Flippant Sausage Foreskin Jerky
Also again SHE GAVE HIM FEEEEEEELIIIIIIIINGS! LMAO!
Also again SHE GAVE HIM FEEEEEEELIIIIIIIINGS! LMAO!
"I am now in love with you"
in reality we want to do it ourselves
what a beta cuck
Totally soy.
You should strangle him
@Velo for the record reacher usually fucks in each book too. Usually not his boss though.
I know it's late but her name is Santha
I can't wait for her to die in battle and him to go on a powerful manly rampage
Ewww
So brave of the author to devote as much time to a romantic relationship as to the lustful description of a man shooting a gun
Non-sexually
I knew i was doing something right. Ladies
Still a little ew
Anyway, turns out the revolutionaries are already great at this and don't need any training, so why was Billiard hired?
Goldaper was going to explain- oh
"Why are we here?" is a real existential question to bring up this late in the book
Great job, author! The audience will never suspect you wanted to skip ahead!
Fucking asshole
So basically all the easy shit you can learn in two weeks.
Like literally, tactics can be explained in a lazy afternoon with some diagrams.
And now, Billiard has his own secret spies. Yay!
The audience will never suspect you were an author at this rate
I also thought this was supposed to be like them doing a coup? Why do they need to do raiding?
Hey, author? This shit is what you write when you're giving the backstory on a new secondary character, not the main narrative.
Billiard is going to show god just how hard he can fuck this universe
Gotta put something in the book
Nah writing is hard, just exposit. Tell, dont show.
I would send a time machine back loaded with Dan Abnett and Battletech books for this fucker.
2.8
If they're not as long as a tall man is tall, then Weber is a fraud
Oh no, this universe doesn't know about Jesus!
The spaceship was as long as a long ship was long
Are you suggesting this book is bad?
Size is relative between universes but time is a hard absolute
I wouldn't give it a 2.8
You have to wonder if Lori is even worth it.
For perspective, Headcrash averaged something like 3.7 on Goodreads
One has to assume Headcrash is popular with the old and the brain injured.
Or the terminally unfunny.
Can confirm. The people giving it four and five stars praised it like it was the peak of literature
Out of 5???
They go on a bombing raid to a half-amphibian planet
Headcrash had that "tell it like it is" douchery that was popular in the 90's
It's not easy being Marine
Leaving does not go well
Yes!
Exclamation points!
They definitely belong in a 3rd person omniscient writing!
Good, shoot down this fuckhead and let him die, so we can get a good protagonist.
And now: a massage
A few minutes of sensual massage. Alone.
"Its totally not me jerking it in the wreckage happy to be alive, you guys."
That is quite a bit of luck
Fuck you, author
Then he finds a pantsless lady and poses for the cover quick
Ohhhhhhhhh this is going to be the whole book, huh? Him getting off this Space Vietnam With Frog Men?
He has a universe to push. We can't waste time here.
Cool, id hate it but I assume Frank Frazetta got paid.
That is how frogs do it
Not as great luck for Santha
oh no how shocking not her
no please she is so beloved
A medical boob slap
Her torso falls off
"I don't think I'm gonna make it."
My bad, Boris Vallejo. Frank Frazetta did Death Dealer, which is the OTHER thing im paying attention to right now.
Walking through the jungle, Santha feels the need to strip
YEAH GET YO TITS OUT FOR THE JUNGLE!
That's right. Expose an open wound to the swamp water and air.
He considers abandoning her
Our hero
Lathan Billiard sucks so much
Its absolutely not how you get jungle rot on your titties.
She immediately gets parasites
hahahaha
@Flippant Sausage Foreskin Jerky , high five. We called it.
Welp.
He solves the problem by gun burning her
You seem to know an awful lot about wildlife in this alternate universe, BILL
For fifteen minutes
Sure Billiard, shoot the woman for her own good. Therapy is expensive sometimes
Why didn't you tell her that when she started to take the suit off, you stupid fuck
This book
Jesus, Bill. Paul Giamatti in Shoot Em Up didn't do this bit this long
Hey Bill? Why are you jamming the barrel of your precision focused light weapon in the dirt?
And why do you know more about this planet than her, you fucking Mary Sue tourist
It doesnt make noise, you can just point it normally.
Don't worry, he got some too
Only three because he is thick with man meat
So the suits don't help
They help a little.
Like prayer.
She's now narcoleptic
Hoes be eepy. Even in another universe.
She's lost only four or five pints of blood. She'll be fine.
And he decides that it is now time to abandon her
Our HERO
It's like I always say, might as well take off your clothes because your suit won't protect you from the nerve eating worms.
And then the sheriff's officers make me take my meds.
Bill, I hope when you die, you die afraid
Floater motors
And full to bursting with parasites
Anyway, he goes back and yells at the nearly dead woman for being slow
I can't tell if the author even wants us to like Bill
Slit her throat and move on then, BILL.
That goes on for a while
I'm not going to waste any breath, after this monologue
Well, that answers that. The author is a stupid asshole
The yelling, of course, is also filled with lies. Fun!
This really morphed from "We need you to train like 200 dudes for a coup."
Mission creep much?
Long way off from "Push this universe away from this other universe"
Have the sexy naked fight with the swamp troll already
I think Billiard is the troll
This planet seems fun
Oh I'm sorry, Bill. Are you tired?
But if you ignore the nerve eaters you die
They eat your nerves, remember?
Yeah Biiiiiiiill! Also FLYING SPIDERS?!
I want to believe the nerve eaters are each the size of a golden retriever
Just bonking against them like they want walkies
Billiard sucks so much
He does not deserve to be called Bill
Full uniform, huh?
Billiard deserves his full, stupid name
Or Billdo.
That's sure what this looks like
So this cover deffo was an existing piece and they just bought it, huh?
Wooo do it bash him
Carefully examining his map, as pictured above
Take off your clothes and fight the troll man
Shut up, honey. I gotta kill him for his map
"You two know I can hear you, right?"
Wrestle the four armed guy, sure
Billiard, size does matter. Forget what all the prostitutes told you after you paid them to say that.
Billiard prepares to beat every single hole until he finds the brain
Fight not starting great
You got this, Billiard
He didn't rupture your stomach like you somehow did to Goldaper
The Earthman stumbled, his belly sluggish with nerve eaters
Billiard goes for the Tyson
"Thanks, buddy. That parasite was really itchy."
Then the Gribble
I'm back, baby!
"Susan"
That's just Eddie Vedder saying "Welcome."
Billiard about to get some parasites
Feel free to lend a hand anytime, dying woman
Less than half the force? Hey Billiard I think maybe you're losing buddy
Then Billiard gets the murder rage again
Boooooooooooo you got lucky Billdo Baggins
The Vwrung'n minister is no more. His message of peace and coexistance ends here.
Anyway, here's Santha
haha, silly author. People don't slap any lighter if they're hitting a child.
And I am definitely reading this map correctly
Satellite-mounted electronic manhunters
You mean cameras, Bill?
Women
They get devoured by one lake of leeches and they get all lazy
Billiard gives up when he encounters the mountains he saw on the map
God this is miserable
This is almost as bad as actually camping
Oh, wait, no he doesn't
I think j the author was going for "unpredictable rogue" and over shot it, accidentally landing on "unlikable asshole"
He freesoloed his character flaw.
This must have been serialized in something, because that's madness
"He had wondered constantly if his arms would hold out. They had."
And the enemy know exactly where they are now, somehow
All happy families are alike in the Mercenary Guild.
Hey, Donald Pfeil, it was on the map. You wrote that
The bastards avoided his narrow minefield! How!?
Classic minefield mistake!
Can't believe he's on the run from an army of Unix enthusiasts
Thank God for the second minefield
Bill, where and when and how did you get landmines?
Yeah, you seemed like you had a real hard time pulping that guy and alien
"Just kidding, it was invigorating"
Knowing this was probably serialized in a magazine does make the terrible narrative choices make more sense
Written like a dude whos never killed anyone.
I guarantee it doesnt make you more physically tired than digging latrines.
Dove, dammit
Meanwhile, Santha continues to bleed out
She's just napping
Women
She slept through that? Damn, I'm jealous
Well, don't worry. The revolutionaries are here
At least, I assume. I don't believe "Free Lori" has been mentioned previously
They could just seal up the entrance. Let him and the lady starve in there. Just a thought.
Ah, it can wait
Whatever book, youve shot your Boris Vallejo wad and now im done with you.
To be fair, this is like 800 days back home.
No it was the other way, wasn't it? When earth sent a probe through, from their perspective it aged 1100 years in minutes. That should mean this whole mission has been a millisecond so far back home
If that's the end I will dig up this stupid assholes grave
Or bury him alive if he's not dead
Oh he's dead, I checked
Good
That's why I checked
Well, that's the end of Part 3, so a good place to stop for today
I do have a bonus, in remembrance of our fallen Goldaper
You're right. I guess if you get back at the same time regardless you can take your time.
GOLDAPE!
This book is taking 1100 years
@Brockway ! NEW APE!
The rarest ape
Dang, ape, are you the U.S. gymnastics team?
Because I would like to have athletic sex with you.
Do not scroll up to find out what lead to this ape
Do it.
That is the cost of ape
You know you need to know the full Ape Context.
Thank you @gellaho
Thank you, @gellaho !
Yeeee a good time, thanks @gellaho
Great riffing, everyone!
Thank you @gellaho !
Sorry I ducked out for part of it!
And have to miss next week!
That ended up way crazier than even the first 18 pages led me to believe
I missed 2/3 of it and yet missed none of it
Thank you for your sacrifice, @gellaho
Those were a different book altogether
Thanks for the pain!
The Book Cage #133.5
Through the Reality Warp - Part 2
Jump back into the reality warp, losers. Latham Billiard's space seed traveled through a space hole with powerful suction. Now, he's trapped in an alternative universe dressed as Sean Connery in Zardoz. He's got a new military squeeze he just loves yelling at, and unnecessary vicious murder. Truly the hero we've always needed. The adventure continues Friday 5pm, eastern.
Have to miss this one because driving to visit family. So, good luck, everyone! If we're lucky, Billiard dies. A lot.
Coming up on the top of the hour, it's Through the Reality Warp Part 2. Here's were we finished up
Here's your preview of Part 4. Chapter 4? Who knows!
Rad, I love when the format is "FOUR"
FOUR
FOUR - I, in fact
Everyone wish @FancyShark a very happy evening of not being here to suffer with us
No. They should be here. We burn together.
He'll suffer fancily somewhere else I'm sure
That was Wheel of Time, which you probably hated.
He's visiting his family so yes
Let's do the Reality Warp again!
BOOK CAGE
Pfollow Along
When we left off our main character Billiard was an insufferable asshole! Will he stop being an insufferable asshole?! Let's find out!
A year of sucking our universe's energy passes
That's a hell of a time jump
Billiard fretting like a mother hen the whole time
Velo, you are Mr. Shark today. Thank you for wearing the fancy top hat.
Lori's personal god, meanwhile, decides to throw everything at Billiard
Hi @gellaho !
You know what happened in your home universe? Literally nothing because its been like five minutes.
It's been two years in the space hole now
Hi @Brendo !
Hi @Flippant Sausage Foreskin Jerky !
Lori has a really incompetent god
Billiard somehow has the superior equipment, even though they're scrounging everything. Figure that one out
Guess theyve been stealing the top tier shit.
Was the one troll man they struggled killing have it?
I guess, he must have had the good loot drops.
Pfeil helpfully included one raid in the text, where they destroyed everything on a planet shared by an unrelated civilization
And now they have all the troops and training they need, in that year he skipped
It's called good writing
And then, Billiard enacts his second coup
I hope it fails and we get another training montage
ABC, Always Be Coupin'
Chapter 4-1 was Scarrowesque in its brevity
That's a nice change
It's strategically important to only try out the giant battleship with two days notice
If the revolutionary army fails because they keep revolting against their own leadership I'll love this book
Sure, thats enough time for a shake out run.
Hi @Rachel, Grand Inquisitor !
I forgot her name was Santha
Billiard's personal secret police remain strong
Really wish Billiard was still rocking the Zardoz