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PaperclipPerfector  1mo ago (text post)   2815 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for February 6, 2026

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They do. Casey Hollingshead is on board. What do you make of that?

I liked the writing in Battle brothers so that's a big positive to me.

Did you read any of his books? See https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6559488.Casey_Hollingshead.

Nope, but I might, didn't know he had written books. Have you read them?

I read all the Battle Brothers tie-ins, and had a brief email exhange with the author about historical source material. He pointed out My Confession: Recollections of a Rogue, by Samuel Chamberlain, which I should've read long ago since it's also a main component of Blood Meridian.

As for Hollingshead's books, so far I'd say they're...weird. I wouldn't call him an outright good author. He makes plenty of technical mistakes, his worldbuilding is paper-thin, the plot often seems to make no sense or to exist only to move the characters from set-piece to set-piece, the dialogues can at times be unnatural in the extreme. But as a package deal, it's kinda enjoyable. A guilty pleasure? The action hits hard, he pulls few punches, and sometimes he gets a nice turn of phrase in. If you enjoyed the Battle Brothers writing, I'd recommend giving his books a try, they're cheap after all. Curious to hear what others think.

I have a few other things on my reading docket but I'll try first book eventually and I'll get back to you.

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