Mike Harmon is, judging by what Ringo has said, a case of "a monster, but he's OUR monster"CByrneIV wrote:Steamforger wrote:I really dislike the main in Ghost. Read the Posleen series for admirable Ringo characters.
You're supposed to.
Black Tide Rising
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HTRN
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HTRN, I would tell you that you are an evil fucker, but you probably get that a lot ~ Netpackrat
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Describing what HTRN does as "antics" is like describing the wreck of the Titanic as "a minor boating incident" ~ First Shirt
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Greg
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ExERcising, exORcising, poAYto, potAHto.CByrneIV wrote:Steamforger wrote:I really dislike the main in Ghost. Read the Posleen series for admirable Ringo characters.
You're supposed to.
He wrote it as a deliberately "bad" book, with impossible to sell story and characters, just as an exercise in exORcising his id.
... and then people liked it and wanted to buy it.
He didn't call it the 'Wanker story' for nothing. Yes, he referred to it that way. Pretty sure he wrote it as something between a lark, and a 'let me get this shit out of my head' exercise.
Maybe we're just jaded, but your villainy is not particularly impressive. -Ennesby
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Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr
If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr
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NVGdude
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My copy is signed "Seanan" not "Mira"CByrneIV wrote:Note, she writes the "feed" books under the pen name Mira Grant.NVGdude wrote:Best post-apocalyptic "we survived but so did they" novel is FEED by my friend Seanan McGuire.
I don't care for the zombie genre, but quite like her InCryptid and October Daye novels.
Note also that the zombies are not the protagonists, more of an environmental and setting factor. It's technically a political thriller.
And yeah, the Toby Daye books just keep getting better.
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MiddleAgedKen
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Nothing really, but you may find a search on the phrase "OH JOHN RINGO NO" entertaining.skb12172 wrote:I must have missed the memo. What's wrong with Ringo?
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That's only one series. The "Troy Rising" and "Posleen" series don't have the icky bits, just endless and awesome mowing down of 2-dimensional bad guys.
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Greg
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They only start out 2-dimensional.dfwmtx wrote:That's only one series. The "Troy Rising" and "Posleen" series don't have the icky bits, just endless and awesome mowing down of 2-dimensional bad guys.
Maybe we're just jaded, but your villainy is not particularly impressive. -Ennesby
If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr
If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr
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Draven
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yeah he's started to flesh out the primary antagonists in both series quite a bit.
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Goods2010
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Sometimes a dirty old man.... Other than that... Not much I guess...skb12172 wrote:I must have missed the memo. What's wrong with Ringo?
Think I'll give this series a shot...
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Greg
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If you like that sort of thing, you might actually enjoy Kratman's Posleen books more than Ringo's.Draven wrote:yeah he's started to flesh out the primary antagonists in both series quite a bit.
Maybe we're just jaded, but your villainy is not particularly impressive. -Ennesby
If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr
If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr
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Draven
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Well... Kratman's books written from John's outline...Greg wrote:If you like that sort of thing, you might actually enjoy Kratman's Posleen books more than Ringo's.Draven wrote:yeah he's started to flesh out the primary antagonists in both series quite a bit.