{"id":269,"date":"2015-02-03T21:15:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T21:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2015-02-03T21:15:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T21:15:16","slug":"hunter-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/hunter-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s the deal with Hunter Fox novels?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s no secret that I fancy myself as\u00a0something of a writer<\/a>. As such, I’m always looking out for what’s happening on the literary scene.<\/p>\n

I’m particularly interested in what’s going on in the world of publishing. I’m pretty certain that no publishing house would ever be interested in anything I would write. So my only hope really is the world of self-publishing.<\/p>\n

The Kindle has revolutionised the literary world. It’s easier than ever to get into reading. But it’s also changed publishing too. Now pretty much anyone can just shovel content onto the Kindle store via Amazon. And suddenly… BOOM, you’re a published author.<\/p>\n

There is no better example of this than Hunter Fox<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hunter Fox has a total of 63 published works on Amazon UK. For comparison, Shakespeare wrote around 40 plays, and Dickens wrote just under 20. The guy is prolific as hell.<\/p>\n

However, as we waltz through his quote unquote bibliography, a remarkable trend emerges. Basically every book is the same. Here are some selected highlights:<\/p>\n

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Erm, what? Common themes include:<\/p>\n