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Could be any of LE Modessit Jrs books, they all had a pretty trite "random youth suddenly becomes skilled" progression
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Alistair Reynolds has some grungy ship stuff that kind of fits the bill for dystopian space.
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Cabbages and Kings posted:this came up in D&D, and I wonder if anyone here has insight, this is a book that existed in the mid-90s and I think may not go back much further than that but could conceivably date to the 70s. This reminds me of a shared universe series from the 80s called Heroes in Hell (think like Thieves World, Wild Cards). The conceit was differing authors wrote various short stories/novellas that examined historical figures in hell, and the.events of the stories overlapped. I don't know that I read all of them, and don't recall the BDSM stuff, but some of those shared universe writers got up to some racy stuff (see again, Wild Cards). Hitler was definitely a central character though.
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The Berzerker posted:There was a series of books I used to read in the early to mid 90s and I feel like it was like the Hardy Boys, but less old. I remember something about a mean headmaster at the school the boys went to, and they probably solved mysteries or something along those lines. I think they were brothers but might have just been classmates. Does anyone know what series I am talking about? I can't find anything though admittedly I don't remember much. If they pulled pranks instead of solving mysteries (and older than 90s) it could be Bruno and Boots.
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Wow I thought for sure the gas pump book was some salvia fever dream in the OPs part. Mandela effect conspirators are going to have a field day with this.
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Libluini posted:Thank you! Dave Duncan was the one I was thinking of, and the Pandemia books was what I was searching for. Thanks! I'll try to get them as ebooks immediately. I met him a couple times as he was Alberta based. Didn't sell his first book until he was 53
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To add further the Dave Duncan book that started this conversation might not even qualify, since the protagonist isn't physically transported elsewhere, his mind is shunted into a very different body in the new world.
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Fighting Trousers posted:There's a graphic novel (or comic series) about a Miss Moneypenny-esque character who has to become a badass superspy in her own right when some sort of poo poo hits the fan. And I cannot for the life of me remember more than that, and definitely not what it was called. (Maybe the main character's name started with a V?) Velvet https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/velvet
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Wasn't there a bit in Snow Crash like that with the skateboard courier?
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