I’m a big fan of John C. Wright’s work, and he is releasing a new novel, the basic premise of which was- “imagine if the latest Star Wars movies hadn’t been written by idiots.” đ
Full disclosure, I’ve not read this yet, but John is a crazy talented writer, so I’m looking forward to it!
Ohhhh, gotta get this one!
I wish it were cheaper to make audiobooks. This is the kind of thing I would have in my car for long drives, but I just don’t read on kindle. Hate the things.
I have an AI shaped box if you’d like to open it just a bit more.
Ooo, Iâm in. Needing a new book to read anyway.
Preordered
Sign me up!! Johnny C!!
How can I get an E-book that I can actually download to my computer and read without using Kindle? Like the way Baen does it, with EPub, Mobi and HTML versions that I can read anywhere.
The author or publisher can usually set it up on their end using something like Bookfunnel. That said, you can download the kindle app onto your computer and read e-books you got off Amazon that way.
The open-source software Calibre can convert Kindle books into any or all of the standard formats. If the Kindle book has DRM, then it’s a bit iffier, though there may possibly be a way to do it if you download a plugin. I did it once, about ten years ago (not piracy, this was a book I had purchased through Amazon but wanted to convert to epub format and back up so that Amazon couldn’t delete my purchase*). But I bet the DRM has changed since then, so I can’t guarantee it would work now.
* Which they can do, and in fact did once, because they had accidentally sold a book that they didn’t have the rights to sell (mixup with the publisher, as I recall) and so they deleted it off of people’s devices. In an act of supreme authorial irony that nobody would believe if you put it in a story, want to guess the title of the book they deleted off of people’s devices? 1984, by George Orwell.
Epubor Ultimate stopped working with the current Kindle which forces another update and refuses to show the directory of Kindle Mobi Files
There are Kindle and Nook apps for tablets. Both the Android, Apple and Windows computers and tablets are supported.
I recommend the “Galaxy’s Edge” books by Anspach and Cole. Imagine if the Star Wars novelizations had been written by David Drake. I’m not going to claim they’re at Drake’s level, but they’re fun, gritty science fantasy with some nods to the original movies.
They even have some interesting ideas — the Savages, formerly human occupants of generation ships built around celebrities, “world leaders”, and like-minded people who left Earth to the “common man”, only to meet disaster, dark influences, and, eventually, the descendants of the “common man” who figured out FTL travel.
Speaking as the guy who wrote Starquest, I can also recommend Galaxy’s Edge. His is military SF. Mine is pure pulp. Nick Cole is also a great guy and should be supported.
Just to ask, I only read bits of the Galaxyâs Edge series, gets a little graphic or nightmarish
You sure that stuff wouldnât be more censored if something like the Comics Code Authority applied?
The same guys wrote the Forgotten Ruin books, the premise of which is an Army Ranger company gets dropped into a high fantasy world. It’s awesome.
That reminds me of Rick Cook’s ‘The Starfollowers Of Coramonde’ in which an APC and crew get summoned from Vietnam by a wizard to deal with a dragon.
When they later invade Hell in the APC, that’s epic. They teach the demons that Willie Pete is worse than hellfire.
Oops, I screwed that ALL up. It’s ‘The Doomfarers Of Coramonde’ by Brian Daley. ‘Starfollowers’ is the sequel. Also by Daley, of course.
The wizards’ advisor, an eccentric academic from our world, was disappointed by their summoning. He wanted a tank but didn’t know enough of military matters to specify one properly to a couple of medieval wizards. Instead, they wound up with what I’m pretty sure was an M113 â it’s never identified in the book.
If you like that and havenât yet, check out Peter Nealenâs The Lost series, very similar concept.
Actually everything by Peter Nealen is great, military action.
Forgotten Ruin is my favorite amongst the new Wargate Genre
Partially, because sure they fight smart, but unlike what other âmilitary Isekaiâ series I know of, they can reliably keep firing a LOT of guns and NOT be afraid of running out of ammo and itâs a LOT more fighters/Rangers coming along for the fight
Whereas for most others, even with their tech and skills, they are underdogs at the end of the day due to low numbers and low supply and ability to repair and produce more
I fear though, that like the other Wargate books, they will only stop at defeating Sut The Undying and much of the world will remain a mystery
Nick Cole also wrote the Strange Company books, basically an homage to The Black Company but in space with modern weapons.
Iâve enjoyed the two that have come out, hope at some points he continues with the series
From what I can tell, Nick Cole has abandoned a previous post apocalypse series and GameLIT VR based series
So unfortunately, given that itâs been almost three years since book 2, I am guessing he may have no current plans
Preordered. Thank you for the reminder.
Just got my copy – can confirm the epic awesomeness – am reading it now!
Related, in the awesomeness department: Pick up Mech Bunny. It’s brilliant. And if it doesn’t win the Dragon for YA next year, there is no justice.
John,
Will there be an audio version?
I am currently in negotiation with an editor about an audio version. I’d like to do one, but nothing is sure as yet. I will try to keep you posted as things develop.
–John C Wright
Purchased the book, and am reminding myself to read slowly. Great pulp adventure fiction, and some tantalizing mental images come from the well-wrought words.
I’ll back up a copy as EPUB format, just in case. There is always some villain lurking in the bowels of Imperial or Republican bureaucracy, awaiting an opportunity to make an “example” for its self-created rule.
Started it, pretty great so far.
Feel a little Robert E Howardâs Conan in some of the descriptive prose at times, maybe itâs just the pirate stuffâs.
Definitely made me feel like I need re read some of those stories again.
Friend, if anything I wrote reminds anyone of the great Robert E Howard, then I can finally call myself a real writer. Unlike a certain International Lord of Hate, who only buys mountains, sleeps on a bed of heaped gold like Smaug, and has roughly a million fan with roughly twenty million firearms.
Well I finished it in record time and cannot wait to see whatâs next. Really enjoyable.
Usual criticism is I wish it was a bit longer to get things along a bit more, but the next volume is going to be an instant order from me.
As an experiment in social science, I decided to look and see what my local library had on its shelves by John C. Wright. I was pleasantly surprised to see 1) several books currently on the shelves, and 2) a very user friendly search function that not only gave me what I wanted in a couple of clicks, but gave other authors that are “Related People” to the author. The first three on the list: David Drake, Larry Correia, and Sarah Hoyrt. I think the search engine actually provided good answers!
I definitely need this one! Iâm always on the lookout for good reads, especially while managing my own blog.
Hmm. My library did not do so well on this test. It’s a good thing that I’m the library director and I can correct this problem! Orders placed.