Thunderstorm Books

[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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[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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[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.

[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?

[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.

[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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[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.

[saginawhorror]

If anyone needs it I ended up with an extra copy of Devil's Pocketbook by Ross Jeffrey. Just send me a good offer.

[saginawhorror]

This is the black voltage edition if that wasn't clear.

[sholloman81]

Anyone grab one of the March pre-orders? They all look pretty interesting to me. Not sure which I will grab yet!

[Sock Monkey]

Anyone grab one of the March pre-orders? They all look pretty interesting to me. Not sure which I will grab yet!

I'm intrigued by the already announced No Gods, Only Chaos. And the non-sequel title of the other two. Sorry, trying to stay vague since they aren't announced yet. I'm not sure if I'm going to pull the trigger on either, though. I have my eye on a couple of books on the aftermarket I'd like to pull the trigger on and there isn't enough room in the budget for both.

[Splync]

Anyone grab one of the March pre-orders? They all look pretty interesting to me. Not sure which I will grab yet!

I'm definitely picking up the two that haven't been publicly announced yet. I'm trying to refrain from buying titles that I'm not familiar with (or are from authors in unfamiliar with), but damn if No Gods, Only Chaos doesn't sound intriguing as hell...

[sholloman81]

I'm definitely picking up the two that haven't been publicly announced yet. I'm trying to refrain from buying titles that I'm not familiar with (or are from authors in unfamiliar with), but damn if No Gods, Only Chaos doesn't sound intriguing as hell...

I felt the same way and ended up picking up the bundle, though I still feel a bit guilty about splurging on No Gods, Only Chaos. Hopefully, my impulse buy will pay off...

[Splync]

I felt the same way and ended up picking up the bundle, though I still feel a bit guilty about splurging on No Gods, Only Chaos. Hopefully, my impulse buy will pay off...

I ended up passing on that one. Too many other large purchases lately (and still to come).

[sholloman81]

Just received my copies of "No Gods, Only Chaos", "Blossoming Decay", & "The Secret History of the Palace Theater". They each look amazing and arrived very quickly. Can't wait to look at them more closely once I get home. Very excited for these!