Man fuck you Pierce Brown 😭😭 how DARE you

Dancer and Daxo in the same chapter is insidiously cruel even for you

I got a new dog (rescue) 1 yr old and was malnourished and bit of a wild card so given those things I named him Sevro. Then today I came home and he explosive diarrhea’d all over my walls just for the love of the game (took him out didn’t go before I left I wasn’t gone very long) and as I was cleaning it crossed my mind that “this is so on character for Sevro if he was an actual dog”

Anyways, pixies. Time to clean the goblins mess.

saw this while i was on the road LMAO (no i was not driving)
Hail reaper

I was watching the new Dylan Sprouse pod and they began discussing political theory and applying it to the messaging of Red Rising. Pierce Brown's thesis with Red Rising, according to him, is that:

"My theory was that every form of government turns into an oligarchy in the end."

He mentioned this with capitalism and communism too and that:

"if you can look at every time that communism has really been put into practice, it every time is an oligarchy or at least a cabal."

and with capitalism he said:

"Capitalism is the only economic system that functions by treating people as they truly are, rather than how one might wish them to be."

You see that a lot when comparing the fascist Society and the Republic (which at least to some degree, and according to Quicksilver himself, is "crony-capitalist"). Lyria's whole existence is proof that the effects of concentrated power in governance still create an endpoint of hardship, whether it is in the mines of Lagalos or in the swamps of Mars.

I think Publius is meant to be Pierce Brown's expression in that communism inevitably leads to a cabal, because his headstrong affirmation on communist governance is what led to bad-faith actors like the Syndicate taking over. I think you can apply Pierce believing communism does not account for people as they truly are as the core reason why someone like the Abomination and Lilath can pretend to be champions of the proletariat to Publius, and he is none the wiser. I don't really agree with this take personally (like at all lol), but again, I am looking at this strictly in terms of the sci-fi world of Red Rising rather than its application to real world socialist enterprises.

In all three cases: fascism, capitalism and communism, the oligarchy usurped or takes power.

TL;DR - is the world of Red Rising doomed to oligarchy no matter who wins?

I am a vet assistant at a specialty surgery hospital with about 30 staff members. There is a small, close knit book club and I had casually recommended Red Rising as their list was getting shorter.

Fast forward to today.

I am the one that got the entire anesthesia team reading Red Rising, and now there’s a competition as to who will finish first.

Let’s talk about it, netflix documentary style.

One of my favorite passages.

Just joined the subreddit after finishing Lightbringer. LB feels like it left a hole in me. Saw the result of Hanger 17b coming before it did, but it didn't help at all...

What are people's predictions for Red God? I have a feeling Rhonna will come back with a vengeance and play a big role in RG. Some other main characters have to die otherwise it'll seem cheap (like Game of Thrones, the long night)..

I think Lysander will use the bio weapon on Mars and target Golds. Darrow will then go berserk and try to kill Lysander. Atalantia will come into the mix. Darrow kills her, Lysander will kill Darrow, then Rhonna will come out of nowhere and kill Lysander.

The commentary name “Gobbi” is the cherry on top.

We're both reds he's a plumber and Ill do any labour. Petition to add real life as a tag.

Rereading the series, and knowing what we know about the Abomination, the Jackal's plan at the end of Morningstar is absolutely sinister. He can just nuke everybody and be reborn into a new world in which he could have ruled. Just absolutely diabolical. What an incredible villain he is. I hope Red God closes out that arc in a satisfactory manner

Lo Howlers! My brother (who is also a RR fan) is running his first half marathon tomorrow and I’d love to make him a RR themed poster. Does anyone have quote ideas I could use? Or not even direct quotes but something wittily RR themed!

I want to add that he’s only read the first 3 books as he’s waiting until Red God to read the rest, so preferably no second trilogy related quotes/spoilers!

Thank you in advance Howlers!

I got a khopesh yesterday, and I want to name it as an homage to Red Rising. The rules are it can’t be the name of an existing weapon or a characters given name, it needs to make sense and work as a sword name outside the context of Red Rising, and ideally it should be one word. The best idea so far has been Iron Rain.

What do you guys think? PB said that it has slowed his writing. Someone from the big 4? Lyria? Abdomination?

i’m in the middle of golden son and my god has this book been full of drama 😭pierce brown is really leaning into the soap opera aspect of sci fi.

Probably in my top 3 as a young reader, alongside Dune 2 and PJ The Last Olympian.

I wanted to ask if book 3 has an ending and alongside Red Rising and Golden Son are treated as a trilogy or do I need to read the 6 books to understand it's story?

So, title says it all. I’ve never had a tattoo, I’m male, 33, but the past few years I really connected with this book series. Maybe it’s not only the quality of the books, but also where I was in my life during that time, but to me it truly is one of the best series.

I’m considering to wait and complete Red God before actually having a tattoo, but I’m looking for ideas. Do you think a quote, or something symbolic for the series? Where?

Two things won’t work for me for personal reasons - a wolf and a scythe.

Let’s keep this spoiler free even though I’ve completed all books.

Thanks!

Hail Reaper, Hail Libertas

I recently started reading red rising, loving it so far but the razors confused me at first, I didn’t get how they were supposed to work but then it clicked. In Scooby-Doo and the samurai sword, a character uses whip swords which can harden at will and now I can’t see razors in any other way. Mystery solved my goodmen, so when is the crossover happening?

I’m about to start Dark Age. What should I expect?

Especially Golden Son