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Bezig met laden... Under Pressuredoor Fabio Fernandes
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. I thank the publisher for a free copy of this book. This is my honest review.The setting for this novella is steampunk, in the sense that events occur (mostly) in Victorian times in an alternate world. Add in oneironauts who travel between timelines/alternative realities by shifting their consciousness between host bodies, and it becomes more metaphysical than your standard steampunk adventure. Some of the characters will be recogniseable from works by authors such as Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle and HG Wells. Others are derived from history: I noted Richard Burton (the explorer, presumably) and an early iteration of a 20th century pop star. Quite possibly there were others that I didn’t pick up on. I enjoyed the early part of the adventure, the sense of a world in peril, and learning about the Oneiros Club and its doings and opposition. I wasn’t quite as engaged with the later parts. For my tastes, there was too much “reality-switching” to keep track of and the rules of the world were fluid, not giving me much chance to orientate myself. An entertaining novella which will appeal if you like metaphysical adventures. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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As an Oneironaut and agent of the Fellowship, January Purcell is used to danger and thinking on her feet, having faced threats up and down the timeline and in various realities; all part of the Great and Long Game. Nothing, however, could have prepared her for the extremes demanded by this latest mission, which sees her accompany Dr Robert Jones and his colleagues on a journey from the heart of Victorian London to Iceland, following in the footsteps of Professor Lidenbrock and the alchemist (and, it turns out, fellow Oneironaut) Arne Saknussemm. Denied the support of her colleagues at London's Oneiros Club due to her gender, January must rely on her own resources as she descends into the extinct volcano Snæfellsjökull, little imagining what she will encounter there, little realising that this is all merely a prelude to a long-planned invasion from Earth's near neighbour, Mars... "Here's such a rich confection of our favourite persons and places, from Jules Verne's volcano in Iceland and the subterranean Vril race to Wells's Martian invaders and even scheming Moriarty-along with revelations about reality and about more-than-reality (such as The House, and The Existing). Need I mention that there are also shared lucid dreams? No spoilers could spoil the frantic fun of this sprightly riff. It's stimulating, tremendous stuff." - Ian Watson, author of the Screen Story for Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I enjoyed this novella. There are lots of clever plot lines and the references to famous SF books is really fun. My only hesitation about recommending this book fully is that, in the end, it feels like a draft of what could be a much longer, more detailed, more nuanced narrative. I felt at times like the author must have been under a length constraint – I'm not sure why the author would not have otherwise fleshed out the characters and story line in more depth. This said, the novella is a quick and enjoyable read that left me wanting more.