This is pretty much the synopsis of The Gunslinger by Steven King.
Anon is Banished
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Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
balderdash9@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The book series is very long iirc. Is it worth reading?
MrFappy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Extremely worth reading. Especially if you’re a fan of his other works since he weaves aspects of them into this series. But be aware, book 4 is the best of the series, and 5 is the worst (the climax is built up for the whole book and lasts about 2 pages.)
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Of all the books I’ve read, I cannot answer this question for The Gunslinger. If you like Stephen King you’ll almost certainly like the novels. But each one is very different from the others. LOL, I’m not sure there’s a fan who loves every book.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
The first book is kind of weird but it’s creepy and cool, but the series really picks up book 2
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Up to book 4, yes. Don’t read after that. It’s infuriating.
naeap@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
YES
the end sadly feels a bit quick and forced, but regarding the background (he wasn’t sure, if he could finish it), it’s absolutely awesome
Best thing he ever produced
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
I liked it.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Isn’t that the joke?
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Yes, probably what this is about, but I’ve always found explaining the joke makes it funnier.
halvar@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
fake: no it isn’t, i’m the evil wizard and this has definitely happened, i’m just not sure which one of the 17 guys that regularly show up this is
gay: I’m quite certain they all have feelings for me
Honytawk@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Why do you call yourself evil?
Aren’t you just misunderstood?
halvar@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
Kids these days don’t understand the joy of being the evil wizard and knowing it.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Everyone else just misunderstands that evil isn’t bad, it’s just “live” spelled backwards.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
fake: excuse me I’m schmevil at worst and oh you’re describing yourself
gay: okay got us there
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is why you just shoot the fucker and don’t try and do a one liner.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To quote the great philosopher Tuco, “When you got to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.”
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Or you do the one liner after the shot.
Chakravanti@monero.town 2 weeks ago
That’s what Betty did.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
And that is why you don’t state your evil intentions, you just do it
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The Tuco doctrine.
Mika@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
But it works in anime 🙄
Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Like Ozymandias.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
And Gwyneth Paltrow
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Anon plays Banished, a medieval city builder
balderdash9@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Can’t find another game quite like it tbh
Clearwater@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Banished is fun. Rimworld is fun and addictive as crack.
toynbee@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They’re very much not the same, but have you tried Rimworld or SAELIG?
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I have played Manor Lords and Foundation. They are at least heavily inspired by Banished
snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Timberborn is pretty fun and plays quite similarly.
javiwhite@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Ahh banished, The local cleric being replaced by a villager called ‘Demon’ remains one of my only steam screenshots.
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I would love to see that screenshot if you are willing to share it
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Never met anyone in the wild who plays banished o_O its my partners favorite game lmao
enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
This comment makes me miss TotalBiscuit :(
His banished review is my only exposure to the game
tedd_deireadh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This sounds like a Dark Tower reference. Thankee, sai.
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Diddachick?
flapperfivethousand@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The thing about Stephen King is he doesn’t usually plan his stories. He just writes and goes where it take him. Hence, they sometimes go to funny places.
Unbecredible@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
FUCK, was this a Dark Tower spoiler??? I keep meaning to read past the first book.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Dont read past the first book. Preserve whatever mystery and intrigue you have.
Beyond lies mary sue madness involving star wars, spiderman and harry potter. Wish I was joking.
Gloomy@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Best series i have read. Read it.
sexy_peach@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Get rekt
MurrayL@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t something similar to this happen in one of Jack Vance’s stories?
codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Yep, in The Eyes of the Overworld, we meet Cugel the Clever, literally the prototypical D&D rogue/thief. He steals from a wizard and is banished very far away for it. He eventually gets back to take revenge on the wizard and steps on a trap or something that banishes him even farther away the second time. His journey picks back up in Cugel’s Saga, a sequel novel, where he goes on more zany adventures and eventually makes it back again as I recall.
tzrlk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The first time, he gets banished by the wizard by a spell that summons a giant bird to pick him up and take him across the continent. The second time, he takes down the wizard and tries to cast the same spell that banished him, but fucks it up and the bird just grabs him again.
kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Also worth noting, the first time he’s flown across the world and dropped on a deserted beach, he heads in one direction, has a ton of adventures, and gets back. The second time he’s left on the same beach he shrugs his shoulders and heads off in the other direction.
Man, I love Jack Vance.
kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank you! I was going to write this if nobody else did, but it predates Stephen King by 30 years, was way more hilarious, and only took 2 books instead of 7 (or half a book if you read the Dying Earth Omnibus)
4cher0n@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Sounds like the Dying earth series / cugels saga - fantastic if you like weird dark fantasy en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cugel's_Saga
Dasus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Rowan Atkinson is Doctor Who | Comic Relief
Borrowed your plot
TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Ah, the o’l “send them to the desert” bit. Works every time.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Third time’s the char-
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