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.

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.

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!

It was ok

Some stories were good and some put me to sleep
I'm a bit disappointed but I guess coming off the the Monster Hunter series my expectations were super high.

Russians

I don't know about you but these Russians are dangerous I did yes a little bit too hash rupless and destructive our boys are a little bit more careful about nature and the rest of the world Russians are saying to hide destroy But what can we do about Russians

What happened

This probably could have been another MHI home run hit but the narrator was terrible... Honestly it was the most monotone voice for probably an awesome book but i couldn't pay attention and kept finding myself nodding off or getting distracted by almost anything else! When i listen to Monster Hunter International books i honestly feel apart of the team i can see the battles in my head... i literally get lost in these books and listen to the series over and over and it's because the way the story is told the different voices the accents everything!!! This audio book was a big let down for me... but I'm still an MHI series fan without a doubt but could you please for the love of Milo bring back the original narrator!!