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Guys like you and Brian keep raising the bar. I gotta do something once in awhile :D

@@gryftkin 😂

No one can keep up with how hard Brian works.

I've been on here for almost three years... I should start planning at some point :D

Any time!

I think what puts it over the top is it's one of the few robot centric novels that DOESN'T go for the sentient robot/AI with the feels. And I absolutely LOVE that trope, but it was nice to see him go a different direction.

Pretty close 😂

LOL - I'm definitely an extrovert, but we could argue all day who has more energy so I'll just say it's Brian Bell ;)

@@gryftkin I’d buy that!

Yep, The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons. ruclips.net/video/8L7twxfHfk8/видео.html

@@gryftkin Thanks 👍 onto the tbr with it

Ugh... my TBR just groaned and threw a paperback at me...

Had a blast... and the wife was reading a good book so I managed to get to bed before she turned off the light :D

@@gryftkin perfect!

you can just make us watch it :)

@@joycetarsek3208 😅😅

Thanks... yeah, Adrian did not do my TBR pile any favors :D

Thanks. Malerman was an excellent guest. I've decided I'm inviting more horror authors :D

I hope you enjoy it. I'm torn between it being really good the way it is and so wanting to see what happens next :P

I'm loving Service Model more, but this one was good too. He's got like 5 books out this year. I can't even imagine how he found time to come on the channel 😂

@@gryftkin he is a very busy dude.

Thanks. Great guests make me look good 😁 Adrian was so gracious.

Only once have I tried to get in on the wrong side of my car since we got back :D

@@gryftkin I feel your pain

IKR - stupid settings 😂just glad I got something figured out before the interview tomorrow :P

Thank you! Would love to have more interviews but with a full time job, I try to limit it to one a month to make sure I have time to give each author the attention they deserve.

So much to do... and so little time to do it in :D

@@gryftkin that’s life. That’s what all the people say.

She blew me away when she said this was set in the same universe as A Chorus of Dragons. Can't wait to see how that pans out (although this can totally be read as a stand alone, so far).

No, it was more the feel of the "low earth" sections that reminded me more of The Olympian Affair. There are way more dragons (and way less politics) than GoT. It's all about the dragonriders, but they're not under fire from "thread" or anything like that. The closest thing to politics is amongst the dragons themselves. I feel like it stands on it's own, but the publishing industry really likes to liken a book or author to another bestselling book or author you already know :D

@@gryftkin to me it sounded like "we took this book everyone knows and loves and we fixed it!" Not a good pitch, regardless of what they meant.

I know, right? Will be so worth it when it's done though. :)

Can't wait to have an office where I don't have a closet door as my backdrop :D

@@gryftkin gonna be awesome!

Glad you enjoyed. That's what I was aiming for :D

Anyone ever mention a question in a video and actually have the author respond? That's kind of cool :D So this is more of a "shared world". Digging it. Definitely going to have to read some more. Also, just realized I said 'digging it' and have definitely dated myself (in case the grey hair didn't give it away).

While the original interview was in November of 23, based on his website information (providing it's up to date ;) ), I do believe he was referring to 24 when he said "by the end of the year". So I'm guessing we might see the book sometime in 25. Fingers crossed :)

You and me both! ruclips.net/user/shortsTm5fhn6mWbc?si=zWyrfB87dsCC0D2K

Seanan was a blast to interview.

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For THIS week? The Rage of Dragons. All time? The Count of Monte Cristo :)

I REALLY want to read the book... but then I look at my TBR and think what a chonker it is (not to mention part of a series) :D

It definitely was. Definitely more fiction than science though :D

Glad you enjoyed it? Or, at least, hope you enjoyed it :D I had mixed feelings at the end of that book but decided that, over all, it was good :)

Yeah, it's one of those where I think if I'd READ it instead of listened, I might have bumped it up to a 3 (nothing against the narrator, it was the nature of the book) which is the only reason I bothered to actually do a review of a "below 3". I'm guessing it's probably a 3 or 4 for a lot of readers. It was a miss for me, but not by much.

@@gryftkin I am fan of her short fiction so I was surprised it was a bit of miss for me as well.

It's shorter than the last Dune movie :D

Thanks for watching. She was a blast. My kids ("kids", they're in their 20s :D ) introduced me to her and Vespertine just drew me right into the story. She's also a huge Martha Wells fan, so we have that in common :)