Monster Hunter Fantom isn’t going to be available in paperback until January, but you can get the e-book for it now on Baen. Basically, it’s Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter International series, with all the stories set in the Czech Republic. Good stuff, particularly if you like Monsters vs. All The Guns In The World.
Ahem. From my own review:
He is, indeed, not some random clown.
This book is — ah. Let us simply say that is a reflection of the terror and the glory that is 3 Year Letterman on Twitter (NOT ‘X’). If a man is known by the quality of his enemies, then Coach has a rogues’ gallery unmatched in human history. You will marvel at this story narrating his origin, and the heights to which he has reached… so far. This is merely the first steps in Coach’s journey. I expect there will be more tales to come.
Not Some Random Clown: A Youth Football Coaching Legend’s Rise to Glory.
#commissionearned
I’m going to be brutally honest, here: Harry Turtledove’s recent dive into undisguised commentary on contemporary politics and mores has aged incredibly badly. I used to buy his books in hardcover; I didn’t even bother picking up the last couple. That being said… I’ll give him one last chance with Twice as Dead. I fully understand it if other people don’t feel obligated to give him that chance, but I hate just the thought of a final break with the author who gave me Videssos and Ruled Britannia. If that makes me a sap, so be it. I will own the moniker.
#commissionearned
I had this entire post ready to explain that it’s been a weird week and I didn’t get a chance to finish any of the three, four, five? books that I have open — but then I checked, and it turns out Naomi Novik’s Buried Deep anthology is coming out in September. So, you know, never mind*.
Pre-ordered. I know I shouldn’t reward them for that, but what can you do? Naomi Novik.
*Includes this tidbit: “The first glimpse of the world of Abandon, the setting of Novik’s upcoming epic fantasy series—a deserted continent populated only by silent and enigmatic architectural mysteries.“
#commissionearned
I’ve done it before, but Guy Gavriel Kay’s A Song For Arbonne is well worth doing again. Also, I need to get a new copy, because my current one is falling apart. I’ve read it too often, and too deeply. So, hey, you know it’s good…
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Gimme a break: I came home, walked upstairs, and promptly fell asleep. I only woke up because I desperately needed to eat something. Anyway: FROZEN DREAMS, TINSEL RAIN, MORGAN BAROD, TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION VOL 1, and GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND are all on 99 cent sale this week. That makes them books of the week, surely.
It is, after all, the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May.
All the little angels rise up, rise up.
All the little angels rise up high!
How do they rise up, rise up, rise up?
How do they rise up, rise up high?
They rise heads up, heads up, heads up, they rise heads up, heads up high!
#commissionearned
I’m looking forward to Jim Geraghty’s Dueling Six Demons: A Dangerous Clique Novel. I would also like to note for the record that I did not pester Jim for an Advance Reader Copy, even though I could totally presume on our friendship to get one. Dude’s gotta get those hardcore first day sales numbers, because they’re critically important…
#commissionearned
Beggar’s Sky is Wil McCarthy’s third novel in his Rich Man’s Sky series, which asks the question: What if future space exploitation is driven by the mega-ultra-super rich – and that’s not intrinsically a bad thing? As you might have guessed, only Baen is the only mainstream SF publisher with enough hair on its ass to actually print the blessed thing…
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DANGEROUS ASSOCIATIONS is a little tabletop RPG supplement I put together that looks at groups of my own design, and all suitable for campaigns. …I mention this again because you never know who might be reading it for the first time. These are fun little projects, and goodness knows I have enough generic TT RPG material to work with…
