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From: Don <g@crcomp.net>
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Subject: Re: The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty.
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 05:31:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Default User wrote:
> Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>
>> Here I am again with one non-political screed of notes,
>>
>> "The Shambling Guide to New York City" by Mur Lafferty.
>> from www.obitbooks.net
>
> I generally enjoy Lafferty's work, but I've only read her SF. I'm not a
> big reader of urban fantasy, but sometimes will especially for humorous
> works. For instance, I have read the Dan Shamble, Zombie PI series by
> Kevin J. Anderson. I've thought about this one.
>
>>     This is the first of a series.
>>      If I am not clear this is a very amusing book and I hope
>> Mur has more in store.
>
> There is one sequel, from about 10 years ago, so I doubt any more are
> coming. If you enjoy her writing, you might consider the Chaos Terminal
> books. Those are, as I mentioned, SF.
>
>>    It would make a great manga or anime.  I got my copy at the SFPL
>> Main but it is $15.00 US or $17.00 Canadian.
>
> They have the ebook at the library, so I'd get that. Much of my reading
> comes that way these days.

My mind never made the connection between Shambling and Dan Shamble
until your followup appeared. In retrospect, the association makes
sense, if shambling's sort of a micro-genre.
    A couple of Dan Shamble stories were read by me back in the day.
They are indeed hilarious. These days EPUB stories are heard by me after
conversion to an MP3: <https://crcomp.net/epubtomp3/index.php>

There's a typo in Bobbie's link. The first chapter of the Lafferty is
available at:

<https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-shambling-guide-to-new-york-city/>

Danke,

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