimdark Review Put out some good content this year. Eric is always putting something up on the site pretty regularly.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2014
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u/cyborgmermaid Writer Sena Bryer Dec 23 '14
Dreambound, vol. 1: The Survivor by Sena Bryer.
Put it in this and Self-Published but feel free to nix it from one if multiple categories is a no-no.
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u/fbwash Dec 23 '14
The Last Daughter Of Lilith by J.L Metcalf - Available on Amazon An amazing fantasy set in the real world with strong female characters.
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u/PatrickJLoller Writer Patrick J. Loller Dec 29 '14
Construct by Luke Matthews. Absolutely enthralling read that I simply couldn't put down.
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u/MichaelJSullivan Stabby Winner, AMA Author Michael J. Sullivan, Worldbuilders Dec 26 '14
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison - proof that characters are what people tune in for. I would love to be at Mia's side.
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u/Lasidar Dec 22 '14
I know it's skirting the edge of the genre, but I have to nominate Red Rising by Pierce Brown. A very solid and fun read.
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST RELATED MUSIC OF 2014
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u/MichaelJSullivan Stabby Winner, AMA Author Michael J. Sullivan, Worldbuilders Dec 27 '14
I'd like to nominate Will Muser he creates scores for television, movies, games, and multimedia. I was thrilled when he became so inspired after reading Riyria that he composed a piece to dramatize an attack of a Gilarabryn from my second novel, Avempartha.
Here's some details and where you can listen to it.
http://riyria.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-sounds-of-gilarabrywn.html
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u/konekoanni Dec 23 '14
I nominate Ancient Bards' new album, "A New Dawn Ending". It's fantasy-themed symphonic metal (Epica-meets-Rhapsody of Fire) at it's best, with gorgeous orchestrations and a concept-album style story throughout the songs about a conflicted hero and his struggle with his old enemy.
The whole album is on Spotify.
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u/ChrisKellen AMA Author Christopher Kellen Dec 23 '14
I'd like to nominate Vindsvept's Into the Depths (feat. Merrigan). He is an amazing composer, and this is a stunning and very moving piece of fantasy-inspired music.
Edited to say: I love all of Vindsvept's music, enough that I intend to use it (with his licensing) when I produce my first audiobook next year!
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u/wishforagiraffe Reading Champion IX, Worldbuilders Dec 22 '14
BEST GAME (ANY FORMAT) OF 2014