Monster Hunter Fantom

A Monster Hunter Anthology

By: Larry Correia, Martin Fajkus, Jakub Mařík

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 18 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

More Monster Hunter goodness

This was a great addition to the Monster Hunter series 5)2 cryptozoologist in me loved learned about European monster lore. I don’t know what other reviews were talking about when they said there was no action. It has plenty, maybe not as much as the main line books but it’s expressed multiple times that Europe handles situations more subtly than the US.

If you liked the main line books you’ll enjoy this one as a well. Plus Stephen Thorne is always a treat to listen to.

I really enjoyed this!

I've always known that MHI was "international", as it is in their name, but I really enjoyed learning about other monsters local to their regions. I hope they do more like this.