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The Outer Sphere
Garth Daniels is down on his luck, running from his life in a quiet little town in the middle of America when our universe is co-opted into a war between an unstoppable race of reality-hopping monsters that feeds on the flesh of living creatures, and a conglomeration of thousands of realities, nested inside each other like a matroska doll.
We're the new layer.
These monsters, the Kipling, can only be defeated in a reality with very specific physics, otherwise they are unstoppable, and so Earth's universe has been assimilated to give us a fighting chance.
Garth must set aside everything that he knows, and think fast to adapt to the new laws of nature if he wants to survive.
We're the new layer.
These monsters, the Kipling, can only be defeated in a reality with very specific physics, otherwise they are unstoppable, and so Earth's universe has been assimilated to give us a fighting chance.
Garth must set aside everything that he knows, and think fast to adapt to the new laws of nature if he wants to survive.
2090 pages, Unknown Binding
Published January 1, 2018
34 people want to read
About the author
Macronomicon
15 books268 followersI could tell you that the author is a middle class, middle age white dude with a generic wife and a generic pet who lives somewhere vaguely rural...but aren't they all?
F%$! that noise! There are Author Bios and then there's Mythos.
Welcome to the Mythos of Macronomicon.
Macronomicon is almost three years old now, hatched on the open-mic writing website Royal Road. The pen name burst from the cocoon of blissful ignorance and deposited his first humble contribution into the world of writing, tired and sticky, yet satisfied. Content in the knowledge his work would be warmly received by thousands of potential fans, and more importantly...friends.
The first comment was, "Can you, I don't know, make the main character less stupid?"
That was sobering.
Macronomicon has no actual weight, because he is a pen name, and while his existence is ephemeral, he does have a presence, often stalking the back-channels of Discord like a novelty vampire, waiting to suck nourishing creativity out of unfortunate* fans.
Macronomicon has a talent for brainstorming and stringing together disparate ideas into a cohesive story. That talent has been strengthened and built upon to form the foundation of his writing career. He once outlined the plot (quality notwithstanding) of an entire book from start to finish in a tiny room with nothing but Cheerios, beef jerky, Pepsi and B.O.**
If you wish to hunt for the elusive Macronomicon, you may find him at Royal Road, where he began, or Patreon, where he works*** at distilling new stories from a raw, chunky slurry of ideas.
*Or fortunate, depending on your point of view. The sucking is consensual.
**Quality of B.O. also notwithstanding.
*** Working is subjective.
F%$! that noise! There are Author Bios and then there's Mythos.
Welcome to the Mythos of Macronomicon.
Macronomicon is almost three years old now, hatched on the open-mic writing website Royal Road. The pen name burst from the cocoon of blissful ignorance and deposited his first humble contribution into the world of writing, tired and sticky, yet satisfied. Content in the knowledge his work would be warmly received by thousands of potential fans, and more importantly...friends.
The first comment was, "Can you, I don't know, make the main character less stupid?"
That was sobering.
Macronomicon has no actual weight, because he is a pen name, and while his existence is ephemeral, he does have a presence, often stalking the back-channels of Discord like a novelty vampire, waiting to suck nourishing creativity out of unfortunate* fans.
Macronomicon has a talent for brainstorming and stringing together disparate ideas into a cohesive story. That talent has been strengthened and built upon to form the foundation of his writing career. He once outlined the plot (quality notwithstanding) of an entire book from start to finish in a tiny room with nothing but Cheerios, beef jerky, Pepsi and B.O.**
If you wish to hunt for the elusive Macronomicon, you may find him at Royal Road, where he began, or Patreon, where he works*** at distilling new stories from a raw, chunky slurry of ideas.
*Or fortunate, depending on your point of view. The sucking is consensual.
**Quality of B.O. also notwithstanding.
*** Working is subjective.
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August 31, 2024
Проблемът на много лит-рпг-та е, че са дело на не особено опитни или талантливи автори. Така че те започнат с някоя, по случайност, чудесна оригинална идея и даже интригуващи герои. Но тия неопитни/неталантливи автори, поради натурално големият обем на тия писани в интернет истории (т.е. не са ограничени от брой печатни страници или строги редактори) затъват главния герои в какви ли не приключения и трудни ситуации.
И понеже не им стига акъла да го извадят от тях по литературен начин, прибягват до рпг частта от наименованието на жанра - а именно, измислят му някакво ново умение, което идва точно навреме, за да отърве той кожата и да се впусне в нови подвизи.
Проблемът с това е, че уменията на героя се натрупват и той скоро става толкова всемогъщ, че приключенията му вече не са интересни - същото авторско неумение, което до сега не можеше да го измъква от трудните приключения, сега не може да измисли приключения, които героят не може да просто да прегази като валяк.
И понеже не им стига акъла да го извадят от тях по литературен начин, прибягват до рпг частта от наименованието на жанра - а именно, измислят му някакво ново умение, което идва точно навреме, за да отърве той кожата и да се впусне в нови подвизи.
Проблемът с това е, че уменията на героя се натрупват и той скоро става толкова всемогъщ, че приключенията му вече не са интересни - същото авторско неумение, което до сега не можеше да го измъква от трудните приключения, сега не може да измисли приключения, които героят не може да просто да прегази като валяк.
January 16, 2021
Early work, sadly ended without resolution.
It's actually two books in one series, which was the author's first. Sadly, as many first-time authors, he wrote himself into a corner, and the second major arc of the series petered out.
It's actually two books in one series, which was the author's first. Sadly, as many first-time authors, he wrote himself into a corner, and the second major arc of the series petered out.
July 19, 2024
Its a self insert fantasy - but I fuck with it. The Author is having fun, we all had some fun, it got a bit sketchy in the second half but the protagonist never portrayed themselves as anything but a shade of person with a full gambit of emotions, dumb ideas and silly thoughts.
Worth reading.
Worth reading.
January 23, 2020
Fun but flawed.
March 6, 2023
Unfinished web story that will most likely never be finished.
Would not recommend this.. Because there is no ending. Nor does it seem likely there will be.
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