Quick Review: Doc Wilde & The Frogs of Doom

[drivingblind]

So, I replaced Tim Byrd's hardcover of Spirit of the Century when it fell apart, and in return he sent me a copy of his kids' book, Doc Wilde and The Frogs of Doom. This is me doing a super brief review of it

Comments

[jkahane]

Good review of the book without giving the plot away. I rather liked the fast pacing of the book, very much along the Pulp lines, and the characters were nicely fleshed out, too.

You made a good point about the never present mom.

I hope we get a sequel or series based on the book.

[jkahane]

Woot! Terrific news to hear about the book becoming a series. Really looking forward to this!

[jdurall]

Wild!

Your post came at exactly the same time I was noodling with the notion of coming up with a modern pulp setting sort-of-inspired by The Venture Brothers, albeit a non-failure version played a little straighter.

The notion of a relatively system-light game with a setting of "You're the family and friends of a mighty pulp heroic lineage" screams coolness to me.

[drivingblind]

Yeees. This isn't a game, mind, but it has had me thinking in similar directions. :)

[amanofhats]

Nice! Thanks for the review. I'll be picking this up soon.

[chaosclockwork]

After the awesomeness I found in 'Whales on Stilts', it's welcome to see that there's more authors out there giving kids their necessary allotment of pulp.

[outlawmoon]

Thank you, sir. I only just found this, and appreciate the mention.

Kudos from folks who knows 'em some pulp are always gratifying. ;)

I'm squarely in Wilde country at the moment, finishing up (well, trying) the second book, DOC WILDE AND THE MAD SKULL. There's also a classified Wilde project in the works...

Tim
www.DocWilde.com