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SamuSeen t1_j6n8cj7 wrote
With the concept of mass isekai I could recommend The Wandering Inn.
Definitely a great concept that's easy to execute poorly.
thedankening t1_j6orsb2 wrote
If we're recommending things along this line, there's an alternate history series, Island in the Sea of Time, that is also a mass isekai. Quite fun, quite goofy at times, I think it's overall pretty good if a society wide isekai appeals to you. It also takes place in the same universe as the same author's post apocalyptic fantasy series, if that sounds appealing at all.
SamuSeen t1_j6ov75i wrote
Adding this to my reading list riiiiight.... NOW.
ManalithTheDefiant t1_j6okbi0 wrote
I have this one in my Audible wishlist. Are you recommending it because it's good, or because it's a good example of poor execution?
Mr_tarrasque t1_j6om5x0 wrote
I've personally only heard good things about the wandering inn. Uh just be warned it's like one of the longest web novels ever made.
The person who writes it is like a crazy person who writes 5,000 words a day, and is told in a scope of characters rivaled by very few. I think the story broke 10,000,000 words not too long ago. (That was the right number of zeros.) For example the entire harry potter series is a million words.
thedankening t1_j6os7rg wrote
I've heard of this, but after reading some snippets here and there it struck as something equivalent to mid 00s bad self insert fanfiction. But maybe I just got unlucky. With 10 million words there's bound to be some absolutely dreadful passages no matter how good the overall project is.
ManalithTheDefiant t1_j6p117x wrote
That's how I feel about He Who Fights with Monsters and Defiance of the Fall. Overall story - good. Certain chapters here and there - author is clearly projecting something and it detracts from the story
Mr_tarrasque t1_j6p4hln wrote
I've never read it. So I can't speak to it's quality If I were to recommend any long form webnovels it would have to be practical guide to evil, mother of learning, and a hesitant recommendation for the gods are bastards as it seems to be a forever hiatus.
slvrcrystalc t1_j6pfuol wrote
Book one: its okay for an isakai, and more realistic and fraught than most of them. I put it down twice and only went back to it because i heard it gets better and i had nothing else to do.
Book two: it gets better. Life gets better for the main characters. Interesting things happen.
Book three: book two, but better. This one might have the long interlude about the two Horns of Hammerhead University life. I skipped that. It's very skippable.
Book n..n(last)-2: really very good.
Book n(last)-1, n(last): This is the best thing I have ever read. Every chapter is a heartpounder, with unexpected twists and insights that leave me wanting more while still being a pretty self contained short story of their own. The scope of the story has slowly grown to incorporate the whole world, politics and significant events abound.
Ive never seen such a significant increase in story telling ability in an author.
TheCaptNoname t1_j6n3g4c wrote
Okay, hear me out...
Area 51
But like "Gate"
ryry1237 t1_j6ori5v wrote
Somehow I know exactly what you mean even though I'm sure none of my friends with more than a generation age gap would understand what you said.
Xeogin t1_j6n781e wrote
"So I'm a Spider, So What?" but an entire city rather than an entire class?
Lots of options here, like RPG-style where everyone is basically the same age as at death, but suddenly appearing and functional crippling the economy and probably starting multiple civil wars. Coming all in as newborns, so likely a larger number being monsters, though many very quickly dying off.
Also makes me think of the scale of the world itself, or if there's a sort of buffer where folks appear over time. Now that I think of it, this might be a bit more like "Log Horizon" but other than knowledge, everyone is effectively useless.
hellfiredarkness t1_j6nsbnb wrote
That's a big fucking truck!
Georgie_Leech t1_j6ofg45 wrote
Truck-kun working overtime on this one.
hellfiredarkness t1_j6ofi0j wrote
Lol
Vipershark01 t1_j6mswjo wrote
Pretty small "City." The book you are looking for is called 1632, it's amusing for sure.
Finn-windu t1_j6o6wlp wrote
That's the typical population considered for a small city. Some definitions go down to 50,000 to have something be considered a city.
kinapudno t1_j6occd6 wrote
Like Log Horizon!!
ReasonablyBadass t1_j6o38ah wrote
That's called ISOT and is fairly common in Alternate History writing
Vastorn t1_j6offpw wrote
"Everyone else is a returnee", but a city, instead of the whole planet.
asodfhgiqowgrq2piwhy t1_j6oty5j wrote
So basically 'Alice in Borderland'?
MastrWalkrOfSky t1_j6o6nzj wrote
Google the Wandering Inn to get a full length version of kind of this prompt.
Muad_Dib_of_Arrakis t1_j6oimp5 wrote
Like... the entire city all at once, complete with sewers? Or one person at a time all over the place??
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