Thunderstorm Books

[RonClinton]

He hasn’t had a small press LE in 4 or 5 years, but he’s publishing pretty regularly.

According to his website, it was about this time that he quit his day job and started writing full time.

His Unit 51 trilogy was published as first editions mass market PB.

Then he published the Elimination Protocol trilogy, a first edition hardcover series under the name Michael Laurence, which I believe is his real name (I think McBride is a pseudonym).

McBride is his real name, Laurence is the pseudonym. I interviewed him a while back for the WFR NEP feature.

[brlesh]

He hasn’t had a small press LE in 4 or 5 years, but he’s publishing pretty regularly.

According to his website, it was about this time that he quit his day job and started writing full time.

His Unit 51 trilogy was published as first editions mass market PB.

Then he published the Elimination Protocol trilogy, a first edition hardcover series under the name Michael Laurence, which I believe is his real name (I think McBride is a pseudonym).

Then he started self-publishing, first the stand alone novel Chimera, then another post-apocalyptic trilogy, The Ruination series.

He has another novel listed as upcoming on his webpage: Spores.

Don’t know if this is a stand alone or part of a series.

He had a couple of projects with CD listed on his website, but that was a couple of years ago, and doubt those will ever happen.

He used to publish pretty regularly with Delirium / Darkfuse (now defunct) and Thunderstorm Books, but it’s been at least 5 years since his last TB publication.

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On the Michael McBride front, his latest novel Spores was self published at the end of January in both hardcover and trade paperback formats.

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[sholloman81]

Nothing for me this month. Thank God. February might just be a month of financially recuperating from January. Two of the titles I might consider picking up on the aftermarket down the road if reviews are good. Thoughts by anyone else? Getting some, all, or none?

I passed on the Keene book as I don't really collect his stuff except for the occasional one-off here and there. Since it's part of a series, it was an easy pass for me. I did pick-up the other two as they each sounded very intriguing to me.

[Sock Monkey]

Nothing for me this month. Thank God. February might just be a month of financially recuperating from January. Two of the titles I might consider picking up on the aftermarket down the road if reviews are good. Thoughts by anyone else? Getting some, all, or none?

[Sock Monkey]

He hasn’t had a small press LE in 4 or 5 years, but he’s publishing pretty regularly.

According to his website, it was about this time that he quit his day job and started writing full time.

His Unit 51 trilogy was published as first editions mass market PB.

Then he published the Elimination Protocol trilogy, a first edition hardcover series under the name Michael Laurence, which I believe is his real name (I think McBride is a pseudonym).

Then he started self-publishing, first the stand alone novel Chimera, then another post-apocalyptic trilogy, The Ruination series.

He has another novel listed as upcoming on his webpage: Spores.

Don’t know if this is a stand alone or part of a series.

He had a couple of projects with CD listed on his website, but that was a couple of years ago, and doubt those will ever happen.

He used to publish pretty regularly with Delirium / Darkfuse (now defunct) and Thunderstorm Books, but it’s been at least 5 years since his last TB publication.

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Thanks for the info! Good to hear that he's still publishing. I've also marked those titles listed to track down on one of my infrequent paperback hauls. Hopefully in one sooner than later.

[brlesh]

Congratulations, that's a pretty nice feat. Is McBride still publishing books? He seems to have been absent from the small press world as of late. I haven't read much of his work, but I liked what I did.

He hasn’t had a small press LE in 4 or 5 years, but he’s publishing pretty regularly.

According to his website, it was about this time that he quit his day job and started writing full time.

His Unit 51 trilogy was published as first editions mass market PB.

Then he published the Elimination Protocol trilogy, a first edition hardcover series under the name Michael Laurence, which I believe is his real name (I think McBride is a pseudonym).

Then he started self-publishing, first the stand alone novel Chimera, then another post-apocalyptic trilogy, The Ruination series.

He has another novel listed as upcoming on his webpage: Spores.

Don’t know if this is a stand alone or part of a series.

He had a couple of projects with CD listed on his website, but that was a couple of years ago, and doubt those will ever happen.

He used to publish pretty regularly with Delirium / Darkfuse (now defunct) and Thunderstorm Books, but it’s been at least 5 years since his last TB publication.

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[brlesh]

I managed to put together a matching set of Michael McBride's God's End trilogy. One book from an eBay seller in NC, two from a seller in CA. All three are Josh Boone's PC copies.

Pretty cool feeling to find all three!

God’s End is a great trilogy, criminally underrated IMO, as is Michael McBride as an author.

If you like the God’s End trilogy you should check out his Unit 51 trilogy, which I thought was even better.

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[Sock Monkey]

Yes, just happened to randomly be on Ebay and noticed it. The price was smoking; so, I decided to take a chance that I wouldn't get burned and it worked out great.

Yeah, $40 for a Thunderstorm book is a pretty safe bet. Even if you don't wind up loving the book, it was a relatively low investment.

[Sock Monkey]

I managed to put together a matching set of Michael McBride's God's End trilogy. One book from an eBay seller in NC, two from a seller in CA. All three are Josh Boone's PC copies.

Pretty cool feeling to find all three!

Congratulations, that's a pretty nice feat. Is McBride still publishing books? He seems to have been absent from the small press world as of late. I haven't read much of his work, but I liked what I did.

[sholloman81]

Cool. Personally I like his writing a lot. Hope you enjoy it.

I'm fairly certain Ron is an author your either going to really like or really hate. He has a style that is a little hokey (sp?) but sits well with me.

Thanks! Have no idea what to expect when it comes to his prose, but I have ready a few of his newsletters, and all of his regionalisms remind me a bit of Joe Lansdale.

[sholloman81]

Did you pick this up on eBay? If so, I think we were looking at the same listing. It's a smoking price and I'm glad you got it!

Yes, just happened to randomly be on Ebay and noticed it. The price was smoking; so, I decided to take a chance that I wouldn't get burned and it worked out great.

[Splync]

I managed to put together a matching set of Michael McBride's God's End trilogy. One book from an eBay seller in NC, two from a seller in CA. All three are Josh Boone's PC copies.

Pretty cool feeling to find all three!

[Sock Monkey]

Pulled the trigger on the new Fracassi lettered. It was a stretch on the budget, but I kept the matching set going. I kinda hope February is a slower month because January has been brutal.

[Sock Monkey]

Snagged a like-new copy of Ronald Kelly's "Blood Kin" for $40 which seems pretty fair. This will actually be my first Ronald Kelly book. His stuff has always interested me, but I've avoided collecting him in the past because he's written so darn much and it feels like it would take me forever to track it all down.

Did you pick this up on eBay? If so, I think we were looking at the same listing. It's a smoking price and I'm glad you got it!

[Sock Monkey]

Nice. One of my regrets is that I didn't collect the Ronald Kelly Library deluxe set when Thunderstorm published it (of which BLOOD KIN was one, IIRC). But I have all his original Zebra pbs of them, so I guess that's something.

I'll commiserate with you on this one as well, Ron. Wish I had gotten in on that set. It's on the "track down" list, but pretty far down.