This truly felt like going on an adventure. Being in a real jungle of another dimension, trekking dangerously on the lush ground crawling with danger. A legit Jurassic Park in outer space but one that hits so close to home with integrity, curiosity, treachery and greed but most of all, heart. You will grow to care about what’s going on and that makes this book all the better. The Kaiju Preservation Society is due to be released this March but if you can’t wait until then to find out more, grab a cup of tea and settle down with Chapter One and Two of the novel right here… Chapter One Turns out, these "pandas" are in mating trouble and not all humans want to preserve them and their world. Tourists are a menace in any world, I guess. So Jamie and his team need to get creative, evade huge-ass tree-crabs, and get some Twilight monsters to get a groove on, all while fending off more sinister threats. So why did you leave your doctoral program?” Tom asked me, the next time I delivered food to him, which was an Ethiopian mixed meat combo with injera.

Yeah, I do.” I attempted to lean forward in the beanbag and succeeded only in driving my ass further into its recesses. I rolled with it and just pointed to my tablet. “So, you’ve heard about this COVID-19 thing.” Laertes's parents were the sort of outwardly very nice conservative people who wouldn't miss an opportunity to call Laertes by his deadname, and that shit will wear you down over time. pg. 7 But soon after they arrive, Jamie realizes why Tom had been so tight-lipped. As it turns out, KPS actually stands for a top-secret organization called the Kaiju Preservation Society, and though their location might be Greenland, in fact they have traveled to an alternate Earth. Here, giant creatures similar to those featured in Japanese fantasy and sci-fi monster movies called kaiju get to roam freely, and it is KPS’s mission to not only study them but also to keep them breaking through the barrier between worlds into our Earth. Because obviously, that would be very, very bad.During his delivery job he runs into an old acquaintance who ends up scoring him an interview at the KPS and the rest is history.

Well on his way to a doctorate in econ from the prestigious University of Chicago, Jamie Gray believes he has life figured out. So, he jumps to a New York City job with a “start-up” and starts to make things happen for himself and this company. She's probably going to hate your guts for the rest of the tour. Well, the rest of her tour, anyway.” What were you thinking when you started beating the shit out of that thing?" Kahurangi asked Niamh. We were at the point in the video where Niamh had gone ham on the creature, but not yet where they had zapped it.What I’m saying, Jamie, is that füdmüd needs someone like you on the ground. In the trenches. Giving us intel from the street.” He waved out the window. “Real. Gritty. Unvarnished. As only you can.”

I think this book is an easy read, I had fun at some point, and I'll probably read more Scalzi in the future, especially his serious stuff.YALSA announces 2023 Alex Awards". News and Press Center. ALA American Library Association. 30 January 2023 . Retrieved 30 January 2023. I think it was actually the idealistic nature of the KPS that I needed right now, when the world around me seems to be going to the dogs. I have days when I just have to turn off the news and turn up the music. I have the privilege of being able to retreat from reality for a few days when the world seems too heavy. Fantasy literature has been my haven during the whole pandemic, not to mention my whole life. Thank you, Mr. Scalzi for an inspiring, funny fantasy novel that cheers me up when I'm feeling blue. the information on the Covid-vaccine is downright false: it does not immunise people against the virus: you cannot conveniently take off your masks in close quarters, just because you're vaccinated and be absolutely sure, you're safe.