Author: Tobias Buckell
Published: 2007
SPOILERS!
Expectations can be a problem. The cover and write-ups of this book describe it as taking place in the same universe as Crystal Rain. That was a big, flashing, red signal to me that said 'Not A Sequel'.
And it wasn't, to begin with. New characters to get used to, a plot building and building to a grand crescendo at the middle. And then ...
It's a sequel. Threads are connected. I was a little disappointed in that some previous characters, likeable and well developed, are mentioned but don't appear. Then there are others that are never mentioned. The story of Crystal Rain centers on fighting off the invasion of the Azteca. This is completely undone in Ragamuffin, in a matter of pages.
Ragamuffin is a very good book, and I would guess very accessible to new readers. I'm not one of them. I'll read it again, later, without the baggage.
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Reading List '08
§ Carl Hiasen
§ Elaine Issak (Singer's Crown)
§ Eric Frank Russell
§ Georgette Heyer
§ Hal Clement (Nitrogen Fix)
§ James Tiptree Jr.
§ Kelly Link
§ M. T. Anderson (Feed)
§ Nalo Hopkinson
§ Naomi Novik
§ Octavia Butler
§ Ursula K. LeGuin (The Disposessed)
§ Vonda McIntyre (Superluminal)
§ Minister Faust (From The Notebooks ...)
§ Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio
§ Elaine Issak (Singer's Crown)
§ Eric Frank Russell
§ Georgette Heyer
§ Hal Clement (Nitrogen Fix)
§ James Tiptree Jr.
§ Kelly Link
§ M. T. Anderson (Feed)
§ Nalo Hopkinson
§ Naomi Novik
§ Octavia Butler
§ Ursula K. LeGuin (The Disposessed)
§ Vonda McIntyre (Superluminal)
§ Minister Faust (From The Notebooks ...)
§ Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio
1 comment:
Very interesting. I was kind of hoping you'd email me some private thoughts about this one, but in light of your super-duper time saving measures, maybe I'd be out-of-line in asking.
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