Monster Hunter Fantom

A Monster Hunter Anthology

De: Larry Correia, Martin Fajkus, Jakub Mařík

Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne

Monster Hunter International may have had its roots in the United States of America, but there are plenty of monsters in the big old world. And wherever there are monsters, humans will need monster hunters. Here then, stories of the things that go bump in the night and the men and women who bump back—focusing on the myths, legends, and folklore of Czechia, by Czech authors. Includes a new short story by Larry Correia.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2024 Larry Correia (P)2024 Audible, Inc.

Decent short stories but the narrator ruined them.

A decent mix of short stories from the MHI world, all from the perspective of Eastern European hunters, and with the help of Eastern European authors.

Unfortunately, the narrator does not even attempt an accent. He barely lightens his voice for the female characters, and does little to differentiate all the other voices. It gets confusing when every character sounds like the same forty something American guy.

A good narrator should have a distinct voice for each character; it helps the listener visualize the story.
Mr. Thorne needs to take some time and learn from the greats like Jim Dale, Sean Runnette, and RC Bray. He needs to become a voice actor and not just a guy who can read in front of a microphone.

It’s ok, but not a typical MHI story

These stories are based on Eastern European folklore. While interesting they take some searching on the internet to understand what is being talked about. Only true diehard MHI fans can get into it.

Czech stories

I normally shy away from these compilations. . .but it was under Larry Corriea’s aegis, so I downloaded it. Most of the stories were Monster Hunter worthy and I didn’t feel the need to fast forward any of them. I look forward to more Czech Fantom stories.

Disappointed to the core

Every monster hunter book and there off shoots I have listened to more times then I can count. Loved them all and the narrator’s were amazing.
Both the story and the narrator died with this one.
The gentleman reading the book, sounded more like an AI voice. Flat, lifeless and no character separation.
The stories never grab your attention.
You never care about the characters or story line.
You end up feeling empty after each adventure ends.
Not sure if there is one true owner for this books failing. And it will not stop me wanting to hear more about MHI and those story lines.
This book is not what I have become accustomed to from this great author.
Oo well. You never know till you try.
But when a preview read is not a chapter from the book. There is a reason.

monotonous

narrative flat. this narrator didn't do this title justice. I found my mind wandering quite a lot during this book. I'm not sure why they didn't have Oliver Wyman read this title as all the other Monster Hunter titles. This narrator had mw trying to figure out if he was giving perceptions or reading as a character. it was confusing.

Great but

I really enjoyed this story collection a lot. I knew from the description that Mr Correa wasn't the main author and just provided one short story and some editing. I lowered my expectations a little due to this. My expectations were blown away. The stories are all good in their own right. I hope others can enjoy them ad I did.

however. yes that sneaks in. These stories don't have the same kind of flow that the main stories have had. I often wondered if these writers had read about this MHI universe for more than a few sentences. some seemed as if they were tweaked a little from general settings to fit in MHI land.
so, I enjoyed these. Just would have enjoyed more if they were a better fit.

Mediocre at best, a struggle though.

The biggest struggle for me had to be the translation to English. American slang/vernacular doesn't translate well if at all to "old" languages so to speak.

Great stories

was a great set of stories from another part of the world showing that people other than those from MHI take care of the monster problem also. Really enjoyed listening to this audio book!

Save your credit

It's interesting, but nowhere near the style or quality ofLarry Correia's books. I would have been surprised he'd put his name on them, if he hadn't already done the same for other vaguely related tales.

Different Flavor same Dish

The tales from the Fantom files are far from the usual run and gun tales of thier American counterpoints but I love that . Different countries , different regions SHOULD feel different . They have different governments , different languages , different perspectives. The characters feel very real , and feel as different as any other group of professionals in the very eccentric and prideful field. As someone who has traveled and lived briefly in a few countries I adored experiencing a different take on the Monster Hunter universe , from characters that AREN'T the Chosen Champions fighting for the fate of the universe. These are the other guys , just monster hunting pros trying to deal with the horrors of the monster world and thier own governments. It isn't Gun Porn , which was a little sad for readers of Larry who always want the nitty gritty of the hunters. But the translation reads really well which is rarely the case in books that migrate languages. There are guns aplenty and there is no derth of fights .

I enjoyed the different characters and enjoyed and pace. The combats were still good and the action well paced with wry humor , which was dark and very real. Also there was a bounty of ideas for anyone running a MHI campaign at home.

But remember it's like any other countries interpretation of a familiar dish, it's gonna be different , but keep an open mind you might love it , so give a shot. Also it is really nice to get completely out of the core 18 characters for a while .