Good Omens is a novel remarkable for it's lovely, lovely prose. Very few of its characters are multifaceted, or deep - GO is a novel of its plot, and its narrative.
This is not a bad thing. But in a longer novel, or a series? We would not be so impressed. GO works because of its compact, stand alone structure. And it works beautifully.
This is not a bad thing. But in a longer novel, or a series? We would not be so impressed. GO works because of its compact, stand alone structure. And it works beautifully.
I agree.
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Ringworld by Larry Niven
- 22/02/2010 06:19:50 PM
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Re: The flip side to my review, as articulated on SFreviews.net:
- 22/02/2010 06:21:05 PM
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RIngworld is a classic that any real fan of scfi should read
- 23/02/2010 05:09:07 AM
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Re: I'm very leery of co-written novels.
- 23/02/2010 10:35:06 AM
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Gaiman/Pratchett managed well...
- 23/02/2010 11:34:05 AM
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Re: Push comes to shove, though...
- 23/02/2010 12:47:34 PM
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Re: Push comes to shove, though...
- 23/02/2010 12:48:25 PM
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Other gems from the 70s and early 80s:
- 12/03/2010 03:04:05 PM
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Re: The Chanur series is wonderful. I will definitely look into more Cherryh. *NM*
- 13/03/2010 09:27:48 AM
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