They Called Me Mad

A LitRPG Apocalypse Series

By: J Pal

Narrated by: Gary Furlong

I was in my garage when the space elves addressed the whole world.

They didn't call themselves space elves, of course. Most humans struggled to pronounce Khjurhnalva, so we opted for the easier version. They had a message for us: Forces that had eradicated their species' males were now heading for Earth.

Hungry for our resources, the alien hordes annihilate everything that stands in their way. The space elves offered us access to the System and asked for very little in return. After all, cooperation was vital to the survival of both our species.

I, Mathew Alexander Dunphy, know all of the above is bullshit. I saw the truth with my own eyes and heard it from their beautiful, delicate, deceitful mouths. No one believes me, though. They call me mad.

What reason could the space elves have to lie?

Planet-wide-survival reality show?

Ridiculous.

Don't miss the start of a fun new LitRPG series in a system apocalypse setting and featuring mad scientist powers, along with plenty of laughs. Oh, and killer aliens. Lots of em.

About the MAD world: Not all game-mechanic systems hand out levels, stats, and skills. Sometimes it offers super powers and leaves the progression up to the user. What is LitRPG without the fan-favorite blue boxes, though? Instead of STR, DEX, AGI, expect them to house crafting-based notifications.

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I fired and then I missed.

the story is pretty good but you will hear the line above over and over again. the powers were cool though.

The UK Litrpg

Extremely entertaining. Apocalyptic litrpg with the UK spin. Great classes, with new twist. Very original for a US listener.

flipping the script

I loved this book it sets up as a typical dime a dozen harem lit stories and then knocks that idea right of the table! I love all the interesting types of powers and the old school 1980s scifi feel to this book. it also pretty cool that the MC solves challenges on interesting ways rather then a typical yell smash style. if anyone wants something interesting and a little different then get this book its worthy.

Pretty darn cool, I love the power progression

Very well done progression overall for the powers and characters. In fact it felt short when it finished leaving me craving some more. The voice is very good but did sometimes have confused which character was speaking at times because they sound similar. Still very well done though.

All hail the support class!

A mostly lighthearted book that highlights a support character in the coolest way possible. I loved all of the 80's call backs and infomercials. This was a fun read to say the least. It takes apocalyptic litrpg and almost instant crafting to power up in fun and unusual ways. I was so drawn into the story that didn't realize it was over until the thank you for listening came up. It's not what I would call short book but felt like I blew through it.

This was fun

My only complaint is that it's too short. I was hoping the group would make more progress against their real enemy but it was a really fun listen regardless. Narration was superb.

This was good

This was a fun read narrator was good. The premise is pretty funny and is basically just a reality tv show where the contestants don’t know and they have super powers. I enjoyed it this one is worth a credit. I feel like though the book left a lot on the table as far as world building goes.

I Don't Do LitRPG

I don't even do RPG, but the description of the book intrigued me so I took a chance. I loved it! There isn't so much RPG that it's confusing, and the author explains it so we non-RPGers can understand what's going on. It's just a good Sci Fi adventure! Can't wait for book 2!

Fantastically fun

Interesting, well performed, and exciting. It's got an irreverent quality that certainly hearkens to Futurama and other comedy sci-fi.

Aliens are coming to wipe us out or are they?

Aliens are hovering over Piccadilly Circus. Are they here to help? Are they going to dominate? Harvest our resources? The aliens look like female elves or at least the ambassadors do. They have been working with the governments and are going to hold a press conference around noon.

People are dressing up in different sci-fi costumes like Star Trek, Star Wars, etc. At the press conference, the ambassadors announce that there are aliens on the way to attack Earth. They destroy all the male population. They had been hoping by destroying the FTL (faster than light) engines, they had given us enough time to ramp up technology and defenses with their help. But the aliens found ancient worm holes and are on their way in the next month.

The ambassadors tell the world they are going to push a upgrade to humans. Right then and there, they push the upgrade to most humans. Most of the people freeze and can’t be awakened. But there are some that seem to be immune from the ‘upgrade’. Matthew is one of the ones who is not impacted. He has a bad headache, but is able to not be fully frozen. He hears two elves talking about making his zone a yellow zone, planting 3 nests and that the viewers will be happy. What is this a galactic reality show? None of his friends believe him. And they call him MAD (Matthew Alexander Dunphy).