I think I'll be happy if the world-building is expanded. I think. I did read on the author's website the same sentiment, that readers seem to prefer the first book in the series to the others.
I'm so glad you liked this one. And I think I must be the only person who thought this was a nice cover and didn't wonder why the woman is having some kind of orgasmic experience.
But the book: I KNOW, RIGHT?! It's good stuff. Anyway, this is my favorite in the series. The other books are good too, but they didn't really wow me with "ooh, shiny new world", in the way that this one did.
Well, the orgasmic experience is clearly because she's singing, right? ;) Nah, the rest of us must be horny toads or something. :)
I look forward to reading more, but given the teetering stacks of the TBR pile, I'm going to wait to pick those up. :) But I'm glad I finally read this. It mixes SF and fantasy in a way that really resonates with me.
My big beef with this is the stupidest beef I think I've ever had with an angel-type story: the biomechanics of human wings capable of flight? IMPOSSIBLE, according to a physicist I know and a evolutionary biologist I know. They would have to be CRAZY INSANELY HUGE
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I got the impression the wings were quite large, though probably not as large as they'd scientifically need to be. Though, that said, I wonder if it'd be different if the angels were somehow bio-mechanical?
I'm still not straight on the Kiss. Sure, it's a tracker, and I get that it records biological data and would flare up next to someone with ideal compatibility biologically speaking, but beyond that, I didn't gather much.
Glad to know you've read this one, though, because I was hoping to hear your thoughts. :) And you're right: how funny it is that our perspectives change so much. Hell, I look at mid-twenties as being young now!
My understanding is to get the lift necessary to lift a human body we're talking REALLY. REALLY. REALLY. REALLY. large. Like, airplane size attached to a human body large, and I'm not talk'n about a little cessna! Humans just aren't built for flight in too many ways and to compensate for it, you'd need like jumbo jet wings. And then you'd be dealing with wings breaking under their own weight
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Very cool. It is the kind of book that's inspirational, and I wish over and over I'd read this while I was working on my own SF novel. There's so many things that I like, and it would've been good to study them while I was in a more critical frame of mind.
What are the other books that spurred you into writing fantasy?
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But the book: I KNOW, RIGHT?! It's good stuff. Anyway, this is my favorite in the series. The other books are good too, but they didn't really wow me with "ooh, shiny new world", in the way that this one did.
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I look forward to reading more, but given the teetering stacks of the TBR pile, I'm going to wait to pick those up. :) But I'm glad I finally read this. It mixes SF and fantasy in a way that really resonates with me.
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I'm still not straight on the Kiss. Sure, it's a tracker, and I get that it records biological data and would flare up next to someone with ideal compatibility biologically speaking, but beyond that, I didn't gather much.
Glad to know you've read this one, though, because I was hoping to hear your thoughts. :) And you're right: how funny it is that our perspectives change so much. Hell, I look at mid-twenties as being young now!
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Looks like you won a contest over on Jim Hines' blog. Congrats!
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What are the other books that spurred you into writing fantasy?
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