/r/Fantasy Discussion Group discussion

For anyone interested in sharing, I thought it might be nice to have a place where we can list out who we are on reddit. So here it is. Maybe you can tell us your reddit id and/or what your looking for from this group (Goodreads friends, Book of the Month, etc).

I'm /u/LittlePlasticCastle. I tend to read/upvote more than I post, but you will see me post from time to time.

Feel free to add me as a friend here, always like comparing books and seeing feeds from more fantasy fans.

Hi! I'm /u/a_space_penguin. I'm pretty great at lurking, but I post sometimes. Mostly in /r/Fantasy. I generally use this group for rec's, but I think I might try to get into book of the month.

I'm /u/elquesogrande and I do not spend nearly enough time here, but really appreciate the discussions. LOVE the fact authors get involved alongside the group members.

Keep up the good work, Lisa and Joel - nicely done.

I'm /u/tomolly. I post every now and then, but upvote more. My biggest contribution to this group so far has been nominating books for book of the month.

Please feel free to add me as a friend on Goodreads. I'm always looking for the next great book to read.

Hi everyone. I'm /u/SSkorkowsky. I joined the group because I enjoyed the Black Company and figured it would be a fun spot to discuss it and other books each month. I've recently started the habit of reviewing every book I read, instead of just dropping a star-rating. So re-reading (or re-listening as the case) to The Black Company, will be a good help to leave an actual review as to why I liked it.

I am /u/PoeDiddy I've been trying to be active with these group reads but I did miss January. I'm active with SFF booktube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMui... and my site is http://commontouchoffantasy.com

Anyone is welcome to add me as a friend.

I'm /u/yettibeats and I enjoy a healthy mix of commenting and lurking on /r/fantasy. Four years ago I fell back in love with reading, particularly fantasy. I've been trying to catch up on older series while still making time for newer ones as they get released. I joined because I'm curious to see what other fantasy fans like to read.

I'm /u/yettibeats and I enjoy a healthy mix of commenting and lurking on /r/fantasy. Four years ago I fell back in love with reading, particularly fantasy. I've been trying to catch up on older series while still making time for newer ones as they get released. I joined because I'm curious to see what other fantasy fans like to read.

Hey guys, you may know me as /u/DeleriumTrigger from the reddit. Thanks for joining the group, and feel free to send myself or Lisa any comments or suggestions you have for the group - we want it to be what everyone wants it to be, ultimately.

Hi, I'm /u/rhymepun_intheruf, long time r/fantasy lurker and recent joinee and commenter. I think the community over at r/fantasy is really nice, and I've never been a part of a book club or readalong before, so looking forward to trying that out!

Hi, I'm /u/serralinda

I post sometimes in reddit discussions and I like to make recommendations. I'm in a bunch of Goodreads groups and comment here when I can. Feel free to add me as a friend. Oh, I almost never write reviews, I just do the star ratings.

Hi, I'm u/ttfr31 and I usually stay hidden behind the upvotes and sometimes comment on something. I really hope I can grt good suggestions from you and get to know more awesome books.

Hi you guys, I'm u/Dwarfmonkey

I'm mostly a lurker, and I have been making a lot of lists to read with suggestions from r/fantasy.

The name is /u/coenani

Generally only upvote, but sometimes comment. Lately I have been trying to get a bit more active on the powdermage subreddit and see if we can get some larger spark of life in that one.

Hi, I'm Jhippelchen on reddit :)

I try to be somewhat ative in the sub ;)

I am u/Mot101Mot on reddit. I am only active in r/52books, but i lurk fantasy/books/got/etc. all the time.

Hi, I'm /u/toke81

I was with the Book Club through Tigana, but after that I got wrapped up in Malazan, so I won't be back for a couple months.

Hi Everyone I'm /u/wmay613. I've been a reddit lurker for a while but have worked the confidence up to join and be a voice in the community. Currently I am trying to play catch up with all my fantasy books. Currently Glen Cook isn't on my too read collection so I won't be extremely active there. Nice to meet everyone!

Bit redundant but I'm GrahamAustin-King. It is nice to be able to put real names and faces to the reddit usernames though and I hope this turns out to be a really successful group.

I'm /u/artofcheatery just about everywhere (also Twitter, Tumblr, NaNoWriMo, etc).

I need places to vet my novels prior to me purchasing and reading them. I've gotten some good ones by chance, but I feel like I'm missing out sometimes.

I'm /u/joycebanicheque good luck with the reference.

I'm hoping to expand my fantasy reading as the past few years I've continued series, but haven't started reading too many new fantasy books.

I'm /u/The_Pr0t0type. I'm not too active either here or on reddit, but I try to get involved with the book of the month stuff. Recently I've just been devouring Malazan though with no signs of stopping until I'm done. Only three books to go.

I'm /u/Andrew-Ashling on reddit.

I'm fairly new. Frankly, I'm still trying to find my way around.

Andrew wrote: "I'm /u/Andrew-Ashling on reddit.

I'm fairly new. Frankly, I'm still trying to find my way around."

It does take a bit of getting used to but they are a friendly enough sort. Just don't poke the authors... dodgy lot.

I'm /u/administraptor

I just joined because I saw a post on /r/books that you were reading The Black Company this month and I've been meaning to read that for a while. Just bought it on Amazon.

I'm looking forward to this.

I'm /u/lrich1024 on reddit. I pop up on /r/fantasy quite a bit and only sometimes in /r/books (more of an occasional lurker there). Haven't been on GR lately because I'm in a bit of a reading funk at the moment, but I do enjoy the group discussions here.

Hello, I am /u/mightythorjrs I am usually lurking around on /r/fantasy. I think I have posted once, but I upvote often. I just started a book review blog if anyone would like to check it out. https://mightythorjrs.wordpress.com/ Nothing to special but I enjoy it! Feel free to and me as a friend on goodreads. I am always looking for book friends and info.

Thanks, James

Thanks to everyone who is popping in here to introduce yourself. Please feel free to send friend requests to myself or any of the other members - I think by posting in threads like this, you're volunteering yourself for such networking. I personally love having new people to follow reviews, and new people to read and give input to my reviews. Thanks everyone!

I am /u/olanvalesco. I'm writing my second book. I comment on a few threads a week. I've made a couple threads and have submitted some content as well.

I'm /u/JamesStegall. . . mainly using good reads to try and get my library under control, but also read /r/fantasy, upvote often and even post every now and then.

Hello, I'm /u/Atalantae. I'm fairly new and more of a lurker than a poster for now. I'm enjoying reading the discussions and the recommendation threads have been really helpful.

Hello everyone.

Really needed to introduce myself as its thanks to you good people that I'm here at all

My name is Dan (/u/morpethman) and my story is probably typical of a lot of people. I read lots of fantasy and science fiction as a kid and teen but then drifted away from the genre in my twenties. Browsing reddit book and then discovering the fantasy subreddit has completely brought back my love for fantasy. I've been discovering what's been happening for my missing twenty year (by God, there's a load of good new stuff there) and want to join in the discussion.

Look forward to meeting you all

Salutations! I am /u/zechtri. I haven't been active (in the sub/on GR) as much recently as I would like but I will try to do something about that this spring.

Hello! I'm /u/rosalynleah I've been enjoying all of these outlets (esp. reddit) to reignite my love for fantasy fiction. I read quite a bit in my teens, some in college, not quite so much in law school, but I really started back up again these past two years. I was made fun of by my friends few friends that knew of love of dragons and magic (and anime) my whole life, but now it's cool to be a nerd, apparently, and I've consequentially been avidly embracing it again.

Hi rosalyn. I'm just like you, still keeping the whole geeky nerd thing well hidden under a professional veneer. A kindle has been a godsend for reading fantasy without feeling self conscious.

Dan wrote: "Hi rosalyn. I'm just like you, still keeping the whole geeky nerd thing well hidden under a professional veneer. A kindle has been a godsend for reading fantasy without feeling self conscious."
Right!? I read on my phone and every time people asked me what I was reading, I would always say something like "It's not that good." but had stayed up till 3 am the night before finishing its prequel.

It's funny how today. You say you watched lost or the walking dead and people won't have a problem. The minute you say your reading fantasy and instantly you get judged same if you experiment with manga.

It's funny how today. You say you watched lost or the walking dead and people won't have a problem. The minute you say your reading fantasy and instantly you get judged same if you experiment with manga.

It's funny how today. You say you watched lost or the walking dead and people won't have a problem. The minute you say your reading fantasy and instantly you get judged same if you experiment with manga.

Liam wrote: "It's funny how today. You say you watched lost or the walking dead and people won't have a problem. The minute you say your reading fantasy and instantly you get judged same if you experiment with ..." Agreed. I also loved switching to my phone because now people just assume I'm on Facebook/Twitter which is somehow better?

You all sound like you never were open about it at all. I am pretty young in comparison with most of you and stopped to have problems with "oh I hope they wont judge me" (linked with fantasy) since some time now. Even though my friends don't read at all they prefer me reading at lunch for example over the people that are on their phone 24/7. You just have to stop care about the judgment of other people's because most of them don't care about you anyway (at least in my experience).

I'm /u/CVance1. most of the time, i simply upvote and read, but I also tend to comment some (although it's usually much farther down). this is usually due to the fact that I haven't read a lot of the more popular authors yet.

Tom, you're absolutely right. I felt very persecuted for my likes if it wasn't main stream growing up. I'm a very private person and an only child that always liked my alone time and didn't like scrutiny. I would rather just avoid it. But of course with age and time I don't necessarily feel that way any longer and feel happiest being myself. It's definitely insecurity but we can't all be trailblazers. Some people just want to live quietly.

I used to have the problem too. I usually kept very quiet about my reading, but then I just couldn't care anymore. I'm also very lucky to be in a relationship with a girl who appreciates reading. Usually people are okey with my reading but still some folks ask questions like "why would you torment yourself by reading?"
That's kind of frustrating but at least I've learned not to care. And that saves a lot of energy!

Hi, all. I'm /u/mattwaldram. I've been hanging around on the /r/Fantasy forum for a while now - love it. It's completely reignited my passion for reading fantasy fiction after a few years of neglect.

Great to see such an active forum spilling over onto Goodreads, too. Feel free to add me and say hello here or on /r/Fantasy. I'll treat you real nice*

(*I'll nod and say "all right, mate?")

Lisa wrote: "For anyone interested in sharing, I thought it might be nice to have a place where we can list out who we are on reddit. So here it is. Maybe you can tell us your reddit id and/or what your looking..."

Thanks for this, Lisa! Nice to meet you :)

Greetings all! My parents named me /u/Randy_Henderson and I still haven't figured out why they added the /u/. Or the _.

Fantasy saved me.

I was a shunned little unicorn growing up who blah blah blah and so escaping into entirely other worlds was the best thing ever. I was the kid who seemed to have a book surgically attached to his hand. Started out with Middle Earth, The Land, Pern, Earthsea, Xanth, Valdemar etc. and kept going. Though I have to admit I'm horrible about scope of reading -- I have a bad habit of going back to my well-worn paperbacks over and over.

I now create worlds as well. I have a "quirky" Urban Fantasy series out now from Tor, won Writers of the Future, went to Clarion West, and published some stories. I feel incredibly lucky to have found fantasy, and even luckier to contribute to this genre I love, and even luckierest to be part of one of the most supportive and devoted and awesome communities in the world, the SFF fan community.

I've mostly lurked as a reddit user, but am trying to do better about commenting and contributing. I seriously need a time turner though.

Anyone going to Worldcon? Probably a question for a different thread. Okay. That's me. Cheers.

I'm /u/OursIsTheStorm. I tend to lurk and vote, but I try to comment when I have something to add that hasn't been said yet. I have an author of the day post coming up in April and a giveaway going on this weekend here on goodreads, so keep your eyes open for that.

Right now my favorite stuff is Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories and I'm finally digging into some of the modern/new fantasy with Scott Lynch's stuff. Other than /r/fantasy and the book/writing subreddits, I hang around /r/whiskey, /r/homebrewing, and /r/martialarts.

@james

Coheed is one of my favorite bands too! I think they translate fantasy/sci fi into music like no one else. I'm sure there is a rather large overlap between the two groups of fans

Hello! Didn't know this existed till now. Cool! I'm /u/writeswords_