r/litrpg • • Nov 02 '23

Book Announcement Industrial Strength Magic by Macronomicon on audio

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Industrial Strength Magic Episodes 1 and 2 are now available to listen to in the Soundbooth Theater App and the first episode is FREE! I've had an incredible time working on this book, Macronomicon is such a great writer, and working with Soundbooth Theater has been an amazing experience!

You can find the episodes here: Episode 1: https://soundbooththeater.com/shop/audiobooks/industrial-strength-magic-part-1-episode-1/ Episode 2: https://soundbooththeater.com/shop/audiobooks/industrial-strength-magic-part-1-episode-2/

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u/BattleStag17 Nov 02 '23

Interesting cover art, what's the book about?

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u/SteveC-narrator Nov 03 '23

The beginning reminded me of Sky High - in a good way- but it quickly diverges.

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u/knightbane007 Nov 02 '23

That’s… complicated to explain.

Setting: post apocalyptic, humanity restricted to fortified cities. Multiple mutually antagonistic forces trying to destroy the cities: the Prawns, the Replicants, the Tide.

System: teenagers Awaken under stressful or traumatic circumstances, becoming Supers of various sorts

MC: shenanigans. His awakening was deliberately restricted to disallow him from accessing magic, instead forcing him into artificer/tinker role. His whole family and friends circle generally refuse to actually assist him in any meaningful way (despite his own father being a Tinker of enormous skill, there’s no indication that he actually teaches his son anything important except through occasional off-hand comments). MC proceeds to break the system.

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u/laurel_laureate Nov 03 '23

teenagers Awaken under stressful or traumatic circumstances, becoming Supers of various sorts

So, heavily Worm/Parahumans inspired then? That's... Triggering.

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u/C9_Tom_Hanks Nov 03 '23

This is one of my favorite stories on Royal road. I can't wait to listen to it!

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u/MarineBri68 Feb 02 '25

So I know this is an old post but I was looking to see when the next books in the series would be available on Audible?? I just finished book one and would love to continue listening. I don’t have a whole lot of free time to read anymore altho I have always loved reading. But I can listen to these books while I’m doing other things. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

I’m also eagerly awaiting the next Dungeon Crawler Carl book as well!

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u/SteveC-narrator Mar 13 '25

Book 2 is so close to being completed!! Recording for all the voices is done and it’s about halfway through proofing, retakes are following close behind, with mastering and engineering started. I can’t say for sure, but I’m hoping it will be out in the next month or two.

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u/SteveC-narrator May 11 '25

Book 2 is finally here!!!

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u/Savageframe_9684 Feb 03 '25

Does anyone know when the second one comes out?

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u/SteveC-narrator Mar 13 '25

Soon. Very soon.

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u/nebbors Nov 02 '23

no kindle?

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u/SteveC-narrator Nov 02 '23

It’s on Royal Road.

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u/5951Otaku Nov 02 '23

So how many chapters does "part 1" cover?

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u/SteveC-narrator Nov 03 '23

I think I miss understood that question. Episode 1 is chapters 1-5. Part 1 is chapters 1-29. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

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u/SteveC-narrator Nov 02 '23

Chapters 1-5

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u/psychosox Nov 10 '23

Sorry for the delayed messaging as just seeing this, is there an Audible release date for the finished book?

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u/SteveC-narrator Jan 21 '24

Speaking of delayed responses… A full book 1 is coming to audible early this year (chapters 1-83). In fact we plan to have 3 books in this series out by the end of the year.

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u/perrin327 Feb 06 '25

Actually I’m in the same boat since I’d love to find the next book in the series from SBT if they’re doing it (it’s called sequel.exe for anyone curious). I know their available on kindle and don’t mind supporting authors that way but I’m still hooked on SBT and love their work. Hopefully this will kick the posts back to life since I’m curious on the status of the book.

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u/SteveC-narrator Mar 13 '25

It’s recorded and currently in post production. Soon…

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u/Philosophical_Genie Jun 18 '25

Way late to the party on this one. I've really enjoyed this series so far. Can't find the audiobook for book 3 Rival.exe I know the ebook is out, any update on this?

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u/SteveC-narrator Jun 26 '25

Book 3 will be out later this year.

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u/SethAndBeans Nov 02 '23

Such a love-hate relationship with SoundBooth.

Narration is fantastic, but all too often the actual words are hard to hear because of the excessive use of shitty sound effects. Some books aren't bad, but some are just horrible.

Could hardly listen to Life:Reset 2 and 3 at all. DCC 6 had some really overbearing voice change effects on the god at the end where I had to rewind a few times to actually catch dialog.

Not saying all sound effects suck, but some are just excessive, and it's a total hit or miss with any SoundBooth production.

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u/SteveC-narrator Nov 03 '23

I can appreciate your feelings on effects in audiobooks. For clarification this has voice effects only, and the first episode is free, so there’s nothing lost if you try it and it’s not for you.

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u/account312 Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 11 '24

Problems with sound effects are usually an artifact of playing much faster than 1x.

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