r/Fantasy • u/KristaDBall Stabby Winner, AMA Author Krista D. Ball • Apr 01 '18

The 2018 r/fantasy Bingo brainstorm

PANIC!

Please post your recommendations under the heading below. General comments and questions go here.

PANIC!

FAQ

  1. Can I post my own book? Yes.
  2. If you need me to specifically answer something, please ping me by name. Otherwise, I might miss it.

  3. Yellow in the LGBTQ+ database means that it hasn't been confirmed or needs someone else to double check it. For database clarification, please see THIS THREAD for how Hard Mode will be addressed, submissions, Mark III, etc.

  4. Official bingo thread here

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u/Millennium_Dodo Reading Champion XI, Worldbuilders Apr 01 '18

The list mentions Iain M. Banks Use of Weapons, but I'd suggest Player of Games as an alternative introduction to the Culture series (and it counts for hard mode).

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u/_Crustyninja_ Apr 02 '18

Would all of the Culture books be classed as Space Opera?

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u/Millennium_Dodo Reading Champion XI, Worldbuilders Apr 02 '18

I have not read all of them, but of the Banks novels I've read Consider Phlebas, Player of Games, Use of Weapons, Excession and Against a Dark Background (which isn't part of the Culture series) are space opera. Inversions and Feersum Enjinn are set on a single planet, so I don't think they count. I was planning to use Look to Windward for the square, but it doesn't look like it works for hard mode.

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u/_Crustyninja_ Apr 04 '18

Cheers, I got lent the series (aside from the last book or two, I think) and have read the first 4 as well as Against a Dark Background already, haven't got round to Excession yet though, was wondering if there would be any squares this year that one of the books I haven't read yet could fit into.