Reading mostly SF/Fantasy. lutruwita/TAS, Australia.
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66% complete! PWarren has read 10 of 15 books.
The galaxy is burning.
With the Cielcin united under one banner, the Sollan Empire …
Follows the inevitable tragedy for our protagonast, I'm enjoying his writing style, and this was a much more tightly edited book than the previous volumes
Follows the inevitable tragedy for our protagonast, I'm enjoying his writing style, and this was a much more tightly edited book than the previous volumes
For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the Empire in its war against …
Still enjoyed it. Had more space battles that I don't enjoy and less of the court intrigue and people outsmarting our protagonaist that I do, some nice explorations of the other mysterious elder civilazations.
Still enjoyed it. Had more space battles that I don't enjoy and less of the court intrigue and people outsmarting our protagonaist that I do, some nice explorations of the other mysterious elder civilazations.
The galaxy is burning.
With the Cielcin united under one banner, the Sollan Empire stands alone after the betrayal …
For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the Empire in its war against the Cielcin, a vicious alien …
For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the Empire in its war against the Cielcin, a vicious alien …
Hadrian Marlowe is lost.
For half a century, he has searched the farther suns …
this volume continues straight on from the first book and advances us to a reasonable conclusion to what I guess is the first act of this rather long tale!
Hadrian Marlowe is lost.
For half a century, he has searched the farther suns for the lost planet of …
Hadrian Marlowe is lost.
For half a century, he has searched the farther suns for the lost planet of …
Some interesting takes on some of the same themes as Frank Herbert's Dune, with a more heterogeneous view of humanity. Well crafted prose, easy to read and hard to put down!
Does follow the privileged young man rejects that privilige and slums it with the proles trope a bit and not a lot was resolved as it's the first of the series, but I'm looking forward to how the rest of the series goes!
Some interesting takes on some of the same themes as Frank Herbert's Dune, with a more heterogeneous view of humanity. Well crafted prose, easy to read and hard to put down!
Does follow the privileged young man rejects that privilige and slums it with the proles trope a bit and not a lot was resolved as it's the first of the series, but I'm looking forward to how the rest of the series goes!
A bit on the glorifying of war side, but with some threads of reflection. Some interesting ideas of how completely different cultures can interact, hoping the next books explore that more, rather than the space battle side of things too much.
A bit on the glorifying of war side, but with some threads of reflection. Some interesting ideas of how completely different cultures can interact, hoping the next books explore that more, rather than the space battle side of things too much.
The Night Land is a horror and fantasy novel by English writer William Hope Hodgson, …
Eh, it's OK. Some interesting far future humanity ideas, especially for it's time (1912!), but the prose is a bit heavy and slow going.
Eh, it's OK. Some interesting far future humanity ideas, especially for it's time (1912!), but the prose is a bit heavy and slow going.
