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The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now, a century and a half and …
The bureaucracy is an enormous many-legged beast, and we control it with flimsy reins.
Appreciate the absolute god-tier wordplay here. Appreciate it!
The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now, a century and a half and …
She closed her many eyes, and replayed in her mind, as her therapist had suggested, a comforting series of human screams, starting with a ten on the pain scale, counting down. That relaxed her enough for work.
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) …
You know how it is; sometimes you just want to have a moment between yourself and a turtle and no one else.
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
@eldang@bookwyrm.social One thing I liked about these was that each entry was so different in tone
The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now, a century and a half and a great many construction contracts …
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
Content warning spider
“Why are they called apple spiders?”
“Because of their size.” Mosscap rounded its fingers together, making a sphere. “The abdomens alone are about —”
“Got it, great, thank you,”
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
A reliable device built to last a lifetime, as all computers were.
This one gets me every time
Sancia, Clef, and Berenice have gone up against plenty of long odds in the past. But the war they’re fighting …
Sancia, Clef, and Berenice have gone up against plenty of long odds in the past. …
We were builders. And we decided that when we died, we would turn our bodies to ash and mix the ash with the mud and the clay. And then we formed bricks of it, and we built our homes and our towers and our walls from them, from our loved ones, so they would be with us, the People, forever.
Sancia, Clef, and Berenice have gone up against plenty of long odds in the past. …
I don’t know how to tell you not to doubt something you’re actively experiencing
Sancia, Clef, and Berenice have gone up against plenty of long odds in the past. …
<If it means death otherwise,> grumbled Claudia, <I guess I’ll get up.>
Sancia, Clef, and Berenice have gone up against plenty of long odds in the past. …
A…A body! A real body! With, like, feet and…and all kinds of shit!
While the Iskat Empire has long dominated the system through treaties and political alliances, several planets, including Thea, have begun …
THE DRIVE OF PROPHECY
The quest was over. The Orb of Aldur was restored. And …
So. The Belgariad is a pretty no-frills fantasy chosen one epic that spans five books. It has some unique aspects, like the world and religion/magic systems, but it's severely flawed, particularly in its depiction of women.
Women in the Belgariad have three types of interactions with men: - Nagging them into getting their way - Seducing them into getting their way - Being patronized
Incidentally, I'll be pretty happy if I never see a woman's appearance described as "lush" or "overripe" again.
