C.T. Phipps

Blackstone Heart by Michael R. Fletcher is free for the next few days

AUDIBLE is having a fantastic annual series sale. A lot of wonderful urban fantasy and paranormal books are available for $4. I thought I'd share some of the ones available and hope people will check them out. * Sandman by Neil Gaiman * Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (superheroes) * Monster Hunter by Larry Correia * Hounded by Kevin Hearne * Jane Yellowrock by Faith Hunter * Night Huntress by Jeanine Frost * Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for Ultrahuman Protection (superheroes) * Ex-Heroes (zombies and superheroes) * The Rules of Supervillainy by CT Phipps (ahem) * The Games of Supervillainy by CT Phipps (ahem x2) * The Demon Accords by John Conroe https://www.audible.com/ep/annual-series-sale-sci-fi?page=14&fbclid=IwAR2DBYQ9TECn1NXgCeXqf1vKS-u7p6UmGc7_IO20i6ugnW3pwStDzjInj5Q

We have a strong release out the gate with 7# out of Humorous Science Fiction for Space Academy Dropouts. I wonder if we'll reach 1# before the day ends. As usual, I attribute my success to Jeffrey Kafer the narrator covering for my awful writing. https://www.audible.com/pd/Space-Academy-Dropouts-Audiobook/B09VWJZ7SY

For this week only, the first three volumes of The Supervillainy Saga are available for 99c.

I'm very excited about the upcoming Edgerunners anime and what it may do for a revival of the genre. I was very disappointed by the video game crashing and burning but it seems to be rising like a Phoenix from the ashes. Literary cyberpunk will benefit from the tie-in media to, IMHO.

Daughter of the Cyber Dragons is on sale for 99c

The Rules of Supervillainy is on sale again for 99c.

John Scalzi's REDSHIRTS is available for 2.99 with a 3.99 audiobook upgrade available too.

DAUGHTER OF THE CYBER DRAGON is now available for preorder. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RMK3MQ1/

Funny conversation I got into was with a guy who was passionate The Matrix wasn't cyberpunk. He had a very specific and very rigid view of what cyberpunk was and wasn't.

ESOTERRORISM is available for 99c this weekend on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Esoterrorism-Red.../dp/B07MLP8YMM/

I'm debating making a year long project of reading every single Judge Dredd Collected Case.

I WAS A TEENAGE WEREDEER is having a weekend 99c sale

SPACE ACADEMY DROPOUTS is available on January 18th. It's a humorous space opera. https://www.amazon.com/Space-Academy-Dropouts-C-Phipps-ebook/dp/B09Q1MS51G/

I just read one of the original classic works of cyberpunk: My When Gravity Fails - 4.5/5

I think this is the best answer: Holden would say yes. Miller would say no. Duarte would say hell no. Amos would just shrug and go, "It is what it is."

https://booknest.eu/reviews/charles/2351-leviathansfall 4.5/5 LEVIATHAN FALLS is the final installment of the Expanse series and an overall satisfying one. We've been through the Rocinante's adventures past numerous events like the Protomolecule, Ringates, devastation of Earth at the hands of Marco Inaros, and then the rise of Laconia. We finally get a resolution to the plot of the Goths, though, and dealing with a foe that is so far above humanity that they wiped out a race who was already millions of years more advanced than mankind. The premise is that the human race is suffering large numbers of losses from a mysterious extra-dimensional force that is destroying them in an attempt to stop all portal network travel. They cannot or won't communicate with humanity and mankind is not really doing much to try on their end. Laconian dictator, Duarte, has awakened from his coma but the creature that has emerged is not necessarily the man who went under. The Rocinante crew is also on the run, a state they're familiar with, as they have managed to free Holden from Laconian imprisonment as well as get away with Theresa Duarte. Unfortunately, their knock-out blow against Laconia has failed. The Laconians are still the most powerful force in the human star systems and they are continuing to dominate humanity's thousand colonies. Because Duarte is basically a ghost trying to become a god (and thus off camera for the majority of the book), the majority of the tension comes from Colonel Tanaka who is determined to hunt down the Rocinante crew. She is an exceptionally talented and skilled officer who is, nevertheless, completely loyal to the Laconian ideal. She develops a pathological hatred of James Holden during their first encounter and becomes their personal Boba Fett for the rest of the book. I've never been a huge fan of the protomolecule elements of the story over the social critique and conflict among nations. In a very real way, the Goths and protomolecule elements have always been like the White Walkers in A Song of Ice and Fire for me. Which is to say they're a major part of the setting but not what I read it for. I would have much preferred continuing the war against Laconia and its embodying of humanity's worst impulses to authoritarianism and militarism but the story was never going to end there. The story focuses a lot on the nature of the Goths, the nature of the protomolecule race, and also how humanity might have to evolve itself in order to use the protomolecule race's technology. Sadly, there's not much character development of the Goths and I was really hoping someone would try to communicate with them. The Expanse takes the view that aliens are going to be, well, alien, and the idea of being able to interact is something that requires absolutely breathtakingly weird circumstances. It requires several miracles to interact with the protomolecule machinery "spirits" and the Goths are an order of magnitude weirder than they are. I would have appreciated a little more insight into the fates of several characters in the series, particularly Filip Inaros/Nagata but I feel like the book overall stuck to the landing. We get conclusive endings to a number of the characters and all the major plotlines are finished. One character ends up in a position I never thought he would and if he becomes the guiding principle for humanity, well, God help us all.

Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat is available for 99c. Predestiny: Dark Fate by C.T. Phipps and Frank Martin is available for 99c

Crossroad Press released how many copies of my best-selling book they've sold on audio. Wow.

Okay, either Tor is just hanging around our forums copying what we write in order to make articles or pretty much what we've said many times is accepted truth about the genre. https://www.tor.com/2021/12/15/our-cyberpunk-year/

The Guardian did an excellent couple of articles on cyberpunk's problems as a literary genre of the modern day: Whatever happened to cyberpunk? Why does cyberpunk refuse to move on?

My review of Bubbles in Space: Tropical Punch - 5/5

I just picked this book up on Kindle Unlimited and its fantastic. My Behind Blue Eyes review - 4.5/5

I did a listicle of ten indie cyberpunk novels. I hope people will check them out. https://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2022/09/ten-indie-cyberpunk-novel.html 10. You Can Be a Cyborg When You're older by Richard Roberts 9. Ten Sigma by AW Wang 8. The Blind Spot by Michael Robertson 7. The Machine Killer by DL Young 6. Mercury's Son by Luke Hindmarsh 5. To Beat the Devil by MK Gibson 4. Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R. Fletcher 3. The Immorality Clause by Brian Parker 2. Bubbles in Space by SC Jensen 1. Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat

Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat: 99c Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain by Richard Roberts: 99c Rules of Supervillainy by C.T. Phipps: 99c Agent G: Infiltrator by C.T. Phipps: 99c