| From: | Number Ten Ox number_10_ox@**********.com |
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| Subject: | Skipping Black Madonna. |
| Date: | Wed, 11 Aug 1999 07:05:43 -0700 (PDT) |
> Maybe by examining what we see as the best of the novel series, we will
> understand what the novels should strive towards in content and style and
> plot.
Except we won't come to a consensus, Twist. :) To each his own, YMMV, and
all that.
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I, personally, haven't picked up a Shadowrun novel yet that I truly
enjoyed as a work of literature. _The Secrets of Power_ Trilogy came
closest, perhaps, but there still was the sense of hearing dice rolling in
the background, and the main character for most of the book was SO damn
dense about his magical ability I couldn't help but wish Dog would drop
him already. _Never Trust An Elf_ was fun, but the use of Sean Laverty as
deus ex machina annoyed me a bit. _Nosferatu_ was unabashedly awful, with
cardboard cutouts of characters strutting all over the novel. _Worlds
Without End_ was all right as such things go, but I must admit I was
awfully disappointed in it: Caroline Spector never _did_ anything with the
historical tie-ins, and I kept envisioning what a writer like Tim Powers
might be able to do with it.
(That's OK, though. The Decker in my group, who's been wanting a secret
society to join, has been contacted by a group calling themselves the Sons
of Mortimer, who seem convinced that the world is run by negro immortals.
He didn't contact them back, not being of a particularly racist bent, but
some of the information they provided sparked his interest. He's currently
digging at a trail of data which will eventually lead him to Sir Francis
Walsingham and John Dee participating in a down-cycle hunt, which ought to
scramble his brains sufficiently. :))
> -Twist
--Number 10.
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