Dungeon Crawler Carl

[Rhinox]

Dungeon Crawler Carl Series by Matt Dinniman

A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the ...

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Universal International Studios Buys Matt Dinniman’s ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ With Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door & Chris Yost Attached

Universal International Studios (UIS) and Seth MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door will develop a TV adaptation of Matt Dinniman's novel Dungeon Crawler Carl.

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So I wanted to talk about this book series. Especially since the news came out that a movie development deal has been signed.
Dungeon Crawler Carl is a litrpg series. I'm normally not a huge fan of that particular genre, but I was between books and decided to give these a chance. They're free to read with Kindle Unlimited so I wouldn't be out anything but time.
After reading the first one, I was hooked.

These books are funny. The premise is straight out of 'Hitchhikers Guide' with a lot of late stage capitalism thrown in along with a dose of Survivor and cynicism. The series opens up with our protagonist, Carl, trying to get his ex-girlfriend's prize winning persian cat out of a tree at 2 in the morning in only his boxers and a jacket. Cue aliens seizing the world for its minerals and with no other options Carl opts in to the "Dungeon Crawl", an alien televised Survivor game where the participants have a chance to get control of their world back, but will probably die trying.
A bit of deus ex later and his ex girlfriend's cat is now sentient and just as prissy as a show winning persian can be.

The book sets up the premise as a kind of video game. The characters have a UI while in the dungeon and get achievements and loot for the enjoyment of offworld viewers who see this as the best game show ever created. The AI, trained in our world's culture, is hilarious when it awards achievements, though it did pick up a very particular fetish. This is played very well for laughs and just a touch of horror as you read on.

Long story short, has anyone else read these? Anyone else interested? I can easily see this translating into a movie and with someone like Seth McFarlane on board with Chris Yost writing, there's potential for this to be an amazing theatrical experience.

 

[ZakuConvoy]

I've heard the good buzz about the books, but I haven't gotten around to checking them out yet. A few book youtubers seem to like the series. Hopefully, I'll get around to checking it out eventually.

I'm currently making my way through Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere stuff, since the first half is probably coming to a close with the 5th Stormlight book. So, that's taking up a lot of my book-reading time, currently. But, it definitely sounds like something I'd be into.

 

[Rhinox]

It's a great "i'm between other books" series to look at. It's popcorn fiction. Very entertaining and easy to read without having to invest too much thought process in it. (well, except the one floor with all the damned train tracks)

The only reason I started it was it was all free on Kindle Unlimited. Credit where it's due, it is the third series I've read with Unlimited that I liked so much I went ahead and bought all the books.

 

[Rhinox]

Matt Dinniman says he's going to announce release dates for Book 7 sometime this week. It should be out towards the end of the month with the audiobook a couple of months later. I'm very excited.