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Heirs of Cataclysm #1
The Chimera Coup
Once, there was a shining civilization grounded on magic, with sorcerers, flying cities, iron ships, and castles in the clouds, and wonders beyond the dreams of mortal men.
And then, in a single cataclysmic moment fifty years ago, magic flared and the wondrous world came to an end. What few who survived are struggling to reclaim what they lost, while darker forces plot to shape the future to something more to their liking.
John, a young magician, is expelled from school after a disastrous experiment scarred his girlfriend and sent to join a band of adventurers in the Wildlands, the rough and twisted lands on the edge of the civilized world. Their first mission: defeat an evil sorcerer and liberate his thralls before he becomes a threat to all.
But it may already be too late...
And then, in a single cataclysmic moment fifty years ago, magic flared and the wondrous world came to an end. What few who survived are struggling to reclaim what they lost, while darker forces plot to shape the future to something more to their liking.
John, a young magician, is expelled from school after a disastrous experiment scarred his girlfriend and sent to join a band of adventurers in the Wildlands, the rough and twisted lands on the edge of the civilized world. Their first mission: defeat an evil sorcerer and liberate his thralls before he becomes a threat to all.
But it may already be too late...
- GenresFantasy
335 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 16, 2022
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December 23, 2022
Excellent series debut which kept me reading from page 1 till the end. A fairly standard fantasy story, but with a cool setting and great characters, while there are a few twists here and there. The author has undeniably the ability to write energetic stories that keep one turning the pages, but usually the content gets diluted in interminable series like the Empire Corps of which i read quite a few books until getting sort of tired as the universe of the series didn't really support that many volumes.
With this hopefully we will get a shorter series (seems to be a trilogy at least to start with) so the characters and storyline remain fresh
Highly recommended and a top 10 of the year for me
With this hopefully we will get a shorter series (seems to be a trilogy at least to start with) so the characters and storyline remain fresh
Highly recommended and a top 10 of the year for me
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November 13, 2025Rating minus 11 on a scale of minus 15 to plus 5.
I am doing another rewrite, which I am certain no one will read. When originally writing only for myself, I received a number of negative comment streams.
Apparently negative reviews of badly written books, especially those with strong racist, misogynistic or US supremacist themes are verboten on this site.
Before I begin, I must visit the YouTube for a small while. This was made possible by the channels - Doctor Who/Be Kind, NCMI, Anark. LuckyBlackCat, Think Ukraine, Yoyomi, Broken Peach, RevolutionarythOt, Girls Rock Asia, KernowDamo, Times Radio, Raw News and Politics, Welcome to Ukraine, Terrible Writing Advice, Lady of the Library, Sailing Melody, Kris Atomic, PlanarWalker, Biz, Geo Girl, Red Glasgow,
Wizards and Warriors, Dungeons and Discourse, Gutsick Gibbon, Steve Shives, Kiko1006, Cindy's Villa, Ms Modeller, Rogue Hobbies, Karen Hunter Show, Chris and Shell, Zade, Silicon Curtain, Communitea, Reads with Rachel, Outlaw Bookseller, Owen Jones, ScaredKetchup, Drawn to Books, Tanya Fiona, Tony Michaels Podcast, Pyotr Kurzin, House of El, Bossi, Luke Sherlock,
UATV English, Book Furnace, Fit 2B Read, Jean's Thoughts, Bernadette Banner, May, ScaredKetchup, HatHistorian, DUST, Heather Dale, Mandy, NFKRZ, Mia Mulder, NITV shorts, Jed Herne, Bella Ciao - Kutuzov, Dan Davis History, Dungeon Dad, Natasha's Adventures, Military Aviation History, FAFO, Jonathan Pie, The Players Aid, Legendary Tactics, Wes O'Donnell, Shannon Makes, Break and Remake, Imperial War Museums,
Whites Only Laundry, Abbie Emmons, Joe Blogs, Sarah Paine, Jake Broe, Olly Richards, Ukraine Matters, Mix -Psychobitches, Charge of the Australian Light Horse, Omeleto, Amie's Literary Empire, Postmodern Jukebox, ThePrimeChronus, Canadian WW2 Tales, Eugenia from Ukraine, Storm of Steel wargaming, Northern Narrowboaters, Lady Izdihar, Alexis XJ, Off Jawaggon,Sarah Elizabeth Hyde, Guard the Leaf, Bobbing Along.
I recently saw that a member of the Morons Are Great Americans who whilst insulting a favourite essayist, complain to her that I list other trans creators.
I am no longer surprised by the behaviour of the (Snowflake (75% of white US males voted for a Party whose platform consisted of "We promise to hurt every non-white and non-male even more than we have previously"). A trigger warning then.
The channels which I list include military boardgamer, architect, bi, Canadian, farmer, socialist, train historian, intersex, paleontologist, cosplayer, autist, lesbian, redhaired, chess player, Kenyan, cis, tall, primatologist, boat restorer, Indian, trans, married, lumber yard family, mathematician, asexual, writer, older, RPG player, military historian, culture critic, queer, sewist, WOC, archaeologist, fashion historian, het, Australian, librarian, politics commentator, communist, photographer and other creators known as Women.
Almost as damaging to the limited reference group are the linguist, physicist, wood worker, other LGBTQI+, Ugandan, book seller, anarchist, other neurodivergent, boat builder, shorter, modeller, other fashion historian, zoologist, military analyst, Irish, miniatures wargame player, reenactor, film maker, chemist, medieval historian, physicist, other BIPOC, short, French, book reviewer, anthropologist and other creators known (outside the USA) as Human Beings.
Should the voices still demand that you visit these channels, I suggest extreme pastoral counselling, immediate adoption of a hobby (perhaps reading) or applying for an emergency Catholic exorcism.
This is a chore but I remember the early days interview with a middle aged teacher who organised and led her civilian anti-tank team in hunting Russian armour north of Kyiv. With their example, I can not but continue. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes. Crimea is Ukraine.
Once more, unto the book, dear friends. The world building is a bare bones outline of a standard Dungeon and Dragons adventure, which would work well enough as a side quest or as a single session in a long campaign.
For a complete campaign it is too fuzzy with not nearly enough depth. The world needs be built from the bottom up.
There is no clear sense of the distance between the magic school and the One Frontier town. In a game, the typical quest has more detail than this. Travel time and description of the terrain travelled are absent.
It seems there are no other schools of magic. There is one frontier town. The frontier is vaguely as Western lands and the extent of mage control is unknown. That there are Eastern, Northern and Southern lands is unmentioned.
There is no mention of the time elapsed from the Cataclysm or discussion of the magical tech level before the collapse.
The MC is the least developed or interesting of the characters, including villains. His is a fair approximation of a sociopath, though I have seen better.
Nuttall's other efforts include the series "Empire's Corps" which is not just poorly written but horrific in its racism, classism and misogyny.
The ignorance of military function, organisation, subordination to state and combat, was second only to the book being the only I have ever encountered in which Every woman is described on a rape worthiness scale or as an enthusiastic (even when forced into the role) prostitute.
I am no longer shocked or even surprised that it is quite popular among Goodreads members. That review garnered the longest stream of comments defending filth to that point.
I need another YouTube visit before continuing. This next is brought to you by Doctor Who/Never Cruel or Cowardly - Ozar, Leeja Miller, FunkyFrogBait, Eileen, Just in Time Worldbuilding, Parkrose Permaculture, Strange Aeons, Norse Magic and Beliefs, Alt Shift X, Politics X, Joe Blogs, Dadvocate, Loren Piretra Show, Kirkpattiecake, Randall Arsenault, Renegade Cut, Morgan Donner, Alex Fleev, Unpacking Diesel Punk,
Child Free Cat Lady, Gemma Dyer, Jean's Thoughts, Political Punk, , Library Ladder, Not the Andrew Marr show, Geo Girl, Honest Government Ads, Agro Squirrel Narrates, Dr Fatima, Natasha's Adventures, Authentic Observer, No Justice, Roisin's Reading, Your True Shelf, Upon Reflection, The Gray Rat Army, Narrowboat Pirate, Mythology and Fiction Explained, Jen the Librarian, Verilybitchie, LetterKenny, Narc Con,
Lily Alexandre, NanyaCim, Reese Waters, Interior Design Hub, Turn Left, It ain't half hot mum, Eilidh Brown, Legendary Tactics, Ember Green, Rachel Oates, Viva La Dirt League, Studio C, Cheri Jacobus, Jack Edwards, Ship Happens, Ryan McBeth, Anna from Ukraine, Professor Gerdes Explains, Hej Sokoly, Mom on the Spectrum, Lily Simpson, Martha Wells. The Pioneer, Dig it with Raven, Queen Penguin, The Enemy from Within.
Current US science fiction is written to three standards, the Low Effort, Minimal Effort and No Effort categories. I now watch science fiction and ended my Unlimited sub. DUST, Omeleto, NITV Shorts channels and the streaming services offer an array of multicultural products, most of which are better written and more entertaining than the print.
I only began using YouTube about three years ago, searching for science fiction commentary. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the variety and number of special interest channels. My happiest discovery was that of the book channels. 😍 These focus on every on every aspect of the book lover's interests. The reader communities are fun, thoughtful and enamoured of all things bookish.
They are completely opposite to the Goodreads experience. My second big discovery was the educational video sites, which sponsor educational channels.
This next was brought to you by Doctor Who/Where I Fall, Library of a Viking, Think Ukraine, Sinead Hanna Craic, Riverboat Jack, Revolutionary Communist Party, Sim's Books, Poland Daily Live, Mindful Narrowboat, Cruising Crafts, Yorkshire Gamer, Mr Newberger's AI Funnies, Bossi, Dawn News English, Idea Soup, Jess Craven 101,
The New Enlightenment with Ashley, Bitchuation Room, Reads With Cindy, Reads with Rachel, Veritas et Caritas, Patrick(H)Willem, Cruising the Cut, kgb detected, Claire Fenby-Warren, Kirkpattiecake, Think that Through, Elise Ecklund, Chris Norlund, Haropones, Life on Books, OrangeRiver, Council of Geeks, Irish Myths, Artur Rehi,
Jen the Librarian, The Confused Adipose, Combat Veteran News, Naughty Nana DUZ, Bookborn, The Military Show, Ukraine Calling Me, Tallgirl6234, Squire, AllShorts, The Wizard's Brush, NerdForge, TheBlindChick, Tara Mooknee, Ellbat, Russian Media Monitor, According to Alina, Dystopian Boatman, Anka Daily News.
Consider treating this as a hostile site. 🤔
Goodreads do not encourage discourse. As example, I wrote a short negative review of Powers of the Earth by Travis Corcoran.
He self-described as libertarian (now anarcho capitalist without millions), advocate for chattel slavery (popular opinion in the USA with the state of Utah completing the first forced labour prison camp for the homeless), veteran, employee of an unnamed US agency, fan of Putin (popular dictator with freedom lovers).
The story is that of a newly rich twat enlisting the military to overthrow the US government in order that he not pay taxes. My short opinion was that the trope is unhealthy, dangerous and now prophetic.
The Corcoran led six fellow patriots in a year long stream of unhinged comments, including my narcissist in not responding, white males creating all HIstory, my intelligence or lack thereof and more but sadly did not address the disappearance of the Harappan civilisation. Such is life.
The final comment was delivered by Claes Rees Jr aka cgr710 now ka Clayton R Jesse Jr.
After referencing the content of my last Goodreads message to a friend, he declared that They had "won" (?).
I discovered that They had apparently launched a year long flood of vile sexual, racist and anti-LGBTQ+ comments against every female creator of a channel I mention, which continues still and occasionally in my name..
They failed to secure new relationships among the hobbyist, physicist, boater, historian and other creators.
They did however, needlessly increase the world's store of unpleasantness and delivered a wonderful self-portrait of the US snowflake (fragile, vicious man-baby of fascistic bent) to a multinational audience.
It seems that constituted a Victory. Goodreads discourse, Yay ?? USA, Yay ??
As a communist, !the irony supplied by the clown car was painful on so many levels.
This last was made possible by "Where I stand, is where I Fall" - timeywimeywho, Books and Lala, Belinda Strnad, Dark Brandon, Atun Shei Films, The Leftist Cooks, Warped Plastic, ElectroSwing, Radio Retrofuture, Jessie Gender, Mrs Betty Bowers, Mythic Concepts, The Historian's Craft, Drew Hall, CDN Newswire, Shayne Conde, Owen's Fireside Chat, Bri Blossoms, Ms Modeller,
Dungeons and Discourse, Grungeon Master, Knitting Cult Lady, Alizee, Reads with Rachael, Lorna Jane Adventures, The Miracle Aligner, Vicar of Dibley - End Jokes, Riverboat Jack, Tom Nicholas, Mia Mulder, Steve Shives, Bardcore, People Profiles, Then & Now, Princess Weekes, Graham Scheper, Evie Lupine,
The Ritual Kitchen with Laura May, Maggie Mae Fish, The Secret Sauce of StoryCraft, Jess Owens, RobWords, Words Unravelled, Ministry of Miniatures, Skip Intro, Xiran Jay Zhao, Supertanskiii. Ginnytwin, SciFi Scavenger, Wizards and Warriors, Outlaw Bookseller, A Sunny Book Nook, The Ressurectionists, Honest2Betsy,
Lives and Histories, SandRhoman History, The Great War, Hildegard von Blingin, Hoots, Ana Fern, Writing with Jenna Moreci, Dropkick Murphys, Emancipation Media, Amie's Literary Empire, Roomies Digest, Ancient Sites Girl, Pleasant. Peasant Media, Age Andy, Mallen Baker, Wrong Side of Heaven, Gabi's Vintage Danielle Murphy.
Ominous music begins. 😊 FAFO and similar channels have given me a better understanding of the Amazon madness. The nutters as a group are dangerous but not incomprehensible. The doxxing, stalking, swatting or hacking attempt are mental but no longer baffling. it arises from a twisted culture wherein cruelty is the point. Think Reform or Conservative Parties.
Kindle/Goodreads gave my limited message history over to the clown car. There followed a request by Pine Gap Centre that Australian Security Services interrogate the one friend whom I occasionally messaged.
While failing to discover any personal information, Amazon did create two outraged customers. Amazon only found it concerning when we shared our experience with many others. There was never acknowledgement of Their actions.
I was instead, suddenly rid of all lurkers whom I had not previously been Allowed to remove, had the comment streams masked, returned normal page options and format, am Allowed now to view other reviews, ended bizarre Kindle service actions and more.
Kindle have changed again my keyboard into the split screen now with no option to return it to normal. I expect pettiness from US Snowflakes, They have nothing else in life.
Recently a seventh ex-employee of EBay was sentenced for the harassment of a couple whose small ecommerce channel was deemed unkind to EBay. The couple were awarded millions of pounds and that ex-employee had been EBay Chief of Global Security or some such.
Consider that these occurred before the rise of the data corporations with the Trump ascension.
I have several safety suggestions. Remove all personal information from profile and avoid Goodreads messaging. Remove the lurker, those who never post. They are likely monitors for a gang or employee dummy, not admirers.
The screenshot of the odd, ugly and threatening arrc are powerful weapons, given the Goodreads penchant for Alterations to customer pages. There are a number of better forums, such as Storygraph and a number of book tubers do list them. If only exposed to Goodreads, these should suffice.
Kindle are the more dangerous. Do Not use Kindle Files, Calendar, Contacts or Email. Amazon employees open customer email with neither notice nor permission. Make of that what you will.
Do Not purchase Kindle devices as you own a device with usability determined by mood of sick employees. Downloads may be deleted at Amazon's whim. BookTubers will discuss alternative ebook and device vendors. They also suggest alternatives to ebook purchase.
Silk Searches should of course, be innocuous bad non-critical.
These thugs do not do introspection but are proud US patriots. Ominous music ends. 😊
Be safe and may we all find Good Reading! 🤗
These are some of my favourite channels.
NCMI, LuckyBlackCat, Zoe Bee, Brittany Page, Mia Mulder, UATV English, Northern Narrowboaters, Lindsay Ellis, Munecat, SciFi Odyssey, Vlad Vexler, It's Black Friday, TVP News, What Vivi did next, Anna from Ukraine, Shitty Book Club, The Russian Dude, Dr Becky, Mythology and Fiction Explained, Engineering with Rosie,
Artur Rehi, Sarah Z, Military History Visualised, Verilybitchie, Slaggy Book Club, The Great War, Real Time History, Then & Now, Event Horizon, Lilly's life, A Life of Lit, Narrowboat Pirate, I'm Rosa, Philosophy Tube, Jess of the Shire, Roomies Digest, TimeGhost History, Red Viburnam Song, Hardy's Books, Haropones, Esoterica, Caspian Report, The League of STEAM, Travelling K,
Interior Design Hub, Art Deco, Agro Squirrel Narrates, Nerdy Kathi, Quinn's Ideas, Book Furnace, Lily Simpson, Books with Chloe, Tibees, Engineering Knits, Abby Cox, Kathy's Flog in France, The Second Story, ATP Geopolitics, The Amazing Lucas, Betty on a Boat, Hoots, Tallgirl6234, Nomadic Crobot, Central Crossing, Serena Skybourne,
Lady knight the Brave, The Bands of HM Royal Marines,
Renegade Cut, Hello Future Me, Subha reads books, Engineering with Rosie, Answer in Progress, Lena Down Under, Cruising the Cut, Well Deck Diaries, Psychology with Dr Ana, Dan Davis History, Knowing Better, Brickcrafts, Rowan J Coleman, Jen the Librarian, Sabine Hossenfelder, Michael Siegel, Savy Writes Books, The Present Past,
Skip Intro, Natasha's Adventures, Asturia Quartet, Prime of Midlife,
The Mindful Narrowboat, EarleWrites, The Driftwood Folk, Bobbing Along, United24, Mrs Betty Bowers, Inside Russia, Ben and Emily, Delamer, The Amber Ruffin Show, Fran Lab, Keith Edwards, Ember Green, The Dice Keep, Queer Kiwi, Jabzy, Karolina Zebrowska, Hannah Lee Kidder, Spacedock, Zoe Baker, The Leftist Cooks, Planarwalker, Heather Dale, Depressed Russian, Kiko1006 - Empire of Angels.
I wish you a splendid morning, an adventurous afternoon, a pleasant evening, a cosy night and may we all continue to learn.
Those lacking Empathy, lack Humanity.
Edward Colston, Successful English Slave Trader
I am doing another rewrite, which I am certain no one will read. When originally writing only for myself, I received a number of negative comment streams.
Apparently negative reviews of badly written books, especially those with strong racist, misogynistic or US supremacist themes are verboten on this site.
Before I begin, I must visit the YouTube for a small while. This was made possible by the channels - Doctor Who/Be Kind, NCMI, Anark. LuckyBlackCat, Think Ukraine, Yoyomi, Broken Peach, RevolutionarythOt, Girls Rock Asia, KernowDamo, Times Radio, Raw News and Politics, Welcome to Ukraine, Terrible Writing Advice, Lady of the Library, Sailing Melody, Kris Atomic, PlanarWalker, Biz, Geo Girl, Red Glasgow,
Wizards and Warriors, Dungeons and Discourse, Gutsick Gibbon, Steve Shives, Kiko1006, Cindy's Villa, Ms Modeller, Rogue Hobbies, Karen Hunter Show, Chris and Shell, Zade, Silicon Curtain, Communitea, Reads with Rachel, Outlaw Bookseller, Owen Jones, ScaredKetchup, Drawn to Books, Tanya Fiona, Tony Michaels Podcast, Pyotr Kurzin, House of El, Bossi, Luke Sherlock,
UATV English, Book Furnace, Fit 2B Read, Jean's Thoughts, Bernadette Banner, May, ScaredKetchup, HatHistorian, DUST, Heather Dale, Mandy, NFKRZ, Mia Mulder, NITV shorts, Jed Herne, Bella Ciao - Kutuzov, Dan Davis History, Dungeon Dad, Natasha's Adventures, Military Aviation History, FAFO, Jonathan Pie, The Players Aid, Legendary Tactics, Wes O'Donnell, Shannon Makes, Break and Remake, Imperial War Museums,
Whites Only Laundry, Abbie Emmons, Joe Blogs, Sarah Paine, Jake Broe, Olly Richards, Ukraine Matters, Mix -Psychobitches, Charge of the Australian Light Horse, Omeleto, Amie's Literary Empire, Postmodern Jukebox, ThePrimeChronus, Canadian WW2 Tales, Eugenia from Ukraine, Storm of Steel wargaming, Northern Narrowboaters, Lady Izdihar, Alexis XJ, Off Jawaggon,Sarah Elizabeth Hyde, Guard the Leaf, Bobbing Along.
I recently saw that a member of the Morons Are Great Americans who whilst insulting a favourite essayist, complain to her that I list other trans creators.
I am no longer surprised by the behaviour of the (Snowflake (75% of white US males voted for a Party whose platform consisted of "We promise to hurt every non-white and non-male even more than we have previously"). A trigger warning then.
The channels which I list include military boardgamer, architect, bi, Canadian, farmer, socialist, train historian, intersex, paleontologist, cosplayer, autist, lesbian, redhaired, chess player, Kenyan, cis, tall, primatologist, boat restorer, Indian, trans, married, lumber yard family, mathematician, asexual, writer, older, RPG player, military historian, culture critic, queer, sewist, WOC, archaeologist, fashion historian, het, Australian, librarian, politics commentator, communist, photographer and other creators known as Women.
Almost as damaging to the limited reference group are the linguist, physicist, wood worker, other LGBTQI+, Ugandan, book seller, anarchist, other neurodivergent, boat builder, shorter, modeller, other fashion historian, zoologist, military analyst, Irish, miniatures wargame player, reenactor, film maker, chemist, medieval historian, physicist, other BIPOC, short, French, book reviewer, anthropologist and other creators known (outside the USA) as Human Beings.
Should the voices still demand that you visit these channels, I suggest extreme pastoral counselling, immediate adoption of a hobby (perhaps reading) or applying for an emergency Catholic exorcism.
This is a chore but I remember the early days interview with a middle aged teacher who organised and led her civilian anti-tank team in hunting Russian armour north of Kyiv. With their example, I can not but continue. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes. Crimea is Ukraine.
Once more, unto the book, dear friends. The world building is a bare bones outline of a standard Dungeon and Dragons adventure, which would work well enough as a side quest or as a single session in a long campaign.
For a complete campaign it is too fuzzy with not nearly enough depth. The world needs be built from the bottom up.
There is no clear sense of the distance between the magic school and the One Frontier town. In a game, the typical quest has more detail than this. Travel time and description of the terrain travelled are absent.
It seems there are no other schools of magic. There is one frontier town. The frontier is vaguely as Western lands and the extent of mage control is unknown. That there are Eastern, Northern and Southern lands is unmentioned.
There is no mention of the time elapsed from the Cataclysm or discussion of the magical tech level before the collapse.
The MC is the least developed or interesting of the characters, including villains. His is a fair approximation of a sociopath, though I have seen better.
Nuttall's other efforts include the series "Empire's Corps" which is not just poorly written but horrific in its racism, classism and misogyny.
The ignorance of military function, organisation, subordination to state and combat, was second only to the book being the only I have ever encountered in which Every woman is described on a rape worthiness scale or as an enthusiastic (even when forced into the role) prostitute.
I am no longer shocked or even surprised that it is quite popular among Goodreads members. That review garnered the longest stream of comments defending filth to that point.
I need another YouTube visit before continuing. This next is brought to you by Doctor Who/Never Cruel or Cowardly - Ozar, Leeja Miller, FunkyFrogBait, Eileen, Just in Time Worldbuilding, Parkrose Permaculture, Strange Aeons, Norse Magic and Beliefs, Alt Shift X, Politics X, Joe Blogs, Dadvocate, Loren Piretra Show, Kirkpattiecake, Randall Arsenault, Renegade Cut, Morgan Donner, Alex Fleev, Unpacking Diesel Punk,
Child Free Cat Lady, Gemma Dyer, Jean's Thoughts, Political Punk, , Library Ladder, Not the Andrew Marr show, Geo Girl, Honest Government Ads, Agro Squirrel Narrates, Dr Fatima, Natasha's Adventures, Authentic Observer, No Justice, Roisin's Reading, Your True Shelf, Upon Reflection, The Gray Rat Army, Narrowboat Pirate, Mythology and Fiction Explained, Jen the Librarian, Verilybitchie, LetterKenny, Narc Con,
Lily Alexandre, NanyaCim, Reese Waters, Interior Design Hub, Turn Left, It ain't half hot mum, Eilidh Brown, Legendary Tactics, Ember Green, Rachel Oates, Viva La Dirt League, Studio C, Cheri Jacobus, Jack Edwards, Ship Happens, Ryan McBeth, Anna from Ukraine, Professor Gerdes Explains, Hej Sokoly, Mom on the Spectrum, Lily Simpson, Martha Wells. The Pioneer, Dig it with Raven, Queen Penguin, The Enemy from Within.
Current US science fiction is written to three standards, the Low Effort, Minimal Effort and No Effort categories. I now watch science fiction and ended my Unlimited sub. DUST, Omeleto, NITV Shorts channels and the streaming services offer an array of multicultural products, most of which are better written and more entertaining than the print.
I only began using YouTube about three years ago, searching for science fiction commentary. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the variety and number of special interest channels. My happiest discovery was that of the book channels. 😍 These focus on every on every aspect of the book lover's interests. The reader communities are fun, thoughtful and enamoured of all things bookish.
They are completely opposite to the Goodreads experience. My second big discovery was the educational video sites, which sponsor educational channels.
This next was brought to you by Doctor Who/Where I Fall, Library of a Viking, Think Ukraine, Sinead Hanna Craic, Riverboat Jack, Revolutionary Communist Party, Sim's Books, Poland Daily Live, Mindful Narrowboat, Cruising Crafts, Yorkshire Gamer, Mr Newberger's AI Funnies, Bossi, Dawn News English, Idea Soup, Jess Craven 101,
The New Enlightenment with Ashley, Bitchuation Room, Reads With Cindy, Reads with Rachel, Veritas et Caritas, Patrick(H)Willem, Cruising the Cut, kgb detected, Claire Fenby-Warren, Kirkpattiecake, Think that Through, Elise Ecklund, Chris Norlund, Haropones, Life on Books, OrangeRiver, Council of Geeks, Irish Myths, Artur Rehi,
Jen the Librarian, The Confused Adipose, Combat Veteran News, Naughty Nana DUZ, Bookborn, The Military Show, Ukraine Calling Me, Tallgirl6234, Squire, AllShorts, The Wizard's Brush, NerdForge, TheBlindChick, Tara Mooknee, Ellbat, Russian Media Monitor, According to Alina, Dystopian Boatman, Anka Daily News.
Consider treating this as a hostile site. 🤔
Goodreads do not encourage discourse. As example, I wrote a short negative review of Powers of the Earth by Travis Corcoran.
He self-described as libertarian (now anarcho capitalist without millions), advocate for chattel slavery (popular opinion in the USA with the state of Utah completing the first forced labour prison camp for the homeless), veteran, employee of an unnamed US agency, fan of Putin (popular dictator with freedom lovers).
The story is that of a newly rich twat enlisting the military to overthrow the US government in order that he not pay taxes. My short opinion was that the trope is unhealthy, dangerous and now prophetic.
The Corcoran led six fellow patriots in a year long stream of unhinged comments, including my narcissist in not responding, white males creating all HIstory, my intelligence or lack thereof and more but sadly did not address the disappearance of the Harappan civilisation. Such is life.
The final comment was delivered by Claes Rees Jr aka cgr710 now ka Clayton R Jesse Jr.
After referencing the content of my last Goodreads message to a friend, he declared that They had "won" (?).
I discovered that They had apparently launched a year long flood of vile sexual, racist and anti-LGBTQ+ comments against every female creator of a channel I mention, which continues still and occasionally in my name..
They failed to secure new relationships among the hobbyist, physicist, boater, historian and other creators.
They did however, needlessly increase the world's store of unpleasantness and delivered a wonderful self-portrait of the US snowflake (fragile, vicious man-baby of fascistic bent) to a multinational audience.
It seems that constituted a Victory. Goodreads discourse, Yay ?? USA, Yay ??
As a communist, !the irony supplied by the clown car was painful on so many levels.
This last was made possible by "Where I stand, is where I Fall" - timeywimeywho, Books and Lala, Belinda Strnad, Dark Brandon, Atun Shei Films, The Leftist Cooks, Warped Plastic, ElectroSwing, Radio Retrofuture, Jessie Gender, Mrs Betty Bowers, Mythic Concepts, The Historian's Craft, Drew Hall, CDN Newswire, Shayne Conde, Owen's Fireside Chat, Bri Blossoms, Ms Modeller,
Dungeons and Discourse, Grungeon Master, Knitting Cult Lady, Alizee, Reads with Rachael, Lorna Jane Adventures, The Miracle Aligner, Vicar of Dibley - End Jokes, Riverboat Jack, Tom Nicholas, Mia Mulder, Steve Shives, Bardcore, People Profiles, Then & Now, Princess Weekes, Graham Scheper, Evie Lupine,
The Ritual Kitchen with Laura May, Maggie Mae Fish, The Secret Sauce of StoryCraft, Jess Owens, RobWords, Words Unravelled, Ministry of Miniatures, Skip Intro, Xiran Jay Zhao, Supertanskiii. Ginnytwin, SciFi Scavenger, Wizards and Warriors, Outlaw Bookseller, A Sunny Book Nook, The Ressurectionists, Honest2Betsy,
Lives and Histories, SandRhoman History, The Great War, Hildegard von Blingin, Hoots, Ana Fern, Writing with Jenna Moreci, Dropkick Murphys, Emancipation Media, Amie's Literary Empire, Roomies Digest, Ancient Sites Girl, Pleasant. Peasant Media, Age Andy, Mallen Baker, Wrong Side of Heaven, Gabi's Vintage Danielle Murphy.
Ominous music begins. 😊 FAFO and similar channels have given me a better understanding of the Amazon madness. The nutters as a group are dangerous but not incomprehensible. The doxxing, stalking, swatting or hacking attempt are mental but no longer baffling. it arises from a twisted culture wherein cruelty is the point. Think Reform or Conservative Parties.
Kindle/Goodreads gave my limited message history over to the clown car. There followed a request by Pine Gap Centre that Australian Security Services interrogate the one friend whom I occasionally messaged.
While failing to discover any personal information, Amazon did create two outraged customers. Amazon only found it concerning when we shared our experience with many others. There was never acknowledgement of Their actions.
I was instead, suddenly rid of all lurkers whom I had not previously been Allowed to remove, had the comment streams masked, returned normal page options and format, am Allowed now to view other reviews, ended bizarre Kindle service actions and more.
Kindle have changed again my keyboard into the split screen now with no option to return it to normal. I expect pettiness from US Snowflakes, They have nothing else in life.
Recently a seventh ex-employee of EBay was sentenced for the harassment of a couple whose small ecommerce channel was deemed unkind to EBay. The couple were awarded millions of pounds and that ex-employee had been EBay Chief of Global Security or some such.
Consider that these occurred before the rise of the data corporations with the Trump ascension.
I have several safety suggestions. Remove all personal information from profile and avoid Goodreads messaging. Remove the lurker, those who never post. They are likely monitors for a gang or employee dummy, not admirers.
The screenshot of the odd, ugly and threatening arrc are powerful weapons, given the Goodreads penchant for Alterations to customer pages. There are a number of better forums, such as Storygraph and a number of book tubers do list them. If only exposed to Goodreads, these should suffice.
Kindle are the more dangerous. Do Not use Kindle Files, Calendar, Contacts or Email. Amazon employees open customer email with neither notice nor permission. Make of that what you will.
Do Not purchase Kindle devices as you own a device with usability determined by mood of sick employees. Downloads may be deleted at Amazon's whim. BookTubers will discuss alternative ebook and device vendors. They also suggest alternatives to ebook purchase.
Silk Searches should of course, be innocuous bad non-critical.
These thugs do not do introspection but are proud US patriots. Ominous music ends. 😊
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December 9, 2022
This is a new series from Christopher Nuttall. Quite early on when I picked up reading on a more regular basis he became one of my top favorite authors. He has written a great many books that I really liked. With this particular book he is starting a new series and it is a really good start indeed.
Given who the author of the book is I had no doubt that the book would be well written and I was not disappointed. The only times I have been less than happy with a book from Christopher Nuttall was when he has chosen stories that was not really my cup of tea. That is of course personal bias and not an indication that the books were actually bad.
I was a wee bit hesitant since the basic premise for the story is an apocalypse one (yeah, yet another one) but it worked out fairly well. Also after having read the first book I am now hoping that we will get some hints as to what really happened in future books. Also, it would be quite cool if the main protagonist actually discovers some of the lost knowledge and magic.
The book has a good main protagonist. He is a decent guy, he is competent and he does not back down from a fight. He is joined, or rather he is joining, a rather cool band of adventurers. The leader of the band is quite kick-ass and I quite like her even though she did manage to get caught with her pants down a few too many times at the beginning of their adventure. I really like the spooky weirdling. Usually I’m not too interested in the romantic side stories but, knowing that this author usually do not go overboard with them nor resorts to a bunch of woke bullshit, I kind of hope that John and she hooks up.
Overall it was a really good story with plenty of potential. The part of it were the master of the school John was expelled from seems to have his own plans for John is a nice addition. There are really so many things I want to know in future books. Were will John go from her in terms of his magic, will he get the girl, what really happened for the world to go to hell, will they rediscover the lost magic and so on and so forth.
Next book in the series is on my to-read list for sure.
Given who the author of the book is I had no doubt that the book would be well written and I was not disappointed. The only times I have been less than happy with a book from Christopher Nuttall was when he has chosen stories that was not really my cup of tea. That is of course personal bias and not an indication that the books were actually bad.
I was a wee bit hesitant since the basic premise for the story is an apocalypse one (yeah, yet another one) but it worked out fairly well. Also after having read the first book I am now hoping that we will get some hints as to what really happened in future books. Also, it would be quite cool if the main protagonist actually discovers some of the lost knowledge and magic.
The book has a good main protagonist. He is a decent guy, he is competent and he does not back down from a fight. He is joined, or rather he is joining, a rather cool band of adventurers. The leader of the band is quite kick-ass and I quite like her even though she did manage to get caught with her pants down a few too many times at the beginning of their adventure. I really like the spooky weirdling. Usually I’m not too interested in the romantic side stories but, knowing that this author usually do not go overboard with them nor resorts to a bunch of woke bullshit, I kind of hope that John and she hooks up.
Overall it was a really good story with plenty of potential. The part of it were the master of the school John was expelled from seems to have his own plans for John is a nice addition. There are really so many things I want to know in future books. Were will John go from her in terms of his magic, will he get the girl, what really happened for the world to go to hell, will they rediscover the lost magic and so on and so forth.
Next book in the series is on my to-read list for sure.
June 27, 2023
Hyper SIM
I really enjoyed this. The first in what I hope is a long series. The characters are believable and life experienced . And I will be starting book two almost immediately. Thank you Mr. Nuttall, keep up the excellent writing
I really enjoyed this. The first in what I hope is a long series. The characters are believable and life experienced . And I will be starting book two almost immediately. Thank you Mr. Nuttall, keep up the excellent writing
December 19, 2022
Decent story
I usually love Christopher Nuttal's works, and this series has potential, but I just didn't connect with it.
Overall, decent world, interesting story, lackluster magic system, annoying MC, with a cringeworthy inclusion office sex scenes.
There was too much handwaving in respect to magic. There is just no structure, nothing to follow, it's not like "schooled in magic" where there is a system on place, here we just do magic, and what is possible is constantly changing... it was hard to get into.
Then we have the MC, I did not like him. He's apparently a magical prodigy, which makes sense, he's also sex obsessed, and his "manhood hardening" is a common occurrence. Then, I really didn't like all the sexual references at all. He is always getting hard, (which is weird because the one he's looking at is a shapeless shadow... how is that attractive?) He hooks up with peasants, almost slaves, shadow people... and the descriptions of nipples getting hard under his hands, and his hands going lower... it's just not what I want to read. Throw in the other random sex comments about the hard A seargent dude sleeping with the hard A soldier dude, and it's just cringe worthy. I get having gay people in stories is the PC thing to do, but just randomly saying "oh and those guys are gay" out of the blue and having no actual connection to the story at all? No thank you.
I usually love Christopher Nuttal's works, and this series has potential, but I just didn't connect with it.
Overall, decent world, interesting story, lackluster magic system, annoying MC, with a cringeworthy inclusion office sex scenes.
There was too much handwaving in respect to magic. There is just no structure, nothing to follow, it's not like "schooled in magic" where there is a system on place, here we just do magic, and what is possible is constantly changing... it was hard to get into.
Then we have the MC, I did not like him. He's apparently a magical prodigy, which makes sense, he's also sex obsessed, and his "manhood hardening" is a common occurrence. Then, I really didn't like all the sexual references at all. He is always getting hard, (which is weird because the one he's looking at is a shapeless shadow... how is that attractive?) He hooks up with peasants, almost slaves, shadow people... and the descriptions of nipples getting hard under his hands, and his hands going lower... it's just not what I want to read. Throw in the other random sex comments about the hard A seargent dude sleeping with the hard A soldier dude, and it's just cringe worthy. I get having gay people in stories is the PC thing to do, but just randomly saying "oh and those guys are gay" out of the blue and having no actual connection to the story at all? No thank you.
December 26, 2022
good start
There is a few inconsistencies in the story but otherwise the whole premise of it was interesting. I think the author could stand to spend abit more time describing the seen and the world around them and the cultures and all the other stuff that make a world feel alive but that may come as the series develops.
There is a few inconsistencies in the story but otherwise the whole premise of it was interesting. I think the author could stand to spend abit more time describing the seen and the world around them and the cultures and all the other stuff that make a world feel alive but that may come as the series develops.
August 21, 2023
Confronting evil magic
John, after five years of training as a magician, is expelled from his school for an experiment gone horribly wrong. Taken on by a small mercenary group, he will find himself confronting a far stronger sorcerer, a madman determined to take over and rule the known world.
Recommended.
John, after five years of training as a magician, is expelled from his school for an experiment gone horribly wrong. Taken on by a small mercenary group, he will find himself confronting a far stronger sorcerer, a madman determined to take over and rule the known world.
Recommended.
October 8, 2022
Goatfoot
A good start to what I hope is a new series. A good mix of adventure, magic!, war, and personal conflict. It will be interesting to see what further adventure Joyce, John and Scout get into.
A good start to what I hope is a new series. A good mix of adventure, magic!, war, and personal conflict. It will be interesting to see what further adventure Joyce, John and Scout get into.
October 14, 2022
GVVG
Good. Very, Very, Good
A brilliant concept, brilliantly written - not too far from the School Of Magic series, yet completely different. Hopefully the start of a long series. It certainly has got the legs for one.
Good. Very, Very, Good
A brilliant concept, brilliantly written - not too far from the School Of Magic series, yet completely different. Hopefully the start of a long series. It certainly has got the legs for one.
October 17, 2022
Enjoyable as Usual
I found your new serial fascinating and yet refreshing that you came down to the real Notting gritty. As opposed to your scholarly backgrounds that surrounds your books.
I found your new serial fascinating and yet refreshing that you came down to the real Notting gritty. As opposed to your scholarly backgrounds that surrounds your books.
December 6, 2022
Its a good read and an interesting new world. Worth 5 stars as part of the 200 or so books I read every year. But it's not up to authors prior standards if rating only against his own previous works its only a 4 star result.
February 2, 2023
Meh
Not the worst I've read, but not good. The target audience seems to be 12-14 year olds. Rather dry and boring, with a predictable ble.plot, no character development, and the now nearly mandatory token homosexual relationship dragged a poor book even lower.
Not the worst I've read, but not good. The target audience seems to be 12-14 year olds. Rather dry and boring, with a predictable ble.plot, no character development, and the now nearly mandatory token homosexual relationship dragged a poor book even lower.
October 29, 2023
Fun read
A little language, some very strong.
Sex is mostly alluded to, but one scene starts to get descriptive before it cuts to after.
Blood and gore aplenty.
Liked the book enough to read the next one...
A little language, some very strong.
Sex is mostly alluded to, but one scene starts to get descriptive before it cuts to after.
Blood and gore aplenty.
Liked the book enough to read the next one...
September 24, 2022
A good start.
Hopefully the main character(s) won't become idiots, as has happened in many of Nutall's other books (I'm not giving examples, as far as those who follow his books know).
Hopefully the main character(s) won't become idiots, as has happened in many of Nutall's other books (I'm not giving examples, as far as those who follow his books know).
October 3, 2022
Outstanding
Nuttall is a stellar author and this new series holds supreme promises under his artistry. I so enjoy his work and wait in anticipation for the next adventure.
Nuttall is a stellar author and this new series holds supreme promises under his artistry. I so enjoy his work and wait in anticipation for the next adventure.
October 4, 2022
Very good read
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like magic and alternate reality type of books with lots of action.
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like magic and alternate reality type of books with lots of action.
October 7, 2022
New story
This was a very nice new story by Christopher hope will continue developing this series of books. I enjoyed it .
This was a very nice new story by Christopher hope will continue developing this series of books. I enjoyed it .
November 1, 2022
Great start to a new series
This was enjoyable, adventures on the frontier between relatively settled country and a wild frontier full of dangerous wild magic.
This was enjoyable, adventures on the frontier between relatively settled country and a wild frontier full of dangerous wild magic.
January 5, 2023
Wow
Another fantastic book by Christopher G. Nuttall !!! Fantastic! You are hooked after the first chapter. Lots of action and I could not stop reading. I am glad their are others!!
Another fantastic book by Christopher G. Nuttall !!! Fantastic! You are hooked after the first chapter. Lots of action and I could not stop reading. I am glad their are others!!
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