How do you make an egg-roll?
Push it down a hill.
And now that I’ve got your attention and undying fealty — iz time for, to quote the Mozart of our time, “Anotha One”.
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I finished the sci-fi novel Patchworld Nova by Jude Mire. It is a story reminiscent of Valerian, City of a Thousand Planets (the book, [a rare instance of movie preceding book] never watched the movie). The reader is treated to an adventure through a bunch of alien environments, but that’s pretty much where the similarity ends. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it’s got interesting characters that have dimension and consistency; it’s got vivid descriptions of bizarre alien environments and creatures; and a steady driving plot that never gets forgotten along the way. I could picture every aspect of the book, it is very well written.
You follow characters along an arduous journey and you really feel the dragging nature of this quest. It’s written so well that when the characters find a place of respite about halfway, I was just as suspicious as they were and then found myself relieved. The way it’s written pulled me in so much, the respite felt like a breath — a calm in the storm, yet I wanted to dive right back into the fray.
As I’ve previously noted, I am a sucker for creatures and environments, so this book was right up my alley. There are nearly dozens of fascinating and well described environments, not to mention fitting inhabitants and creatures — I loved it. I tried to come up with some kind of feedback or something I didn’t care for, but I got nothing. Seriously good work here, if you like scifi — definitely read this one.
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