01-21-2026, 09:33 AM
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
I was warned in no uncertain terms not to read this book because it contained something called "Fun" I should have listened. There was way too much fun which as we all know I am against. This book had it in spades. But I struggled through just so I could get beyond the fun, but it was always there. Goddamit, Donut, indeed!
I enjoyed this book about an earthling trapped in Alien controlled dungeon and dragons campaign underneath our own denuded earth. The D&D stuff was a bit tedious at times all the boxes and points and weapons and healing and gameplay. But I get it. You have to make the rules for the world and these were pretty good. I think if it was just Carl going through the dungeon, the story wouldn't have been as good. But the backstory about why Dungeon is the way it is and the competing races running the competition all made the story much denser.
I guess I have to see where this goes and whether Mr. Dinniman can keep up the inventiveness. I have the next two books on order at the library.
I was warned in no uncertain terms not to read this book because it contained something called "Fun" I should have listened. There was way too much fun which as we all know I am against. This book had it in spades. But I struggled through just so I could get beyond the fun, but it was always there. Goddamit, Donut, indeed!
I enjoyed this book about an earthling trapped in Alien controlled dungeon and dragons campaign underneath our own denuded earth. The D&D stuff was a bit tedious at times all the boxes and points and weapons and healing and gameplay. But I get it. You have to make the rules for the world and these were pretty good. I think if it was just Carl going through the dungeon, the story wouldn't have been as good. But the backstory about why Dungeon is the way it is and the competing races running the competition all made the story much denser.
I guess I have to see where this goes and whether Mr. Dinniman can keep up the inventiveness. I have the next two books on order at the library.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm