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Bezig met laden... The Trade of Queensdoor Charles Stross
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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. Decent finish the the series, looking forward to some spin-offs. Without a full review or a lot of spoilers, it's hard to explain why I liked this so much less than the previous volumes in the series. I'll just say two things: (1) I don't think this provides a satisfying wrap-up for most of the story lines started in the earlier books, but the acknowledgements in the front make it clear that there won't be another book to tie things up. (2) In this volume, the main story turns a corner in this book into a very different place, and one I don't really want to be in, especially when I'm hoping to enjoy some low-fantasy espionage, like the rest of the series provides. Sigh. It does not look like this is the end of this series. Too many loose threads. Also, conservative readers seem to be upset about the very obvious insertion of Bush / Cheney / Rumsfeld in the story. Read the Amazon reviews and you'll get a good sample of "shut up and write sci-fi." However, the last two volumes have been all over the place and it's not clear Stross knows where he's going with all this. The series has enough materials to continue (and I can't figure out why HBO has not created a series based on this) but if this is the end of it, it's very unsatisfying. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Merchant Princes (6) Is opgenomen in
A dissident faction of the Clan, the alternate universe group of families that has traded covertly with our world for a century or more, have carried nuclear devices between the worlds and exploded them in Washington, DC, killing the President of the United States. Now they will exterminate the rest of the Clan and keep Miriam alive only long enough to bear her child, the heir to the throne of their land in the Gruinmarkt world. The worst and deepest secret is now revealed: behind the horrifying plot is a faction of the US government itself, preparing for a political takeover in the aftermath of disaster. There is no safe place for Miriam and her Clan except, perhaps, in the third alternate world, New Britain--which has just had a revolution and a nuclear incident of its own. Charles Stross's Merchant Princes series reaches a spectacular climax in this sixth volume. Praised by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman as "great fun," this is state of the art, cutting edge SF grown out of a fantastic premise. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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