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Title: The King of Plagues
Series: Joe Ledger #3
Editor: Jonathan Maberry
Rating: 1 of 5 Stars
Genre: SF
Pages: 492 / 160
Words: 151K / 50K
| Synopsis: |
DNF@30%
| My Thoughts: |
By the 30% mark Maberry had used the term “hate crime” 15 times. I quit reading when he used the term to justify a muslim special forces guy beating people so badly that they ended up in the Emergency Room because they used words he didn’t like. It’s called Free Speech, for good AND bad. When you start telling people what words they can and cannot say or use, you have entered the Deep State.
So adios Maberry, you confirmed my fears about you and I’ll be avoiding you like the plague from now on.
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Yikes, I don’t even know where to start with that cover. Is it Cillian Murphy with running eye-liner and an eye-patch with a picture of a red soldier on it?
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Looks more like Christian Slater than Cillian IMHO.
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I stand corrected.
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Oh you could be right, I was just thought speeching.
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Christian Slater has been threatening my home security in video ads on you tube, so I wouldn’t put this past him….
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Is he short of cash?
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Must be to be appearing in ads threatening to steal your kids laptops….
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I haven’t come across the advert, can’t wait to see it. He was good in that Matrix series.
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https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/christian-slater-returns-to-cause-remote-chaos-as-hps-cyber-villain-the-wolf/
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Ahhh, Hewlett Packard. I thought it was a tv show or something, not just an ad for their services.
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I didn’t know it’s based on a character ( Mr Wolff from Mr Robot) and thought it was just a warning not to trust Slater with my passwords.
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Ohhhhhh, that flipping show. Ughhhh…..
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Not seen it, but your comment won’t inspire a viewing…
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Well, that was more because of content.
A junkie hacker gets recruited by Slater’s group of total misfits and they’re supposed to do something “good”. I gave up partway through season 1 because I found too many objectionable things.
Lashaan from Bookidote.com had talked about, if not reviewed it and it peaked my interest.
I like Slater as an actor though, so he was actually the draw for the series for me 🙂
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I have more than enough cyber intrigue in my life already without Slater jumbling up my router…
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Not on my radar.
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You don’t get his ads in you tube? He must be targeting me…
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You are famous so probably more his target audience than l’il ol’ me.
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I’m pretty sure the figures show that you are followed by more of the WP community than I am. FacT!
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Ooooh, he clinches the argument with an iron clad “FacT!”. Sorry Fraggle, you can’t argue against FacT!’s
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Who do you think leads the Illuminati now anyway? He wasn’t happy about that barbie stunt. So he’s probably using his black magic to retroactively destroy youtube for you.
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Slater wasn’t in the Matrix movies (unless you’re talking about a different Matrix) as far as I know.
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I was kidding 😊 I know it’s Keanu but they do look a bit alike doncha think?
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This is what happens early in the morning 😀
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And in the afternoon 😀
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😀
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Hahha I just realised I meant Christian Bale, not Slater. Numpty me.
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I was wondering why you were comparing Slater and Keanu. I couldn’t see it at all.
But Bale and Keanu I can see….
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Yikes indeed. I didn’t even try to figure out what was going on with the cover.
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We’re Joe Ledger #1&2 better?
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In terms of politics? Yes. Maberry wasn’t so blatantly promoting certain ideologies like he is here. Hints but not so “throw open the trench coat and let it all hang out”…
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So he joined the virtual signaling brigade? Shame. I wish authors would keep their political leanings and ideologies out of their books, I honestly don’t care what they are as long as you write well and tell a good story. Unfortunately these days so many authors feel they can’t sell well or get picked up unless they make it clear they are “in the tribe.”
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It was a shame. Well, one more series to remove and on to another. Always more to try out….
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Kind of odd for the author to justify a hate crime with a crime (assault) … it’s like they’re preaching how you should be tolerant. Unless you can beat people up. Then you totally shouldn’t.
doesn’t sound like it’s all that great a reading experience
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It was definitely not my cup of tea. But it does explain why I had such an issue with his V-War series
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Hopefully it’s a case of twice-bitten, forever shy
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Yep, Maberry is now on my Authors to Avoid list.
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Hmmm hate crimes without violence? Nah… That’s pushing it too far…
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If Maberry would be consistent with his principles I could have possibly gone on, but the leftist liberal is always going on about non-violence under any circumstances (except when they say otherwise) so I can’t overlook that.
I’d have no problem with someone breaking someone’s jaw who was burning an American flag. But if that person was was simply badmouthing America, I’d hate them but I’d let them be.
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