Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
Crossroads of Twilight was maddening. I read it years ago and ended up giving up on The Wheel of Time after this book. I tried again in my preparation for reading Memory of Light, and I just couldn’t manage to do it again. So, as with Winter’s Heart, I cheated by reading many of the chapter summaries at Encyclopaedia WOT. I skimmed the chapters involving Perrin’s hunt for Faile because I remembered how slow,
May 21st, 2009. Kat Hooper´s rating: 0.5 | Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Norse Code by Greg van Eekhout
Stop. Look closely. Look beyond the typically stylish urban fantasy cover (the one with the nicely built young woman holding her weapon of choice with an air of defiant competence). Look beyond the title that’s both serious and punny. Inside, through pages inked with the shadows of ravens, you’ll watch the long-foretold cataclysm of Ragnarok as it rolls in a relentless wave from the dry, gray plains of Hel to… the dry, black asphalt of a California parking lot. And if you’re partial to Norse mythology or urban tales driven by fascinating characters and laser-crisp writing,
May 21st, 2009. Rob Rhodes and Greg Hersom´s rating: 3, 4 | Greg Van_Eekhout | SFF Reviews | no comments |
In my opinion, Jay Lake’s Mainspring was a novel full of great potential that was hindered by inconsistent writing and execution. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the book and was looking forward to reading the sequel. Happily, everything that worked so well in the first book has been retained in Escapement, while most of the problems were corrected, resulting in a greatly improved sequel that is everything Mainspring could have been and much more.
I had several issues with Mainspring — notably the description of Jay’s clockwork universe,
May 21st, 2009. Robert Thompson´s rating: 4.5 | Jay Lake | SFF Reviews | no comments |
That list of anticipated books is certainly odd, although it does align with the type of books ReacTor and Locus…
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Ooh, I DO kinda like that Doc Savage action figure! But without the ripped shirt, I think I will take…
I like the analysis of the artwork here--detailed and thoughtful. Thanks for sharing this review!
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