tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post7754081448686477696..comments2024-03-17T14:31:21.769-04:00Comments on Fantasy Book Critic: "Terminal World" by Alastair Reynolds (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu)Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-36103744897958481662010-10-12T09:38:00.208-04:002010-10-12T09:38:00.208-04:00Reynolds has not been the greatest stylist ever an...Reynolds has not been the greatest stylist ever and his first books are full of narrative walls, but still they were awesome for their many goodies; the problem is that this one brings lots of goodies (the zones, the angels, the geomancers) and instead of exploring them, it goes "hey-ho let's have an airship adventure with pirates" - which would have been fine on its own also since i would not mind a "hey ho" adventure form the author.<br /><br />But together they just do not fit, though again the book has so many great tidbits that it is still superior to most recent sfLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-24134058383897814142010-10-12T09:28:38.288-04:002010-10-12T09:28:38.288-04:00The most recent full books from Reynolds have been...The most recent full books from Reynolds have been of clumsy dialogue. This also felt like another attempt have a hollowood movie made of his book. And the ending was total anticlimax (well, if what that movie made, leave it open)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-51933002601239185352010-03-24T18:53:18.530-04:002010-03-24T18:53:18.530-04:00You're right... it does so crazy confusing. I ...You're right... it does so crazy confusing. I think that when writers create novels such as these, they have to consider the learning mindframe of the reader.<br />www.novalpublishing.comNoV'al Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069681223652432776noreply@blogger.com