#mattdinniman — Public Fediverse posts
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Fantastyka:
»Matt Dinniman „Dungeon Crawler Carl”«W marcu 2026 roku nakładem Wydawnictwa Czarna Owca ukazała się powieść Matta Dinnimana "Dungeon Crawler Carl".
https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/ksiazki/o-ksiazkach/fantastyka/matt-dinniman-dungeon-crawler-carl/
#Fahrenheit_zin #CzarnaOwca #BeataWójcik #dungeoncrawler #MattDinniman #SaraManasterska #MagdalenaSronawska #MaciejKarbasiński #WillStaehle #DungeonCrawlerCarl
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Dungeon Crawler Carl- a newcomer’s perspective
I recently started reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl LitRPG series by Matt Dinniman. A little over a month ago I had never heard of these books, and now I'm nearly finished the fourth book from the series....
#blaugust #blaugust2026 #dcc #dungeoncrawlercarl #mattdinniman
https://www.kgadams.net/books/dungeon-crawler-carl-a-newcomers-perspective
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Season 1: #stephenking #beckychambers #tkingfisher #jamessacorey #sarahgailey #rickriordan #pdjeliclark #peterclines #melissacaruso #mattdinniman #kpopdemonhunters #brianlumley #jasperfforde #huntersthompson #kurtbusiek #marthawells #jeffvandemeer #jnchaney #caseyblair #annemcaffrey #saladinahmed https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
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Just started reading The Butcher’s Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book Five) by Matt Dinniman and it has the funniest dedication I gave ever eead: “Thanks everyone for all your continued support. A special thanks to the dude who sent nudes. It’s not necessary, but I appreciate it. I hope you get the help you need.” #bookstodon #books #MattDinniman #dungeoncrawlercarl #funny #nudes
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When Being an Award Finalist Is Bad News
On Bluesky there is a bit of a Dungeon Crawler Carl discourse going on. The short version is people pointing out that first book in the series is bad, and defenders of the series claiming that it gets better. I should add that yes, book 1 is rough and yes, it does get better but it is a few books in before I’d say it is actually good. It’s sort of like a trashy sci-fi TV series or cartoon that overtime builds up some depth of character and deeper themes almost by accident.
Runalong Womble aka Matt is a reviewer who I enjoy and their review of Book 1 in the series is scathing https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/6/14/dungeon-crawler-carl-by-matt-dinniman …but I think that’s a fair review. I read the first book with low expectations, a high tolerance for humour, and via the audiobook version which has its own merits.
What has provoked the discourse is the surprise nomination of the book for the prestigious Clarke Award. That certainly surprised me. The book qualified despite being first published in 2020, because the series had only recently been published in the UK. Regular readers of my blog will be aware that a later book in the series won a Dragon Award last year for Best Science Fiction. However, let’s note that a. that was book 7 in the series and b. all sorts of stuff wins Dragon Awards and some of it has been genuine crap. So, a much better instalment of the series crossed the much lower bar of the Dragon Award, and the roughest book in the series is up for the Clarke Award, an award that skews towards the literary.
Which takes me to my actual point, which is not about Dungeon Crawler Carl and may even be about a more polished book that I’m reading right now.
A novel being a finalist in a notable award is not necessarily good news for the book.
Lots of people read through the finalists of an award, and publish reviews. I’m doing that currently with the Hugo Awards. There are books that I might look at the premise and think “not for me”, that I will read because it is an award finalist. Sometimes, that’s great. I absolutely would not have read The Everlasting if it wasn’t a Hugo finalist, but it turned out that I really liked it. However, it also means I end up reading books that I find a bit weak or even bad. If it was just a book I’d picked up incidentally, I wouldn’t necessarily write about it – sometimes I get that I’m just not the audience for a particular book. However, for a Hugo finalist novel I will write some sort of critical evaluation.
Put another way, nominating a book for an award means that you are knowingly putting a book under a critical spotlight. It will be read and written about by people who would not have picked it up organically. It is making a claim for a book that is not just popular, but also has some aesthetic or moral quality to it, and that it merits comparison with other finalists.
I’m part way through a Hugo finalist Best Novel and unless it makes a remarkable turn for the better, my review of it isn’t going to be a good one. If I’d read it for some other reason, I probably just wouldn’t have written a review. It’s not terrible. It is definitely more polished than Dungeon Crawler Carl book 1, but I’m in “I’ll give it a few more chapters, it might improve” mode. I have the audiobook version and I’m tempted to increase the playback speed, which is not a good sign.
Awards mean scrutiny and for some books that’s not in their interests.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹" 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻 -
As an old tabletop RPGer, I grimly accepted this recommendation into the series by Dinniman. Hopefully I am more entertained than the trite humor of writers like Pratchett.
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #mattdinniman #dungeoncrawlercarl #fiction #fantasy #rpglit #dandd
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𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -
A real grab-bag of titles this month. And yes, I am far behind on my Stephen King and SG Jones reading!
#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #ndstevenson #stephenking #holly #stephengrahamjones #amyking #olivialaing #albertomanguel #gordoncampbell #elodiedurand #mattdinniman
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"‘How can you tell when they’re right or wrong?’
He’d chuckled. ‘That’s easy. Usually if the party they’re blaming is weaker than them, then they’re making it all up. If the party they’re blaming is stronger … well, that’s when you really gotta pay attention to why they’re complaining.’"
(from "Operation Bounce House by "Matt Dinniman")
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‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Author on That ‘Sexy’ Ending to ‘A Parade of Horribles,’ What’s Coming in Final Two Books
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Finished up Matt Dinniman's Operation Bounce House last night and am unsure how to feel about it.
I would have thoroughly enjoyed it but narratively it has a fair amount of overlap with current affairs and I found it really quite stressful at times, in the same way I find watching the news stressful.
#Bootstodon #SciFi #MattDinniman #OperationBounceHouse #Book
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Holy shit! There are EIGHT (8!) Dungeon Crawler Carl books.
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‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Author Matt Dinniman Talks Live-Action TV Series Plans, Book 8 Plot and ‘Operation Bounce House’
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More than 215 #newbook #releases on this #BigReleaseTuesday! 📚
Highlights ✨
Operation Bounce House by #MattDinniman
Strange Animals by #JarodKAnderson
This Is Not About Us by #AllegraGoodman🔗 Link in comments #bookstodon
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🔊 New #Podcast Episode - Book Releases February 9th - 15th. 🎙️
Operation Bounce House by #MattDinniman
Live, Laugh, Murder by #DanielleMorris
Ex on the Beach by #PhoebeMacLeod
A Bookshop Summer by #StephanieButland
Love Ahoy! by #JoLyons
Reborn as the Fated Villain by #Xkarnation
Mistress of Wyndview by #JaneCharles
One in a Million by #DellaGalton
Him by #JDKirk
The Final Problem by #ArturoPerezReverteFind the full list of #newbooks in the comments #bookstodon
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Dungeon Crawler Carl refuses to slow down. Book 7 was pure chaotic fun, with the story finally stepping into bigger territory. Possibly my favorite of the series so far.
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Full review on the blog — link in bio.#DungeonCrawlerCarl #LitRPG #BookReview #MattDinniman #FantasyBooks
https://wrightspoetry.com/2026/02/03/this-inevitable-ruin-review/
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#30daybookchallenge - Day 25 - 500+ pages - The Eye of the Bedlam Bride - Matt Dinniman #DungeonCrawlerCarl #MattDinniman #FantasySeries #fantasybookseries #fantasy #ScienceFictionBooks #scifibooks #scifi #LitRPG #litrpgbooks #donutholes #ttrpgpodcast #TTRPGCommunity #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #bookwyrm #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
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Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman: 📚 56/2025: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: I took a bit of a risk, and wasn't disappointed; this was an entertaining read, and I'll keep going. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/10/20/dungeon-crawler-carl-by-matt-dinniman
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Morning Folks! This morning I talked a bit about wrapping up the #DungeonCrawlerCarl series of books this weekend and why I fell in love with the cast of characters. Additionally why #LitRPG might not be my genre after diving into #KaijuBattlefieldSurgeon.
Dungeon Crawler Carl
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Dungeon Crawler Carl has been picked up for a TV adaptation. Details here https://bit.ly/3WUG2Jy
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Yes yes yes! Love Dungeon Crawler Carl and of course, Princess Donut - I'm relistening to the fabulous audio books now. #bookstodon #dungeoncrawlercarl #mattdinniman
https://reactormag.com/seth-macfarlanes-company-picks-up-matt-dinnimans-dungeon-crawler-carl-for-adaptation/
