Other book genres (part 1)
Added 2024-02-05 17:32:12 +0000 UTCDo you read any books in the LitRPG genre or LitHarem?
If you enjoy the genre, it would be cool if you wanted to post your favorite series' or authors in the comments.
Comments
Ginger minge a weird taunt for red heads...
Bill F Protagoras
2024-02-14 20:56:37 +0000 UTCHave always liked Sigourney Weaver. Especially as Ripley a woman willing to fight her corner... ready to be misunderstood and always hauling around a spontaneous warm loyal heart. Stubborn when pushed too far! Will take shit from no-one!
Bill F Protagoras
2024-02-14 20:49:44 +0000 UTCGlad that you like it. I’ve read it years ago and found the characters to be interesting. Not the usual hero.
Shai
2024-02-07 18:11:37 +0000 UTCOh yeah, I just checked it out (MoL). I already read a few chapters of that—it was good!
KT Morrison
2024-02-07 14:55:32 +0000 UTCI remember shops like that! My treat was going with my other friends on a bus (sans chaperones in those halcyon days) all the way to downtown TO to head shops and the finest record stores, and also the incredible Silver Snail that had all the weirdest stuff like those phonebook size tankōbons and crazy huge and expensive mecha that you could build, like model cars but for Japanese kids. Amazing place. I'm going to check out Jenna Albright!
KT Morrison
2024-02-06 15:57:59 +0000 UTCThat reverse harem kind of story is one I attempted, too. But that is an ultra-busy genre with high expectations—lots of hard competition to get readers' attention. I think you need to advertise a lot to get people to notice you.
KT Morrison
2024-02-06 15:13:17 +0000 UTCI think we played for about a year or so, and not that many times. 79/80, I think. But they were fun get-togethers. A 50/50 co-ed group of kids who liked weirdo music and stuff. One guy had the pewter figurines. Watching Stranger Things brought it back for me, too, ha ha.
KT Morrison
2024-02-06 15:11:41 +0000 UTCKT, thank you for reading my post on the DITW thread! I never played DnD, but I remember driving to the Omaha bookstores that had the sword and sorcery paperbacks with cover art by Frazetta and Jones, featuring Conan, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. the cover art was stunning. Jenna Albright has started a "Lady Lock" fantasy that reminds me a little of Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar books. Her other harem books (set in our world) did not excite me but these have promise. A lot more chaff than wheat in these varieties. I would purchase anything that you care to offer. Thanks for all the thrills and the dread too.
Steve McCarty
2024-02-06 11:42:05 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself, Andrew!
KT Morrison
2024-02-05 21:44:13 +0000 UTCHoly Shit! Can’t wait KT! Makes up for this flu I feel coming on😵
Andrew Mellein
2024-02-05 21:22:41 +0000 UTCAs for D&D, KT, our gameplay years align! From 1980-1986, from age 12-18, I played D&D every Saturday night on our kitchen table, with a group of neighborhood friends. And yeah, I think it was 2nd edition. We memorized all the books: Monster Manual and Fiends Folio. That first scene of S1E1, of the Netflix series Stranger Things, where they're playing a tabletop RPG in Mike's basement (clearly D&D), felt VERY familiar! Though, we didn't have figurines, and we weren't nearly as dramatic! :-)
Pete
2024-02-05 21:06:56 +0000 UTCYes! I was surprised to discover the "Reverse" Harem genre. I never suspected it even existed. One man with several women never interested me, but one woman with several men...that lights my fire, for some reason. One of my first exposures pre-dates the labeling of this genre: I recall coming across one tale where a pack of male werewolves needed to mate with one particular woman, regularly, or perish. The *poor* girl: She must, just must, regularly have sex with numerous young, incredibly handsome and muscular men. Given the circumstances, it's really the only moral course of action she can take. :-)
Pete
2024-02-05 21:01:00 +0000 UTCI read somewhere recently that in the DVD commentary for Alien, Ridley Scott said they encouraged Sigourney Weaver to tame that thatch she had, and, ha ha, she said no that's okay. Then in post, they had to paint out what Ridley Scott referred to as her "minge hairs." Bold move from Sigourney Weaver and it makes me like her more.
KT Morrison
2024-02-05 20:40:05 +0000 UTCKT, as to cheating, yes in LitRPG, but fairly rare. The books often don't even have a romantic aspect, and if they do, it's not that deep as the focus is often just like a video game. Fighting and stats. That's not always the case, the best books mix it all together in a wonderful format, but they aren't as common. It's something I think you'd do wonderfully, if you ever took a stab at it. For LitHarem, pretty much never. The few authors who take a stab at that usually get eviscerated in the reviews because the target audience just isn't accepting of cheating. They want sunshine, lollipops and a guy who is loved by all his ladies unconditionally. Dumb view imo, but I get it. They want love, lots of it, not heartache. If you want something in the vein of harem but does involve out of relationship activities, then Elliott Kay's Good Intentions is a great read, though he is very slow to release new stuff.
L_S87
2024-02-05 20:37:07 +0000 UTCPete, I just realized you said *Reverse* Harem. That's something I'm already familiar with, indeed.
KT Morrison
2024-02-05 20:36:21 +0000 UTCGiven KT's abilities with images, we can hope for some "sci fi sexy" illustrations in her LitRPG. That means the gal with great upper body definition in a thin singlet who is sweating lightly to moderately somehow in one of the space ship's compartments. Never figured out how it got so hot in there, but I never minded. Think Sigourney Weaver in "Alien", the shower scene in the escape module.
Donkatsu
2024-02-05 20:35:39 +0000 UTCYeah, that was it!
KT Morrison
2024-02-05 20:34:25 +0000 UTCWulfgar!
L_S87
2024-02-05 20:27:59 +0000 UTCI don't think it would be up your alley, Andrew. Pretty much every book in both genres tend to revolve around a fantasy or sci-fi setting of elves or aliens and dragons or starships. It's kind of a requirement given the rpg element of LitRPG necessitates a universe where the characters can access "abilities" and "stats" through some form of computer game like interface. LitHarem doesn't always have that, but typically doesn't involve any "real world" settings. And when it does, that's typically a starting point for something weird or fantasical happening that ends with the MC in an alternate reality where harems are "normal". No always the case, but what you'd be looking for is a rarity.
L_S87
2024-02-05 20:22:33 +0000 UTCYes! I went on a RA Salvatore kick about 25 years ago and really liked the stories. I remember one was just the barbarian guy (whose name I forget) and it was an exciting book set in the mountains or something. I also played D&D way, way back in the day. Like 2nd edition, 1979-1982 days.
KT Morrison
2024-02-05 20:21:51 +0000 UTCYes, new DITW chapter tonight. And new Summer Swap. I feel like I'm out of that awful part of DITW that was weighing on me, and now that I'm clear, I see everything that's going to happen and I'm eager to write it. The whole Hyun-Devlin in hotel arc there was uphill. So emotionally draining and one of the most challenging things I've written. but it had to be done, and I did it the way I wanted it, even if it was tough, ha ha.
KT Morrison
2024-02-05 20:18:54 +0000 UTCIs there cheating stuff in haremlit and litrpg?
KT Morrison
2024-02-05 20:16:38 +0000 UTCI knew you were a fan—I was hoping you would chime in here!
KT Morrison
2024-02-05 20:15:57 +0000 UTCIf you were to frequent literary forums or something like Reddit, they are a common term there. Basically just a truncated form of Literary Harem or Literary Role Playing Game. Salvatore, who was spectacularly awesome, was what most would consider High Fantasy. Books based in a universe created by an RPG, but where the characters themselves were portrayed and written as real as you or I. LitRPG basically melds the tabletop aspect with High Fantasy writing where they're in a fantasy setting, but the world is overlayed with a system that allows the characters to see their stats. They can level up and choose skills, spells etc. In a typical Fantasy novel, someone like Drizzt may have a DEX of 20, but the books never reference such a stat, he's just quick, agile, lethal. In a LitRPG, that character can access a "system" that not only references that stat, they can see it, modify it, etc, just like a game. Books in that genre typically are marked as having sections with tables or bold writing that outline a characters abilities, but the character themselves see those abilities and seek to upgrade them, just like a game.
L_S87
2024-02-05 20:15:45 +0000 UTCI've recently discovered and become a fan of Reverse Harem literature, and I've also enjoyed RPG literature, but I've never seen the terms LitHarem or LitRPG. R.A. Salvatore has written several series of books based on the old Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game. But, he began writing them circa 1990, so his approach/style may feel old school, and there is no erotic element.
Pete
2024-02-05 19:33:42 +0000 UTCAgree with Andrew!
Chris K
2024-02-05 19:02:10 +0000 UTCI’m also a big fan of cheating novels. Also cheating that turns into Hotwife novels! Does this genre contain fantasy if so it’s not for me. I like real life. Do you know when the next chapter of Devil in the Waters is coming out? I’m still debating what the heck happened?
Andrew Mellein
2024-02-05 18:48:44 +0000 UTCHeavily depends on the author. KT is generally right in regards to haremlit being more rpg adjacent (fantasy rather than rpg) but there are a number of authors who lean heavily into the stat based writing where the characters have levels, spells, skills etc. Depends on who you read AND the series. Some authors like to mix it up depending on the story and setting.
L_S87
2024-02-05 18:40:32 +0000 UTCI'm a big fan of cheating stories regardless of setting, so I've read a good number in a LitRPG style. There's a lot of interesting angles there.
Glaucon
2024-02-05 18:40:14 +0000 UTCForgot to post favorite authors. Daniel Schinhofen, William D Arand and John Van Stry are good choices. For regular LitRPG I like Ivan Kal and Matt Dinniman.
L_S87
2024-02-05 18:30:23 +0000 UTCLOL! Now you're really speaking my language, KT. While I think it's safe to say you're the best author who's works I routinely read, the majority of my reading isn't hot wife, swinging, cuckold etc. it's LitHarem and LitRPG. Growing up on DnD gold box and Forgotten Realms books means anything similar to that (though I love sci-fi too) holds a special place for me. LitHarem often is basically just LitRPG with the extra dynamic of multiple relationships. I think you'd do well at both, especially at LitHarem, simply because you understand interpersonal dynamics SO well. A lot of LitHarem is just "let me see how many people I can sleep with" which is kinda awful in my book. The best authors make the interactions meaningful and realize quality over quantity is what makes a good book. Anyway, I'd LOVE to see you take a stab at it, especially because I know you'd not make the whole book one big kumbaya session where everything is perfect from a relationship perspective. (Summer Swap does a good job of delving into that, even if it's not harem related) You'd definitely appeal to a broader audience, though not that broad. Still very niche on the harem side.
L_S87
2024-02-05 18:18:53 +0000 UTCThey are a genre of book that's relatively new and based on roleplaying games. A lot of fantasy stuff. i think they're predominantly a male-read genre, especially the haremlit, where the main male character assembles a troop of willing female accomplices to help in his hero's journey. The haremlit stuff doesn;t contain a lot of the RPG elements, but the story settings are similar.
KT Morrison
2024-02-05 18:15:03 +0000 UTCI have read Mother of Learning. LitRPG can be great but it’s hard to find the good stuff. If I need my fix of wish fulfilment I tend to pick up an epic fantasy book instead.
Shai
2024-02-05 18:04:16 +0000 UTCI know of Literotica but what are these two?
Abhinav Rai
2024-02-05 17:50:53 +0000 UTC
