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Triggernometry
(Triggernometry #1)
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Triggernometry is a brand-new novella from Nunslinger author Stark Holborn, mixing the grit of the west with a cast of mathematicians from across history to create a truly unique and unforgettable western adventure.
“I hereby arrest the fugitive “Mad” Malago Browne for murder, arson, robbery and acts of pernicious arithmetic against the Capitol States. Also the fugitive Pie ...more
“I hereby arrest the fugitive “Mad” Malago Browne for murder, arson, robbery and acts of pernicious arithmetic against the Capitol States. Also the fugitive Pie ...more
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Kindle Edition, 56 pages
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April 8th 2020
by Rattleback Books
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Delightful - I desperately hope this is the pilot episode of a series I can enjoy for yonks. Acts of pernicious arithmetic in a Wild West setting are exactly the joy you expect. Would love to read more adventures of Browne and her gang of mathmos.
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I’ve been looking for decent weird westerns for a while, to not much success – a lot of what little I could find either couldn’t hold my attention or didn’t have the flavour and atmosphere I was looking for, and I haven’t even made it halfway down my list before I inevitably got distracted and put my “hunt down SFF westerns” project aside. Until now, I suppose, when my mood reading led me to try this. And it’s one of the best (if not the best) I found so far, enough that I got the second novella
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A great fast paced tale of an alternate Wild West where mathematicians are the outlaws - professor Malago Browne agrees to one last heist but can she trust her new employer? Excellent fun
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"Punchy, action-packed, and embraces the central gag with winning sincerity."
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Gun-slinging mathematicians in an alternate history Wild West shouldn’t work, right? Right? Well, I am here to tell you that it, in fact, does because that’s exactly what we have in Stark Holborn’s two Triggernometry novellas and somehow she manages to make math look cool.
Mathmo, he had daubed across my house. But it might as well have been Monster.
Like I mentioned before, the Triggernometry novellas are set in an alternate history Wild West where mathematics have been outlawed and the former pr ...more
Mathmo, he had daubed across my house. But it might as well have been Monster.
Like I mentioned before, the Triggernometry novellas are set in an alternate history Wild West where mathematics have been outlawed and the former pr ...more

I'm grateful to Stark Holborn for a free advance copy of Triggernometry to consider for review.
I knew Holborn as the author of Nunslinger, an excellent alt-Western which I reviewed here.
Now Holborn is back with a novel that packs the punch of an even alt-ier story. Again all the Western touchstones are there - the wilderness, the railroads as lifelines, Frontier (lack of) justice, the protagonist who wants to put the past behind - and the past that won't be so put.
But here there is an exotic spi ...more
I knew Holborn as the author of Nunslinger, an excellent alt-Western which I reviewed here.
Now Holborn is back with a novel that packs the punch of an even alt-ier story. Again all the Western touchstones are there - the wilderness, the railroads as lifelines, Frontier (lack of) justice, the protagonist who wants to put the past behind - and the past that won't be so put.
But here there is an exotic spi ...more

So I picked this up because RJ Barker recommended it on a Reddit thread somewhere and I freaking love his stuff. And I really liked this! It was really unique and interesting and kind of absurdly funny. There's this one town the main characters go to called "Faculty" where all of the illegal mathematicians hide from the normal population, and the whole scene is just so ridiculous and over the top that you just can help but love it. As our hero rides into town ("eyeglasses flashed from the shadow
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Having got an ARC of book 2 in the series, Advanced Triggernometry, I thought I'd better get up to speed with the basics of book 1. A short but enjoyable read, I'll put up a review of this opening volume along with the review of its sequel in due course on fantasy-Hive.
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4/4/2021 3.5 stars rounded up. Full review tk at TheFrumiousConsortium.net.
4/7/2021 Mathemagics is totally my jam, so I honestly have no idea why I'd never heard of this series till the author messaged me about it! In this first novella of the series, "Mad" Malago Browne is one of the mathematicians outlawed by the Capitol, eking out a living doing illicit math jobs in the Western States. When she and partner Pierre "Polecat" Fermat are betrayed by someone they thought they were helping, Browne ...more
4/7/2021 Mathemagics is totally my jam, so I honestly have no idea why I'd never heard of this series till the author messaged me about it! In this first novella of the series, "Mad" Malago Browne is one of the mathematicians outlawed by the Capitol, eking out a living doing illicit math jobs in the Western States. When she and partner Pierre "Polecat" Fermat are betrayed by someone they thought they were helping, Browne ...more

Picked up Triggernometry 100% because of the premise (plus I had a few digital credits to use). It was super fun- easily read in one sitting and quite engrossing. It is extremely difficult if not impossible to build up a new world within 62 pages, but the author did a pretty good job.
Set in an alternate reality wild west, mathematicians are the world's "bad guys", and the book is told from the point of view of a former professor. The first fight scene caught me by surprise, as I didn't know muc ...more
Set in an alternate reality wild west, mathematicians are the world's "bad guys", and the book is told from the point of view of a former professor. The first fight scene caught me by surprise, as I didn't know muc ...more

This short novella is about a "West than never was". Math has been outlawed. Bandit geometrists rob trains.
...and that's kind of it. Once you past the "what if they outlawed math!" -- which admittedly is charming in the novella's setup -- part there's just not a lot here that isn't tried and true "old & semi-retired outlaws get together for one last score" that you've probably read & watched 50 times before in various media and this doesn't do anything especially new or noteworthy with it. ...more
...and that's kind of it. Once you past the "what if they outlawed math!" -- which admittedly is charming in the novella's setup -- part there's just not a lot here that isn't tried and true "old & semi-retired outlaws get together for one last score" that you've probably read & watched 50 times before in various media and this doesn't do anything especially new or noteworthy with it. ...more

A western with math in-jokes. I think I would have liked this better if I were into westerns or remembered more math. I also have a lot of difficulty with making the conceptual leap from “mathematics is integral in any actions we take” to “mathematics is so powerful that any knowledge of it is tantamount to a superpower and can turn you into a powerful gunslinger”, but that could just be me.

The writing is good but it reads like an extended anecdote that really doesn't go anywhere. It has the feel of a teaser chapter from a later book that the author is planning to write. At the moment, there is nothing here that makes us understand anything about the protagonists. Still the premise is interesting.
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There is so much to enjoy in this short novella by Stark Holborn!
This western tale of a world of renegades and vigilantes, where mathematicians and money are banned, trading is how they live is pure escapism and just what I needed right now.
Fast Paced, thrills , guns and robbery’s. I loved every thing about this quick and quirky story.
This western tale of a world of renegades and vigilantes, where mathematicians and money are banned, trading is how they live is pure escapism and just what I needed right now.
Fast Paced, thrills , guns and robbery’s. I loved every thing about this quick and quirky story.
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