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50 Shades of Worf
A back-alley brawl between the furries and the bronies.
Deadpool cosplayer keeps stealing all the erotic pegasus artwork.
Someone used a necronomicon to open a tentacle portal in the men’s room.
Two cops must go undercover at a local comic-book convention to stop Wil Wheaton’s murder. If you love Discworld, Hitchhikers Guide, or Bimbos From the Death Sun, then this book is for you!
Deadpool cosplayer keeps stealing all the erotic pegasus artwork.
Someone used a necronomicon to open a tentacle portal in the men’s room.
Two cops must go undercover at a local comic-book convention to stop Wil Wheaton’s murder. If you love Discworld, Hitchhikers Guide, or Bimbos From the Death Sun, then this book is for you!
260 pages, Paperback
Published September 30, 2019
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About the author
Christopher D. Schmitz
125 books246 followersChristopher D Schmitz is the author of fiction and nonfiction as well as a regular blogger.
Following completion of his first fantasy novel in the early 2000s he began working on lots of short fiction in order to refine his craft and went on to publish many pieces from 1,000-15,000 words in a variety of genres and outlets as writing exercises. Putting fiction away for a while, he pursued post-graduate work where he received a new appreciation for nonfiction, wrote Why Your Pastor Left, and then returned to his love for fiction, writing several new books.
Schmitz attained a Biblical Studies degree and a Youth Ministry minor from Trinity Bible College in 2003 and went on to gain a Masters of Arts in Religion from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in 2014.
Other: he is generally known as a decent guitarist and played/sang in a rock band for several years. Schmitz is also an ungraded bagpipe player and has been known to pop up in random places and play them--sometimes while dressed as a pirate... because normal is boring.
Following completion of his first fantasy novel in the early 2000s he began working on lots of short fiction in order to refine his craft and went on to publish many pieces from 1,000-15,000 words in a variety of genres and outlets as writing exercises. Putting fiction away for a while, he pursued post-graduate work where he received a new appreciation for nonfiction, wrote Why Your Pastor Left, and then returned to his love for fiction, writing several new books.
Schmitz attained a Biblical Studies degree and a Youth Ministry minor from Trinity Bible College in 2003 and went on to gain a Masters of Arts in Religion from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in 2014.
Other: he is generally known as a decent guitarist and played/sang in a rock band for several years. Schmitz is also an ungraded bagpipe player and has been known to pop up in random places and play them--sometimes while dressed as a pirate... because normal is boring.
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December 30, 2019
Disclaimer: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Silver Dagger Book Tours and TreeShaker Books for this free copy.
Gosh I honestly could not get enough of this book. It was hilarious honestly, and I wasn’t even expecting it to be like that, you know? Like, I knew that it was going to be humorous and have some satire in it because look at that cover and the play on the title. But I was very surprised with how much I did end up liking it.
This is more of a mini review anyway because I’m lame right now, and for some reason I can’t think of more to say, but this whole book gave me like Lego Movie vibes for some reason? And I mean that in this best way possible because I loved this movie. It also gives me Rush Hour vibes because that is my absolute favorite buddy cop movie series because I love Jackie and Chris, so yeah
Gosh I honestly could not get enough of this book. It was hilarious honestly, and I wasn’t even expecting it to be like that, you know? Like, I knew that it was going to be humorous and have some satire in it because look at that cover and the play on the title. But I was very surprised with how much I did end up liking it.
This is more of a mini review anyway because I’m lame right now, and for some reason I can’t think of more to say, but this whole book gave me like Lego Movie vibes for some reason? And I mean that in this best way possible because I loved this movie. It also gives me Rush Hour vibes because that is my absolute favorite buddy cop movie series because I love Jackie and Chris, so yeah
January 28, 2020
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Read it back to back 3 times, well listened in kindle app on my tablet, the names messed me up, rubbish at names, so that my bad not writer/book issue. Very strange, but then again know people just.like.that.
Read it back to back 3 times, well listened in kindle app on my tablet, the names messed me up, rubbish at names, so that my bad not writer/book issue. Very strange, but then again know people just.like.that.
December 27, 2023
There is definitely potential here, but there is a lot that could be improved upon. The over-the-top humor made it possible to finish. The grammar and spelling left a lot to be desired, and it wasn't always easy to follow what was happening.
December 2, 2019
A back-alley brawl between the furries and the bronies.
Deadpool cosplayer keeps stealing all the erotic pegasus artwork.
Someone's necronomicon opened a tentacle portal in the men’s room.
Two cops go undercover at a comic-book convention to stop Wil Wheaton’s murder.
You’ll love this buddy cop comicomedy, unless you’re my mom. If you are my mom, please bring me a hot-pocket. I’m in the basement.
If you love Discworld, Hitchhikers Guide, or Bimbos From the Death Sun, then this book is for you! Get it now!
(Also, hot-pockets are on sale, Mom.)
What an absolutely brilliant and hilarious read this was!!!
I could not put this down and I did get a lot of looks while reading as I would just bust out laughing.
So many things going on and a lot of easter eggs that if you are a geek you will pick up on!
Loved this so much and I highly recommend reading!!
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.
Deadpool cosplayer keeps stealing all the erotic pegasus artwork.
Someone's necronomicon opened a tentacle portal in the men’s room.
Two cops go undercover at a comic-book convention to stop Wil Wheaton’s murder.
You’ll love this buddy cop comicomedy, unless you’re my mom. If you are my mom, please bring me a hot-pocket. I’m in the basement.
If you love Discworld, Hitchhikers Guide, or Bimbos From the Death Sun, then this book is for you! Get it now!
(Also, hot-pockets are on sale, Mom.)
What an absolutely brilliant and hilarious read this was!!!
I could not put this down and I did get a lot of looks while reading as I would just bust out laughing.
So many things going on and a lot of easter eggs that if you are a geek you will pick up on!
Loved this so much and I highly recommend reading!!
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.
February 10, 2022
Humorous Adventure for Anyone that gets out to SciFi/Fantasy/Comic Conventions
For anyone who sets their calendar around conventions, (sci-fi, fantasy, comics/gaming), they will have an entertaining read with this gem. Iconic references from superheroes to popular shows make appearances in this story. It revolves around two detectives trying to stop a plot to kill Wil Wheaton at a comic convention. To accomplish their goal, one of them will have to use all his nerd knowledge while another shakes down comic book store owners for the answers found in rare issues. Add a touch of the surreal, and I felt a bit like this was Men-in-Black ... comic convention style. It gives birth to a secret back-door community involving nerd culture clashes, spells gone wrong, cosplayers who are more than they seem, and a mysterious Confather who expects to get what he wants. I enjoyed the laughs and the pop culture references.
This unbiased review was based off a free Advance Read Copy I received.
For anyone who sets their calendar around conventions, (sci-fi, fantasy, comics/gaming), they will have an entertaining read with this gem. Iconic references from superheroes to popular shows make appearances in this story. It revolves around two detectives trying to stop a plot to kill Wil Wheaton at a comic convention. To accomplish their goal, one of them will have to use all his nerd knowledge while another shakes down comic book store owners for the answers found in rare issues. Add a touch of the surreal, and I felt a bit like this was Men-in-Black ... comic convention style. It gives birth to a secret back-door community involving nerd culture clashes, spells gone wrong, cosplayers who are more than they seem, and a mysterious Confather who expects to get what he wants. I enjoyed the laughs and the pop culture references.
This unbiased review was based off a free Advance Read Copy I received.
September 16, 2021
This book is an explosion of fun! I feel it does cater to a specific crowd, and I'm there for it! :) We get an epic comic-con crossover and the story feels like we're all front and centre. Just like with any convention we have so much crossover it'll make your head spin and at the same time embrace you in familiarity.
The story itself is filled with satire and a bit of dark humour. I would be hard-pressed to classify this book as anything except hilarious. It might take a certain type of person to appreciate it, you have to be into this sort of chaos and crazy.
The story itself is filled with satire and a bit of dark humour. I would be hard-pressed to classify this book as anything except hilarious. It might take a certain type of person to appreciate it, you have to be into this sort of chaos and crazy.
December 2, 2019
Love it! You get to go through pretty much every emotion. By the end of the book I could only smile as I read this book in a matter of days. It was so hard to put down. Having met the author myself so much of his personality came through in these pages. It was easy to read something and go...oh yeah likes a little like the author himself. Also and educational book as I didn't know what Bonies and Furries were until now. For now I'm not picking sides.
February 25, 2020
I was not sure about the subject matter but once I started reading this book, I was hooked. It is simply brilliant. The story flows smoothly, filled with witty dialogue, laugh-out-loud narrative, action, mystery, kooky characters and a suspenseful mystery all set in the science fiction world of a convention. I loved the addition of the dolls. I read the book twice now and laughed all the way through it. To me it is a cult classic in the making. Absolutely fantastic writing!!!
February 14, 2020
You might like this bizarro adventure in policing if you like your reality mixed with large amounts of fantasy, especially of comic book weight. However, if you are bothered by poor grammar and lapses in coherence, or the deaths of innocent conventioneers dismissed by the authorities as 'the corpse' and dragged by said authorities into the nearest broom closet never to be heard of again, you'll know what I mean when I pan it.
It's one thing for the villain to resort to such behavior but when the hero does it, that's a bridge too far. I hope the author settles with the estates of Wil Wheaton and Michael Dorn pre-emptively, too, as they could object to how they are portrayed here, even though obviously it's fiction. Hah ha, made you want to read it now, didn't I suckers?
I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving a free copy. For the more youthful of you, all the 'unicorn sex' is out of the frame of the narrative, only hinted at. But really, I maxed out my nerd tolerance well before the end.
It's one thing for the villain to resort to such behavior but when the hero does it, that's a bridge too far. I hope the author settles with the estates of Wil Wheaton and Michael Dorn pre-emptively, too, as they could object to how they are portrayed here, even though obviously it's fiction. Hah ha, made you want to read it now, didn't I suckers?
I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving a free copy. For the more youthful of you, all the 'unicorn sex' is out of the frame of the narrative, only hinted at. But really, I maxed out my nerd tolerance well before the end.
November 13, 2023
*audiobook review*
This book is a wild romp through nerd/con culture. I did enjoy it though I'm not sure about some of the added elements.
I came into this expecting a buddy cop procedural set at a comic convention. what I got was that, but also; toilets to hell, furries at war, destructive Baptists, Randon Alan Tudyk side quests, and an annoying Deadpool cosplayer who has no moral compass.
These random side stories, while fun, detracted from the overall story for me. I like my mysteries to stay on topic. They also ruined the realism. I know crazy stuff happened at Cons, but come on, portals to hell do not show up in the toilet?
The author/narrator did a great job of capturing the voices of the real world actors who cameo in the story, (I wonder if they will agree to play themselves in a movie version.) The rest o the voice acting was fun to listen to as each character had a unique voice and they played off each other in a convincing way.
if you like cons, murder mysteries, or nerd culture in general then you will like this.
This book is a wild romp through nerd/con culture. I did enjoy it though I'm not sure about some of the added elements.
I came into this expecting a buddy cop procedural set at a comic convention. what I got was that, but also; toilets to hell, furries at war, destructive Baptists, Randon Alan Tudyk side quests, and an annoying Deadpool cosplayer who has no moral compass.
These random side stories, while fun, detracted from the overall story for me. I like my mysteries to stay on topic. They also ruined the realism. I know crazy stuff happened at Cons, but come on, portals to hell do not show up in the toilet?
The author/narrator did a great job of capturing the voices of the real world actors who cameo in the story, (I wonder if they will agree to play themselves in a movie version.) The rest o the voice acting was fun to listen to as each character had a unique voice and they played off each other in a convincing way.
if you like cons, murder mysteries, or nerd culture in general then you will like this.
October 8, 2020
(I listened to this, FYI.) Good for the vanity project it is. Production value is audibly low but not bad. The story is entertaining enough but he tried to include a few too many silly comic fandom references that the second half gets muddied by no less than one side story that has nothing to do with the plot and might have been better saved for another story. Way better than some of the mass marketed fan fics I've endured. Recommended for nerds, not so much for others.
March 23, 2020
This is not your normal Detective story. A seasoned Detective and a newbie nerd comic book loving Detective team up in this unusual story. This has your Mob boss and narcotics like a good Detective book should have. Excitement and chases during a comic book collectors dress up in costumes adds a different flavor to this book. A Detective book with a twist.
December 5, 2021
Before I get into the actual review, this would make one hell of a fan short. All the guest celebrities would do it, right? Ryan Reynolds is selling cell service these days, he'd totally be down. SOMEBODY START A KICKFUNDER.
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Picked this up at Indy Pop Con after pretending to run away from the title (Worf was okay but seriously nooooooo) but then after the engaging elevator pitch by a very credible Logan I bought a copy.
It would benefit from some attention from a copy editor, but you get gems like "failing a stealth check behind the plastic ficus," "hive of sodium and villainy," and my personal favorite, "menerdery." You know everybody's name from somewhere (we're not going to talk about how long it took me to figure out "Jenny Quast). There was more attention paid to people's weight than was necessary.
It was a slow start but definitely picked up once the con started. I was surprised by the Baptists-vs-Southern-Baptists detail (the difference was explained to me years ago by a Baptist church musician gone Catholic--I understood that reference!), and even as a cameo guest star in a book, Alan Tudyk is as always perfection.
Extra star given for Deadpool and Saint Stan.
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Picked this up at Indy Pop Con after pretending to run away from the title (Worf was okay but seriously nooooooo) but then after the engaging elevator pitch by a very credible Logan I bought a copy.
It would benefit from some attention from a copy editor, but you get gems like "failing a stealth check behind the plastic ficus," "hive of sodium and villainy," and my personal favorite, "menerdery." You know everybody's name from somewhere (we're not going to talk about how long it took me to figure out "Jenny Quast). There was more attention paid to people's weight than was necessary.
It was a slow start but definitely picked up once the con started. I was surprised by the Baptists-vs-Southern-Baptists detail (the difference was explained to me years ago by a Baptist church musician gone Catholic--I understood that reference!), and even as a cameo guest star in a book, Alan Tudyk is as always perfection.
Extra star given for Deadpool and Saint Stan.
May 17, 2023
Ready Player 2 felt like it tried too hard to tug on the heartstrings of nostalgia... likewise this is targeted at scifi and emerging pop culture. The writing is OK, but the reliance on reference drops makes you feel like it's just good fan fiction rather than establishing a worthy narrative on its own merit.
August 27, 2025
I thought that this was an okay read. The copy I downloaded through book funnel ended up being a preview copy (the first 44 chapters), so I do not know how the story progressed or concluded. The story was an easy, undemanding, and amiable read, though not fast paced. Definitely a story more for nerds.
December 14, 2025
if have of this actually happens a Comic-Con I’m in! Read this my weirdos…
For a bit i wasn’t sure about this, I read the back of the book but as I was reading it I wasn’t sure it was the same book , but then like a coin dropped down a well the book weirded up and I was hooked… can’t wait to provide copies of this to my fellow weirdos.
For a bit i wasn’t sure about this, I read the back of the book but as I was reading it I wasn’t sure it was the same book , but then like a coin dropped down a well the book weirded up and I was hooked… can’t wait to provide copies of this to my fellow weirdos.
February 22, 2021
This was a crazy, slightly raunchy, unashamedly goofy fanboy romp masquerading as a crime novel. I did laugh out loud at times, cringed at other times, and did find myself enjoying the story enough to finish it.
April 4, 2021
Fantastic book! I love the characters and the mystery. There are so many easter eggs in this story! I'm not going to share any of them; suffice it to say, if you're not a nerd, you won't get them. This book was clearly written for nerds by a nerd, and it is wonderful!
September 6, 2021
Fun!
A romp through a Comic-Con milieu with sly and irreverent nods to Star Trek, LOTR , Star Wars, and more that I'm sure I missed. I have to admit I'd put off reading this, and I'm sorry. I can't wait to go read more by this author.
A romp through a Comic-Con milieu with sly and irreverent nods to Star Trek, LOTR , Star Wars, and more that I'm sure I missed. I have to admit I'd put off reading this, and I'm sorry. I can't wait to go read more by this author.
February 15, 2022
What a cute, silly book for anyone who has ever been to a fan convention! This over the top nerdy crime novel definitely made me laugh and long for my next con!
July 30, 2024
meh. I had high expectations that were not met
September 21, 2024
This is not the type of book I usually read. I have gone to comic con. I really enjoyed this book. My favorite character was the nerdy detective. I am glad I read this book and would recommend it.
November 27, 2024
A solid read, and an amazing geek adventure. I absolutely loved all of the references, the fast pace and craziness of the storyline was superb. Honestly, all of my favorite things got mashed into one book and it was truly fantastic. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves all things geek, silliness and comic con adventures.
January 31, 2025
Hilarious take on Nerds, Trekkies, and Rennies.
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