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SUMMARY:Online Author: Matt Dinniman
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Dates: </strong>Thursday6/11<br><strong>Time:</strong>&nbsp;7-8p<br><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><strong style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Age Group:&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Adult</span></p><p><strong>Program Location:</strong>&nbsp;Online</p><p><strong>Registration:</strong><a href="https://libraryc.org/upperdublinlibrary/161585" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&nbsp;<strong>Register &amp; Submit Author Questions HERE.</strong></a></p><p><strong>Description:&nbsp;<br></strong><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Hold onto your heart-patterned boxers! Matt Dinniman,&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">New York Times</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;bestselling author of the wildly popular (and just plain wild)&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Dungeon Crawler Carl</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;series, joins us to chat about his latest book,</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;A Parade of Horribles</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">.&nbsp;</span></p><p>As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.</p><p>Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little&nbsp;<em>too</em>&nbsp;normal, a little&nbsp;<em>too</em>&nbsp;simple.</p><p>Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls&nbsp;<em>A Parade of Horribles</em>. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.”</p><p><em>Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.</em></p><p>Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.</p><p>So Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.</p><p>Register now for a fun-filled discussion you won’t want to miss!</p><p><strong style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Author Bios:<br></strong><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Matt Dinniman is a writer and artist from Gig Harbor, Washington. He is the author of the&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">New York Times</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;bestselling&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Dungeon Crawler Carl</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;series along with several other books about the end of the world.&nbsp;</span></p><p>He doesn’t really hate Cocker Spaniels, and he plays bass in one band.</p><p>&nbsp;<strong style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Registration:<a href="https://libraryc.org/upperdublinlibrary/161585" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&nbsp;<strong>Register &amp; Submit Author Questions HERE.</strong></a></strong></p><hr><p>UDPL's Distinguished Author Series - Bestselling authors share their books with you in a live, virtual forum. Real-time Q&amp;A. Participate from anywhere you can connect. This series is generously sponsored by the Friends of UDPL with support from the Robert V. Stutz Distinguished Authors Fund.</p><p>This series is presented in collaboration with the Library Speakers Consortium.</p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Dates: </strong>Thursday6/11<br><strong>Time:</strong>&nbsp;7-8p<br><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;"></span><strong style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Age Group:&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Adult</span></p><p><strong>Program Location:</strong>&nbsp;Online</p><p><strong>Registration:</strong><a href="https://libraryc.org/upperdublinlibrary/161585" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&nbsp;<strong>Register &amp; Submit Author Questions HERE.</strong></a></p><p><strong>Description:&nbsp;<br></strong><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Hold onto your heart-patterned boxers! Matt Dinniman,&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">New York Times</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;bestselling author of the wildly popular (and just plain wild)&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Dungeon Crawler Carl</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;series, joins us to chat about his latest book,</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;A Parade of Horribles</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">.&nbsp;</span></p><p>As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.</p><p>Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little&nbsp;<em>too</em>&nbsp;normal, a little&nbsp;<em>too</em>&nbsp;simple.</p><p>Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls&nbsp;<em>A Parade of Horribles</em>. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.”</p><p><em>Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.</em></p><p>Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.</p><p>So Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.</p><p>Register now for a fun-filled discussion you won’t want to miss!</p><p><strong style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Author Bios:<br></strong><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Matt Dinniman is a writer and artist from Gig Harbor, Washington. He is the author of the&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">New York Times</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;bestselling&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Dungeon Crawler Carl</em><span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">&nbsp;series along with several other books about the end of the world.&nbsp;</span></p><p>He doesn’t really hate Cocker Spaniels, and he plays bass in one band.</p><p>&nbsp;<strong style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Registration:<a href="https://libraryc.org/upperdublinlibrary/161585" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&nbsp;<strong>Register &amp; Submit Author Questions HERE.</strong></a></strong></p><hr><p>UDPL's Distinguished Author Series - Bestselling authors share their books with you in a live, virtual forum. Real-time Q&amp;A. Participate from anywhere you can connect. This series is generously sponsored by the Friends of UDPL with support from the Robert V. Stutz Distinguished Authors Fund.</p><p>This series is presented in collaboration with the Library Speakers Consortium.</p>
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