I just finished this book last Friday and instead of adding it to my ever growing stack of books to be reviewed, I thought I move it up in my queue because of today’s finale of Game Of Thrones season 6. The World of Ice and Fire contains information about the novel series, however. Martin’s co-authors, Elio M. Garcia and Linda Antonsson, are the people behind the fan-site Westeros.org; they even advise Martin on lore when he becomes stuck. He actually approached them about the […]
And the ending resembles a fart
Hyperion is a very, very good book. The sequel might have been equally good if Dan Simmons would have not whiffed the ending. It so lacks in imagination that it made me angry. But let start at the top. Disappointments all around We left our band of intrepid pilgrims before they stepped down into the Valley of the Time Tombs on the planet Hyperion. They expected to meet the Shrike and die, except for one who – according to legend – would be offered a […]
This is only the beginning
This is another classic science-fiction novel, and the one with which I started my ‘quest’ for an expanded horizon in literature. Because I recently acquired The Fall of Hyperion, I felt that I had to re-read the first book of the Hyperion Cantos. It was worth it. Not only had I mostly forgotten the plot, the book is a joy to read, even if is unusually structured. Step out into the galaxy Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos is set in the 28th century. Mankind has expanded […]
Land of Mediocrity
It has been a while. I keep reading and writing reviews but I can barely find the time to edit and upload. That is why this review is about a series of books. So. RPG literature. I thought that when everyone else writes about “kissing books”, I can review “adventure books”. There certainly is an abundance of crappy fantasy and SF literature available, but novels set in the worlds of roleplaying games are something special. Often enough, they reach such low standards that they are […]