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Jan 8, 2022Liked by John Birmingham

I’ve not found your T Swift reference yet, but I did meet “Prosecutor Major Skomo.” I LOLd very loudly at that one. Well played sir, not worthy etc 🙌🏻😎

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I'm excited to see this- having launched a couple, this is a big day! No hardcover for me, though, until next week, and I consider myself fortunate to have that. I can't even imagine the nightmare publishers are going through right now with snarled supply chains, random lockdowns, etc.

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I finished it last night and did an 88 star review on the fruit company's book store. I need to talk about it with others 😬

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Ordered from Amazon . Bezos needs another rocket

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Another amazing book, can't wait for book 3. Only 18 months to go according to my preorder. Cry....

Will there be an Audible version at some point?

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good read JB, I liked the transition to new characters, conflicts and intrigue. tried so hard to find that T Swift reference....but no good. might have to read it again. I thought the tripping ballz reference was the the Beastie Boys remake of Fight for right (revisited) by the SNL crowd!

loved the SKMO referencetoo, epic!

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Was the Tripping Ballz reference a nod to Dr Y and Beeso's podcast?

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Ploughed through it in two days - it was fantastic.

Thank you very much, JB.

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I was going to save up TSS for my camping trip next week but I accidentally read the first chapter this arvo.

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Impatiently waiting for the Kindle version to drop next week :D

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Is there a handy-dandy summary of The Cruel Stars somewhere? Found lots of reviews but no spoilertastic summaries. Ploughed through the first few chapters of Shattered Skies last night and was struggling to remember the who, what and why of everything. Also, nerdy author question: when you use a word like "drekar", which almost nobody (i.e. me) knows the meaning of, do you feel compelled to explain it or just assume that uptight word nerds (i.e. me) will look it up and everyone else will fly past it like a teeny-weeny speed bump? Thanks!

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