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On 5/1/2025 11:58 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> The Calamitous Bob
> by Alex Gilbert
> Book 1 of 9: The Calamitous Bob
> https://amzn.to/435noTp
[snip-snip]
> Gilbert is a French expat living somewhere in Asia.  In general you
> would not know that English is not his native language though there
> are a few foibles.

I note that the number of popular LitRPG/progression/adjacent authors 
whose first language is French (RavensDagger, Alex Gilbert,  Maxime J. 
Durand) greatly exceeds the number of popular 
LitRPG/progression/adjacent authors whose first language is Croatian 
(Domagoj Kurmaic). Coincidence or conspiracy?..

[snip-snip]
> I am currently seven books into the series (so it will feature in
> the next batch of reviews as well) and am enjoying it.  There are
> nine books listed, but I don't know yet if that is "so far" or
> total.

The serial is still ongoing -- see 
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/44132/the-calamitous-bob-stubbed , 
where you can read chapters 25-204. You can find Gilbert's other Web 
serials, including the ever-popular _A Journey of Black and Red_, at 
https://www.royalroad.com/profile/105290/fictions