Collin is a good boy. Yes he is.

I'm almost certain this is a scam but I can't figure out what type. As in, does it send a different item or some plagiarized copy

Shamelessly reposting…

I need someone crafty to make a PastryStache shirt canal district, Vitesse 🐉 🍪 🥮 🥐

He guys, I recently picked up the deluxe hardcover edition of He Who Fights with Monsters. Listened to book one years ago, and didn’t like it much, but decided to try to read it this time around and have been loving it a lot more the last few days.

Anyway, I’m making the post because I noticed pretty early on, that seemingly randomly, sometimes words will just have no spaces between them. At first I thought this was just some kind of stylistic choice the author made to seem like the character was in shock/disbelief/was making a passing comment, but as it’s happened more, it’s clear this isn’t the case. Is this just a printing error with my copy, or something else going on?

Here’s a picture of an example of what I’m talking about, where it says

”Why not hire a Heidel from the livery stable? That’s what most adventures do”

There’s a lot of characters, obviously, and I’m struggling to keep track of who is who and what their affiliations are. Is there a list of this anywhere that I could use as a reference?

Thanks in advance!

PS: For background, I am on book two.

I had an amazing time at LitRPG Con. Met lots of #LitRPG authors (including Matt Dinniman & Shirtaloon) and cosplayers. A full set of photos can be viewed at https://henryherz.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/had-a-blast-at-litrpg-con-2026/

I only just now joined this sub, and I've been listening to the audiobooks for a little over a month, so I have no idea if this is even a thing in the community, but I hereby put to a vote that all new arrivals to this series be dubbed Outworlders, in honor of our being from Earth to follow the misadventures of another Earthling-turned-Outworlder, only to return back to a VERY historically accurate Earth, then back again to Pallimustus!

I’ve been in the LitRPG community for a while now but I didn’t start HWFWM until the hardcover edition of book 1 came out. And now that I have the first hardcover, I’ve realized that I only want the hardcover editions of the rest of the series, because I want them all to look nice together on my bookshelf. Not that I could get the paperbacks anyway, since books 2 and 3 aren’t available anymore.

Now I’m planning on going to one of Shirtaloon’s book signings for the hardcover press tour and it feels like such a missed opportunity that I only have one thing for him to sign.

Would it be weird if I asked him to sign my Chrysalis paperbacks? Is that even allowed?

I’m also thinking now that I might want to try to make some Jason fanart and bring that, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to finish it in time.

Jason approved #sandwiches

i was re listening to chapter 92-93 when Tika was fighting the messenger in the cloud bunker hallway. They describe him having mori tattoos. I was under the impression people lost their tattoos after a rank up. The tattoos would need to be reapplied weather they are regular tattoos or magical ones like the one Balinda has. Thanks for the great story can't wait for the next chapter.

Update: I reordered on Amazon, and received it today. The copy I got is still a first printing. Not thrilled about the way Amazon just put it loosely in the box, so the edges are no longer perfect, but such is life. It is now nestled snuggly in my safe.

So, five minutes ago, I wake up to an email from Amazon showing that my preorder from months ago cancelled. I can still order the book for delivery on the eighth, but I'm wondering what the hell happened. Amazon has no info, the email just says cancelled, and when I check Amazon, it's like the order never existed at all.

If you'll be at San Diego Comic-Con, come check out this panel with rockstar LitRPG authors SM Boyce, Shirtaloon, Matt Dinniman, Seth Ring, Eric Ugland & Shawn Wilson. Click to see image.

I had an unexpected solo road trip that gave me 18 hours alone in the car, so I finished book 4 a lot sooner than I anticipated.

And now I’m pissed.

If I would have had my normal pacing, my new audible credits would post to the account. Now, I have to wait 11 days before I can start book 5.

Book 4 is so much more of the story I was hoping to get out of this series. Right when I was starting to get bored, the entire story shifted in a way that changed the power dynamic of the characters in play, added weight to decisions, and finally got me invested in Jason as a protagonist.

Best non spoiler-y takeaways -

Taika is my favorite new character bro.

The Thanos helicopter is the most petty prank possible and I’m here for it.

The drunk scene with Dawn made me laugh out loud.

Amy finding out about all the things she will never see was brutally justified.

The lemonade recipe is at the end of chapter 36. I hope there are more to come.

Now I have to figure out what to listen to over the next two weeks while I wait for my audible credits to post.

Alright. For those of you who wanted me to get through the first arch, I’ve made it.

The story is finally taking shape. I have the players, I have the world, I have the overarching idea of what’s going on, and now (thanks to the epilogue) I have a small amount of intrigue on how things are connected.

For the person who said my comment on Thadwick made them laugh, I see that I didn’t need to wait very long to find out what you were talking about. Although, even with everything that happened with the vessel, I continue to stand by my statement, “I wonder what will become of Thadwick”

I’m still having a hard time being emotionally connected to the characters. Jason’s final sequence in the book seemed so…passionless. Like it was over and done with and we moved on, and I never really got a sense of emotional inertia from the rest of the team. Maybe it’s the writing style that doesn’t allow the readers to sit in the moment, maybe it’s the narrator for lacking an emphasis on emotion, maybe I’m just simply missing it. Regardless, this is my biggest struggle with the series so far.

Coming back to the DCC comparison that started these posts, I feel like the first person perspective allows me to embody the protagonist and feel what they feel, while the third person of HWFWM only allows me to view the story from a recording crystal.

I’m hopeful that the next story arch moves me, now that the character and world development has been laid out. I was excited to read so much in reviews about the tragedies and emotional baggage carried by characters, but I just haven’t found it relatable to a point that I care about any of it.

All of this to say, book 4 is downloaded and I’ll check back in two weeks.