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You might enjoy Motel of the Mysteries.
>It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.
The Enchanted forest chronicles. It's about a princess who is not a typical princess, (She bakes cherries jubalee and knows some magic and sword fighting) A friendly king of dragons, a kitchen witch with a dozen cats, and the king of the enchanted forest and all the crazy pressures he has to deal with. These books are amazing, the ladies are strong the gentlemen clever and it's a fun read. Read it to my sons when they were in their middle teens and they loved it.
https://www.amazon.com/Dealing-Dragons-Enchanted-Forest-Chronicles/dp/0544541227
I've found it very difficult to find stories with a female protagonist and a solid magic system.
A few ideas:
- Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson has multiple main characters, but the central protagonist who is learning the magic system, Vin, is female.
- Worm by Wildbow is a great example if you're interested in more of a superhero/supervillain setting. This is a web serial and available for free online.
- **So I'm a Spider, So What?! is about a female student reincarnated as a spider monster in a RPG-like universe.
- Someone mentioned my own books. They do generally fit the "weak to strong" part and involve detailed magic, especially Sufficiently Advanced Magic, but you should note that the protagonist of that story is male. His sister is learning along with him, but she's not the viewpoint character.
Since Bookstores are pretty much nonexistant these days, the best place to buy it is probably Amazon. Here's a link
This is only the first novel. The second Toradora novel will be released on August 7th.
I think I know exactly what the 2nd book you’re talking about is. It’s called Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. I’ve been rereading it since I was a kid too, and it’s really good.
It also dealt w/ fantasy-style loopholes and dry humor that may have influenced your defense.
> "Just say it had some kind of ritual function."
Motel of the Mysteries is a really fun book kinda lampooning this.
Future archaeologists excavate a modern-day motel (well, a late-70s motel, given when this was written), and completely misinterpret almost everything about the place.
Makes you think about what we're getting completely wrong about the things we're finding from our ancestors.
Ever read Motel of the Mysteries? It the account of archaeologists in 4022 digging up a 1970s motel, and their “interpretations” of the objects they found (like a toilet seat being a shamanistic headdress worn during a ceremony, there the wearer would chat “Sanitized for your protection!”, and other such nonsense).
It fits exactly with what you’re saying here, and is a humorous look at the assumptions we make about the past, and the people who lived in it.
I suggest a few things:
- ebay
- used book stores near you
- This set from Amazon
- You can also search through Amazon and look in the Used section instead of new. You'll have more options there.
I hope this helps!
Volume 1 of the official light novel is going to be coming May 1st of this year! It is available for pre-order now on Amazon! Here's the link if anyone is interested!
https://www.amazon.com/Toradora-Light-Novel-Vol-1/dp/1626927952
Volume 2 is scheduled to be coming in August, and as I know of it there will be official translations every few months!
And I don't think fan translations are a bad thing at all, it just shows how much passion people are willing to enjoy media! But for me at least I'm not going to read it until the official one comes out because I want to support this when it comes out! It's awesome that they're still coming out with additional media a decade after the anime!
Don't call yourself a liberal if you haven't read theory
Educate yourself sweaty. 🙄
Reading has always been the love of my life and one of my greatest passions. Throughout the toughest times of my life, reading was always there for me and was as my escape from the real world. When I am feeling down I immerse myself in stories and characters that help me distract myself from the troubles around me. One specific book that had a great impact on my life was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone not only introduced me to the wonderful world of Harry Potter, (one of my biggest loves to this day) but it helped me through one of the darkest points of my life. During my teenage years, I battled many personal issues (I’d rather not get into them) and sticking my nose into Harry Potter books helped me to feel safe and happy during my darkest times. I took comfort in the characters and the story in a way in which I had never felt before. I will always be thankful for the magic that Harry Potter brought into my life!
Thank you so much for holding such a generous contest for us bookworms.
Go reserve <em>Motel of the Mysteries</em> by David Macaulay from your local library. It's a tongue-in-cheek picture book about this very premise, it's a fast read, and it's really quite good. (4.5 stars on Amazon.)
If you're interested in a story that is slightly similar to the premise in this comic, I suggest The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede. The first book is Dealing with Dragons.
Pottermore shopを見たところ、電子版ならKindle, kobo, Reader等で買えるようです。紙の本のほうが好きな場合はamazonでアメリカ版の取り扱いはあります。参考程度にどうぞ。
Seriously, I'd recommend reading the English version. I gave up reading the Japanese translations because of the terrible quality. I doubt Matsuoka (or Seizansha) would let go of the only successful book they released, so I wouldn't hope for re-translations if I were you.
I have no idea if you're in the States (ignore if you're not) but you can get the whole set fairly cheap on Amazon. For the same price (at least it is where I am), it is also available in Costco. If you're near one but don't have a card I'd bet someone in your life can get you in. Alternatively they used to sell day use cards, dunno if they do still but worth a shot.
I wholeheartedly agree that you should read the books before you progress further into the movies. It is a very different and enriching experience!
Amazon has both the manga volumes and light novel volumes on sale. Here's a Link for the first volume of the LN. The WN only has fan translations - you can find them pretty easily on google.
You may like "Motel of the Mysteries" by David Macaulay. (http://www.amazon.com/Motel-Mysteries-David-Macaulay/dp/0395284252) I haven't read it in a long time but the general premise is that a catastrophe occurs in the 80s burying the world and a few thousand years later archaeologists discover a preserved hotel (or something) and try to figure out what everything is and what it's used for.
Adding to this-- it's $31.09 shipped here in the states in Paperback
I do not know where else you could buy it at this point all I can do is to link amazon's one, sorry. Amazon And If you're gonna buy it I have to tell ya something It's that you wont be able to get volume 15 and further volumes of it cause these volumes havent officially translated.
Commenting on a year old comment, bold move.
In all seriousness, Light Novel. Toradora is/was originally a 10(?) volume series of novels. It was later adapted to anime. They're called light novels because theyre... not like super dense? honestly not sure I guess, but the point is, they're easy reads.
https://www.amazon.com/Toradora-Light-Novel-Vol-1/dp/1626927952 - for reference. There used to be fan translations on line (what I read at the time), but those have since possibly been lost to old internet web pages going dark. In any case, they're certainly worth a read. I enjoy them even more than the anime.
10gb of text is a LOT of text. The entire Harry Potter series is just over a million words (1,084,170) which is roughly 2MB. So 10 gigabytes is the entire Harry Potter series 5,000 times.
If you printed all five thousand copies into the paperback box set which is 10.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 inches and weighs 6.6 pounds, you would have 16.5 tons of paper filling 1433 cubic feet of space.
Exactly. Light novels might have the odd picture or illustration inserted, but the bulk is just text.
Check out this Amazon page and click Look Inside for a sample.
There is a satirical book called the Motel of the Mysteries that is written from the perspective of some future archaeologist who is excavating a cheap motel that was buried like the ruins of Pompeii. They try to assign some kind of deep significance to nearly everything they find. My favorite illustration is of a toilet seat that they thought was religious headgear of some kind.
You don't have to buy the whole series. Try the first book. That will give you an idea of how much content was skipped.
If you are still hesitant, you can try the first couple of chapters of the LN for free here. That will give you an idea of how much is cut down.
All of Kumoko's (spider girl) monologuing, her planning, her fights, her skills, and on. In other words, a lot of her characterization, as well as foreshadowing for future events. They also cut out a lot of the human side of the story. It was always a side thing, but it's even more so in the anime. They also cut out a lot of talk about how skills work, which is important. For example, the "Ruler" skills have mental effects, which is part of the reason for Kumoko's behavior changing partway through the story.
Jeez it just reminded me of this
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon, Vol. 1 (light novel) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/031647911X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_R2STVXV9YKJ2R2R20Y15
No, since each character in Mandarin is a logograph that still represents a spoken word—if you know even just a little about Mandarin as a spoken language, you can still read those logographs and repeat what the writer said word-for-word. This is different from proto-writing, where characters tend to be symbols so you don't have to know something about a spoken language in order to use them.
I think a better example would be writing Shakespeare using emojis (yes, it's a thing) or telling a love story using emoticons.
Was this written about in Motel of the Mtsteries? Hm…