DusterBoy Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 2 hours ago, TheDarkness said: A while back, on a recommendation from here, read one online called Worm. Can you give me a link, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkness Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 hour ago, DusterBoy said: Can you give me a link, please? https://parahumans.wordpress.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. R Posted April 4, 2018 Report Share Posted April 4, 2018 Here's one I read recently that I really liked! Dreadnought https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30279514-dreadnought?from_search=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Devil's Cape, by Rob Rogers https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Cape-Discoveries-Rob-Rogers/dp/0786949015/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1522941702&sr=8-4&keywords=devil's+cape st barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 I gotta chime in with Devil's Cape...sorta "street level" but epic none the less. Also "Nobody gets the girl" about a person erased from the time line, who still manages to triumph... st barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomGM2602 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 On 3/19/2018 at 2:32 PM, Cassandra said: I have a book of superhero short stories using original characters. One has an alien scientist who believes his planet is doomed, and sends his son to Earth. Turns out his planet doesn't explode, and the son lands in the Soviet Union. Raised in the Soviet System he obeys all laws to the point he turns himself in to spend decades in a Siberian Prison. In another a Crime Fighter is put on trial by his fellow heroes for getting a child across a state line during a divorce case. And another story has a hero with amnesia told he must go into a hopeless fight, the what he is told isn't everything he should know. That wouldn't be called Superheroes would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjonesjonesyjonesien Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 It’s Superman by tom DeHaven is amazing. It’s pretty damned wonderful a sort of realistic exploration of the Superman mythos And Super Folks by Mayer (out of print afaik is also soooo good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Looks like the Wearing the Cape series just released book seven. It can't be time travel AGAIN, can it? Guess what? It's time travel again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 I found Richard Roberts' series that begins with "Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain" to be a fun read. "Playing For Keeps" bu Mur Lafferty is also good with a bunch of what might be described as heroes with "loser" type powers (ala the dueces from "Wildcards"". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 I have to agree with "Pinecone" about "Devil's Cape" and "Nobody Gets The Girl". (Damn I want a sequel to "Devil's Cape" !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 "Ghosts of Manhatten" (and sequels) by George Mann are worth a look if you like low powered "Pulp" type heroes such as "The Spider" or "The Shadow". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 On 4/14/2018 at 2:18 AM, st barbara said: I found Richard Roberts' series that begins with "Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain" to be a fun read. I found the series REALLY juvenile. Even more so that Wearing the Cape, which reads like a teen romance novel. I mean heck, the main characters are in junior high. Not even high school. I picked up the 4th book in the D-List Supervillain series. I'll let you all know what I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 On 4/12/2018 at 5:38 PM, phydaux said: Looks like the Wearing the Cape series just released book seven. It can't be time travel AGAIN, can it? Guess what? It's time travel again... That's sad. I've read the first three and really liked them. Books about actual superHeroes. H.E.R.O. was another series that started great, but has fallen off. Most of the rest are unfunny and feable attempts at humour. Or another crappy villain (or son/daughter of villain) on a sappy "shoot me in the head please" reform story. Lots of books/ebooks claiming to be superhero stories. Very very very very few actual superhero stories. And please no more blah villian books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Spence, look into the West Pacific Supers series. It's decent. Only problem is it's only 2 books so far, with a third book coming "soon." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 3 hours ago, phydaux said: Spence, look into the West Pacific Supers series. It's decent. Only problem is it's only 2 books so far, with a third book coming "soon." I grabbed a kindle copy. It is #3 in the queue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 I haven't read them yet but "Powerless" and "Relentless" by Tera Lynn Childs and Tracy Deebs looks as if they could be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theron Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 I'm a big fan of the Wearing the Cape series. And the new one is sort of time travel, sort of a "What if?" story. I'm not 100% happy with it, but it's pretty satisfying in most ways. Folks already mentioned "Devil's Cape," it's a good one. "Black and White" and "Shades of Grey" by Caitlin Kittredge and Jackie Kessler were among my intros to superhero fiction. Actually, I just remembered I wrote this a couple of years ago. Needless to say, some books have been added to the genre since, but it's a decent overview, if I say so myself. https://theron.dreamwidth.org/31654.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patransom Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 I'll second a bunch that have already been mentioned: the Ex-Heroes series, the Confessions of a D-List Supervillain series, Nobody Gets the Girl, and Soon I Will be Invincible are all really fun. Especially Ex-Heroes. That series is a just-one-more-chapter, hard-to-put-down, kind of read. Several more that I haven't seen mentioned and very much enjoyed: How to Succeed in Evil (funny and really excellent, there are a couple of sequels): https://www.amazon.com/How-Succeed-Evil-Patrick-McLean-ebook/dp/B00589W1DM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1524749842&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+succeed+in+evil They Tell Me I'm the Bad Guy (thematically somewhat similar to Confessions of a D-List Supervillain, but darker): https://www.amazon.com/They-Tell-Me-Bad-Guy-ebook/dp/B0064S8ATK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1524749892&sr=1-1&keywords=they+tell+me+I'm+the+bad+guy Super-Powereds (this series is more young adult and the editing/grammar leaves a lot to be desired, but still an engaging read): https://www.amazon.com/Super-Powereds-Year-Drew-Hayes-ebook/dp/B00BIJ05F2/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1524750104&sr=1-2&keywords=superpowereds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 4/16/2018 at 4:11 PM, phydaux said: Spence, look into the West Pacific Supers series. It's decent. Only problem is it's only 2 books so far, with a third book coming "soon." On 4/16/2018 at 7:20 PM, Spence said: I grabbed a kindle copy. It is #3 in the queue... So I read them. Surprisingly they were good reads and managed to not be about misunderstood villains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 3/18/2018 at 2:05 PM, Watchman Mk. IV said: Seconded on Wild Cards. I'm not sure it's in print any more, though. I don't think they are either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Maybe I should preview mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 do the captain action/lady action paperbacks count ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 marvel's black panther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 The latest book for wild cards is texas hold em in 2016 CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 9:43 AM, patransom said: Super-Powereds (this series is more young adult and the editing/grammar leaves a lot to be desired, but still an engaging read) Resurrecting this thread to tout this. I'm half way through Year 3, and I'll polish off Corpies before I read Year 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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