I need to stop calling this series Monsters Inc.

[katestine]

Six days. It took me six days to give in and buy the eARC of Monster Hunter Vendetta. Your takeaway from this should be that the series is very entertaining, not that I'm a crackmonkey.

Monster Hunter International is a Marty Stu about a mild-mannered accountant whose life is changed when his evil boss is bitten by a werewolf and he has to kill

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I need an animated gif of that Penny Arcade about LKH

[katestine]

Well, James gets stuff variable numbers of months before publication - I was basing it on the fact that the webscription month with Cryoburn should get the first half in the next two weeks.

I almost put a ps on this post commenting that I'd be willing to help with the b&e on his house next week, except, well, eARCs are easier and require less jail time :)

[katestine]

You raise some excellent points.

[ilcylic]

There's a LOT of gun pr0n

And we even work to tone it down for the mundanes... ;)

Speaking of Ringo, though, Correia is doing a collaboration with him. :)

[katestine]

This is me peeing in my pants with excitement. Er...

Although if they get together and write about Pguhyh (rot13) monsters, I will cry.

[ilcylic]

Although if they get together and write about Pguhyh (rot13) monsters, I will cry.

Why?

I'm picky about my monsters

[katestine]

Don't like. It's why I'm done with the Posleen books (unless he does some backfill).

[coraline]

so, um, this eARC thing.... how does it work?
(new vorkosigan? sign me up!)

I didn't know you were a Vorkosigan fan

[katestine]

$15 to get the book several months early, online only, and it may change between what you get and when it's published. I actually watched a book change from the first eARC to what I assume is in the final version. (Bc I read it that obsessively yes.) here is where it'll show up when it does: I'll probably say something on Twitter or here when I'm done with it, at least.

[thewronghands]

I will probably wait for the paper version, because I still haven't found an ereader that I like. It's just not as satisfying as paper, despite the offset in cost and making my inner environmentalist scream. I'm with you on the monster-class dislike, though. Ew.

[thewronghands]

PDFs on my laptop or phone are right out. It's really strange, considering the vast amount of time I spend online, but reading long things for pleasure on my laptop screen sucks. My phone screen would be eyestrain city if I were to try it.

I have tried the Kindle, and that's fine on the eyes, but too large and unwieldy for me to tote around when I'm often already carrying a netbook and/or laptop and phone. Ideally, I'd want something about the size of a mass market paperback with a similar font size, and e-ink.

[smjayman]

I too find Mr. Correia's writing to be entertaining. Hell, I read his online collaboration several years ago that got him started on thinking he should try and do some "real" writing. His MHI character is indeed him, and he doesn't really try to disguise it. Still, even with that, it is fun to read. I bought MHV within a week of finding out about it.

[ilcylic]

I've beta read that collaboration in it's "finished" format. It's at the editors as we speak. :) There are plan s for two more books in that series after that.