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Gods are bad, Feral Gods are worse.

Revisado: 07-26-22

When Gods drop in, crawlers die. They are wildcards in the contest that deal out both slaughter and beneficence to those who worship them. Non-worshipers just die at their hands. They have their own motivations, and crawlers are just in the way.

I have all 5 of these on Audible as well as Kindle. I find them very appealing, and with the wide cast of actors that give an incredible range of voices to their characters, I listen to them frequently.

Since I read these in Kindle format first, it was rather startling that the voices were SO very different. Now I can't imagine them any other way.

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Gods are bad, Feral Gods are worse.

Revisado: 07-26-22

When Gods drop in, crawlers die. They are wildcards in the contest that deal out both slaughter and beneficence to those who worship them. Non-worshipers just die at their hands. They have their own motivations, and crawlers are just in the way.

I have all 5 of these on Audible as well as Kindle. I find them very appealing, and with the wide cast of actors that give an incredible range of voices to their characters, I listen to them frequently.

Since I read these in Kindle format first, it was rather startling that the voices were SO very different. Now I can't imagine them any other way.

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It's not just a cookbook

Revisado: 07-26-22

The Cookbook is more of an underground guide, carefully hidden from the alien overlords and management, sharing information from various generations of the Crawlers who have made their way through the dungeon's challenges. While many things change from season to season, the basic geography and some features remain consistent. It's like a theatrical staged every year with a few changes created by drunken monsters.

I have all 5 of these on Audible as well as Kindle. I find them very appealing, and with the wide cast of actors that give an incredible range of voices to their characters, I listen to them frequently.

Since I read these in Kindle format first, it was rather startling that the voices were SO very different. Now I can't imagine them any other way.

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It's not just a cookbook

Revisado: 07-26-22

The Cookbook is more of an underground guide, carefully hidden from the alien overlords and management, sharing information from various generations of the Crawlers who have made their way through the dungeon's challenges. While many things change from season to season, the basic geography and some features remain consistent. It's like a theatrical staged every year with a few changes created by drunken monsters.

I have all 5 of these on Audible as well as Kindle. I find them very appealing, and with the wide cast of actors that give an incredible range of voices to their characters, I listen to them frequently.

Since I read these in Kindle format first, it was rather startling that the voices were SO very different. Now I can't imagine them any other way.

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The heroes are a man and a Persian cat

Revisado: 07-26-22

I have all 5 of these on Audible as well as Kindle. I find them very appealing, and with the wide cast of actors that give an incredible range of voices to their characters, I listen to them frequently.

Since I read these in Kindle format first, it was rather startling that the voices were SO very different. Now I can't imagine them any other way.

This is the starting point for the series, so give it a try. The aliens have conquered Earth, killed most of humanity, and are using the survivors for a big competition/game that also has alien competitors. The aliens constructed a series of dungeons underground divided by floor levels, and the surviving players take stairs down to the next level when time is up. You have to go, as the floor you are on will collapse.

The challenges increase as you descend, but so do the attributes granted in game play to improve and upgrade the players and their abilities.

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The heroes are a man and a Persian cat

Revisado: 07-26-22

I have all 5 of these on Audible as well as Kindle. I find them very appealing, and with the wide cast of actors that give an incredible range of voices to their characters, I listen to them frequently.

Since I read these in Kindle format first, it was rather startling that the voices were SO very different. Now I can't imagine them any other way.

This is the starting point for the series, so give it a try. The aliens have conquered Earth, killed most of humanity, and are using the survivors for a big competition/game that also has alien competitors. The aliens constructed a series of dungeons underground divided by floor levels, and the surviving players take stairs down to the next level when time is up. You have to go, as the floor you are on will collapse.

The challenges increase as you descend, but so do the attributes granted in game play to improve and upgrade the players and their abilities.

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A series that really rocks your world

Revisado: 07-26-22

I have all 5 of these on Audible as well as Kindle. I find them very appealing, and with the wide cast of actors that give an incredible range of voices to their characters, I listen to them frequently.

Since I read these in Kindle format first, it was rather startling that the voices were SO very different. Now I can't imagine them any other way.

Surviving humans have taken upgrades in various species traits, mostly based on alien creatures and fantastic adventures, with only a scant few remaining as full human. Some have been maimed in their progress through the dungeon floors, moving ever downward by stairway...if they survive.

Carl and the cat, Donut, have made their way to the 6th floor, where alien hunters are stalking them in search of their gear. It's political, it's survival, it's Mad Max in litrpg form.

It's so complex that it's difficult to explain. Read/listen to the books in order, and you'll get acquainted with the Dungeon Crawler contest, officiated over by aliens ranging from a brain worm in a fish bowl to beings called derisively, "mud skippers."

Volume V shows that at least a portion of the humans that were presumed dead when the aliens conquered Earth, have actually survived in various camps on the surface, being harvested occasionally for purposes only aliens understand. One of those is Carl's former girlfriend, who owned Donut. Animals are being kept up there, too, including various stray cats that were studied to see which one was Donut's unrequited love, Ferdinand. Ferdinand's actual name is Gravy Boat. Now Beatrice, the girlfriend, and Ferdinand are going to show up on a talk show interview, unbeknownst to Carl and Donut. The reactions are interesting. Donut is no longer just a cat, having been upgraded in size, intelligence, charisma, and many magical attributes. What will she think of Ferdinand now?

It all wraps up in a grand melee battle at the Butcher's Ball.

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A series that really rocks your world

Revisado: 07-26-22

I have all 5 of these on Audible as well as Kindle. I find them very appealing, and with the wide cast of actors that give an incredible range of voices to their characters, I listen to them frequently.

Since I read these in Kindle format first, it was rather startling that the voices were SO very different. Now I can't imagine them any other way.

Surviving humans have taken upgrades in various species traits, mostly based on alien creatures and fantastic adventures, with only a scant few remaining as full human. Some have been maimed in their progress through the dungeon floors, moving ever downward by stairway...if they survive.

Carl and the cat, Donut, have made their way to the 6th floor, where alien hunters are stalking them in search of their gear. It's political, it's survival, it's Mad Max in litrpg form.

It's so complex that it's difficult to explain. Read/listen to the books in order, and you'll get acquainted with the Dungeon Crawler contest, officiated over by aliens ranging from a brain worm in a fish bowl to beings called derisively, "mud skippers."

Volume V shows that at least a portion of the humans that were presumed dead when the aliens conquered Earth, have actually survived in various camps on the surface, being harvested occasionally for purposes only aliens understand. One of those is Carl's former girlfriend, who owned Donut. Animals are being kept up there, too, including various stray cats that were studied to see which one was Donut's unrequited love, Ferdinand. Ferdinand's actual name is Gravy Boat. Now Beatrice, the girlfriend, and Ferdinand are going to show up on a talk show interview, unbeknownst to Carl and Donut. The reactions are interesting. Donut is no longer just a cat, having been upgraded in size, intelligence, charisma, and many magical attributes. What will she think of Ferdinand now?

It all wraps up in a grand melee battle at the Butcher's Ball.

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This wasn't to my taste

Revisado: 05-09-18

The reading itself was done well, but I quickly got fed up with the cutesy storyline and the tendency to make everything like a children's storybook. It did everything but say "when a mommy horse and a daddy horse love each other very much." I've read many great horse biographies over the years, and C.W. Anderson never once felt the need to get syrupy about his subjects. Other writers have been able to do a good job writing about competitive horses, but this one just didn't appeal to me.

Within three chapters, I'd had enough.

If you have worked with horses, are familiar with the horse industry as a whole and the racing industry specifically, this book may not be for you. If your sole contact with horses has been seeing them on TV and the occasional police and carriage horse, this will give you the depth of explanation that helps you understand how racers are bred, raised, trained, and competed.

I couldn't stand "War Horse" either. Want a good story? "Eighty Dollar Champion" tells it right. Yeah, I know it's not about a race horse. "Funny Cide" was an excellent book, made so by the antics of the owners. You don't have to settle for this.

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A fascinating voyage to the bottom of the sea!

Revisado: 11-07-14

I love Charles Pellegrino's books, and have particularly enjoyed the Titanic books. If you haven't read some of these other books, you'll be surprised when you learn the tie-ins with 9-11 and the collapse of the World Trade towers. The physics of destruction had many common features with the two disasters.

I especially liked that this book reflected some of the latest revelations about Titanic trivia and history. Edith Russell's toy pig was a good luck charm, not just grabbed on a whim when she left her stateroom for the last time. Among her preparations for leaving were multiple slugs of whiskey, and she left the final drink in the glass holder, untouched. The weight of the liquor held the glass in place as the Titanic shook and tilted on her trip to the ocean floor. Generations later, that glass sits in its place in her stateroom, unbroken.

The Titanic crew took a poor approach to managing the disaster, and only Murdock really responded in a positive manner that saved lives. The "women and children only" edict resulted in partly-filled lifeboats that took forever to load, and the officers were also concerned that the boats were not sturdy enough to be lowered when fully loaded.

There are new characters to meet, including a Japanese efficiency expert who was traveling in second class. He was not allowed to buy a first class ticket because he was not white. He survived, though he was later vilified when people thought he'd dressed as a woman to get into a boat. In truth, the officer overseeing the loading had sent him into the boat as a rower. There was also a story that a Chinese individual had gotten in a boat by trickery and acted in an insulting manner to the first class ladies who were already aboard. This resulted in vigilante behavior toward the Japanese man, and the mistaken identity followed him for the rest of his life.

Chief Baker Charles Joughin knew he would die in this wreck. The ship's doctor advised him to drink heavily and be insensible when the cold waters closed over him for the last time. Meanwhile he drank and helped get people into the boats. He helped package food and water for the boats at a time when the story was "we'll all be back on the ship for breakfast, folks, don't bother to take anything." He knew better. When the ship went down, he made it to a piece of floating wreckage, getting only partially wet, and survived. Suffering from hypothermia, he had the kitchen crew on the Carpathia put him into a warm oven. That should have killed him, as rapid rewarming is now considered too hard on the heart. Joughin survived rewarming and became a near-comic character in "A Night to Remember."

Only one first class child died. No third class (immigrant class) children survived.

The actions of second mate Lightoller contributed to the failure of the evacuation and the high death toll. He did redeem himself in later years, particularly at Dunkirk, where he sailed his own yacht back and forth to bring trapped soldiers off the beach in France.

The seas were flat calm that night in April. Had there been a light chop, the bioluminescent creatures of the Atlantic would have helped the lookouts spot the deadly ice ahead. There would have been little glimmers and flashes caused by the animal life being disturbed by the motion of the water. This is why the ship's wakes glow in certain conditions.

Captain Smith and his crew knew there was ice ahead. The decision, none the less, was still "go faster!" A coal bunker fire was barely managed, but the goal of setting a record Atlantic crossing was more important.

She reached the sea floor in record time...

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