phydaux Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Just want to throw this out there for people looking for a monster hunting fix. John Hartness has a series called Bubba the Monster Hunter. It's about what you'd expect, given the title - A guy who, when he's not drinking beer by the pitcher in a nudie bar and watching college football on TV, drives around the south in a pick-up truck and hunts monsters with his Desert Eagle .50 named Bertha. Several books available for cheap on Kindle. Also available as audiobooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Hmm... not familiar with the series, but sounds rather like a human Hellboy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted March 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Don't know how close it comes to Hellboy. At one point Bubba is sent to investigate the outbreak of a succubus at a nursing home, resulting in much wrinkled & saggy hilarity. massey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted March 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 I see things like Bubba the Monster Hunter and Stan Against Evil as examples of where the zombie/monster hunter genera is starting to parody itself. And that means that zombie/monster hunter literature has run it's course. Kind of like how Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp was the "nail in the coffin" for vampire literature. No one will take the genera seriously if it doesn't take itself seriously. Once you add camp, it's done for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Did anyone take it seriously before? Lucius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Vampire literature was everywhere in the '90s. It was popular because it spoke to part of the human psyche - The vampire walks in the world, but is not part of it. He is alienated, unconnected, and the emotional distance and lack of connection speaks to the feelings of isolation we all experience. But eventually it was done to death, and something else had to capture the collective imagination. Zombie literature, and by extension monster hunting literature, speaks to man being in a world that looks familiar, but has changed. The change causes anxiety & fear, and the heroes of the genera rise up and struggle to restore the proper order to their world. This speaks to the psyche of people feeling overwhelmed by the pace of change in the world around them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmastergm Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 On 3/18/2018 at 12:39 PM, phydaux said: Just want to throw this out there for people looking for a monster hunting fix. John Hartness has a series called Bubba the Monster Hunter. It's about what you'd expect, given the title - A guy who, when he's not drinking beer by the pitcher in a nudie bar and watching college football on TV, drives around the south in a pick-up truck and hunts monsters with his Desert Eagle .50 named Bertha. Several books available for cheap on Kindle. Also available as audiobooks. Nice, I wonder if he was inspired by Larry Correia's series. Have you read that series phydaux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted April 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Not read, audio books. The voice actor does a nice job. They are really a collection of short stories that use the same set of characters. Decently written. Tongue planted firmly in cheek most of the time. For example, in one story Bubba gets into a fist fight with Bigfoot. As you might imagine things don't go well for Bubba. Just before Bigfoot is about to crack Bubba's head open, Bubba remembers that Bigfoot doesn't wear any pants, and that his shlong is swinging around for the whole world to see. So Bubba grab's Bigfoot's dick with both hands and PULLS for all he is worth. Bigfoot drops to his knees in pain next to Bubba, looks at him and yells "WHY would you do such a thing?" And that's how Bubba found out that Bigfoot can talk. massey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted April 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 Just picked up the 3rd book in the series. I'll let you guys know what I think. Any word on when Ringo will have the next one in his Monster Hunter series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted April 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, phydaux said: Any word on when Ringo will have the next one in his Monster Hunter series? Just checked Baen.Com. Monster Hunter Memoirs: Saints is due July 3rd of this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borbetomagnus Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 I'm not familiar with the Bubba The Monster Hunter books, but they sound like something I'd enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 On 3/29/2018 at 11:33 PM, phydaux said: Vampire literature was everywhere in the '90s. It was popular because it spoke to part of the human psyche - The vampire walks in the world, but is not part of it. He is alienated, unconnected, and the emotional distance and lack of connection speaks to the feelings of isolation we all experience. But eventually it was done to death, and something else had to capture the collective imagination. Zombie literature, and by extension monster hunting literature, speaks to man being in a world that looks familiar, but has changed. The change causes anxiety & fear, and the heroes of the genera rise up and struggle to restore the proper order to their world. This speaks to the psyche of people feeling overwhelmed by the pace of change in the world around them. Anne Rice singlehandedly killed the Vampire genre for me. bigbywolfe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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