Monster Hunter Vendetta (Larry Correia) is Out

[Dub_James]

Very minor spoiler below:


Is Melvin who I think he is?

And I'm not a fan of the cover, after how technically correct the first one looked.

I asked Larry about this when he did a signing in Phoenix last month and yes Melvin the troll is based on exactly who you think he is based on.

Ah, I see.

[Durham68]

I pre-ordered and read it right away when it arrived. It's a lot of fun, but much more campy than the first book. I like some of the revelations but others were a little over the top for my taste. It's a good read and I recommend it (after you read the first book in the series).

I can't want for The Grimnoir Chronicles: Hard Magic

[moose42]

MHV is awesome. It's supposed to be a bit campy that's what makes it fun.

You'll never look at the MHI logo the same way ever again.

[Jericho941]

Ship date: Nov. 26.

[JohnOC]

I can't want for The Grimnoir Chronicles: Hard Magic

On the schedule for May 2011

[JohnOC]

Which also, according to himself's blog, just got bought by Baen. The confirmation of the redshirting is in the comments on that linked blog post.

[Jericho941]

Just finished it. Hot damn, this is even better than MHI.

"We had blown up a god together, after all. Now that's male bonding."

[308Mike]

Just finished it. Hot damn, this is even better than MHI.

"We had blown up a god together, after all. Now that's male bonding."

I agree. I liked it better than the first one, but if I hadn't read the first one, I might feel differently. I'm certainly looking forward to the next one!! Just like movies and computer games, if I like something, I tend to review it again 'cause I ALWAYS pick up something I missed the first time through.

I thought the editor did a great job regarding spelling, misplaced words, bad punctuation, etc., etc. The only glaring error I ran across was a repeated sentence in the same paragraph, which was separated only by another sentence or two, otherwise a great editing job (although I'm sure I'm not the only one who wondered about the helicopters trying to maneuver under the branches of a tree only 20 stories in height - hell, we HAVE trees that size ALREADY! I wonder if someone left off at least one zero since three helos were flying under it at one time). I found a few more errors, but they weren't enough to ruin the story by any means.

Something like this, I could EASILY see becoming another franchise like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. While I was reading, I was visualizing how Hollyweird would go about filming such sequences and for the most part, the majority wouldn't be too damn hard, and could make for some great large-screen entertainment.

[Jericho941]

There were some pretty obvious actors for most of the characters in my mind as I read the book, except it'd be tough to find someone to play Owen who's actually ugly, as opposed to Hollywood-ugly.

[Dub_James]

There were some pretty obvious actors for most of the characters in my mind as I read the book, except it'd be tough to find someone to play Owen who's actually ugly, as opposed to Hollywood-ugly.

But man, it would be a fun movie (if they did it right). Just Imagine the smiley monster patch as the cinema poster