I’m very appreciative of your calm and deliberate view. If you have to err in a direction, I’d rather have more objective criticism than less. At the very least, it’s always thought-provoking in contrast to my experience of a novel!
I have not read this, and I probably won't. Thank you for the honest review. I think we might have similar tastes for space opera. I have A Memory Called Enpire on my TBR shelf but have not had a chance to get to it.
@@Tim_with_Tomes_and_Tales A lot of other people like it, but it just wasn't to my tastes. I'm also skeptical of a lot of titles that win awards, but again that's more about my mindset than anything else.
No problem. The book is only about 200 pages, but sometimes it felt much longer. I'll at least give it credit for not running to an obscene page count.
@@GrammaticusBooks Too late, Grammaticus. I'm reading the 1971 edition because it's the one I have, and Anderson's forward suggests he preferred his later edit for having less linguistic artifice to it. I hope you're still looking forward to the review all the same.
I’m very appreciative of your calm and deliberate view. If you have to err in a direction, I’d rather have more objective criticism than less. At the very least, it’s always thought-provoking in contrast to my experience of a novel!
You're welcome, Paul. I just did my best to explain why this novel didn't work for me.
I have not read this, and I probably won't. Thank you for the honest review. I think we might have similar tastes for space opera. I have A Memory Called Enpire on my TBR shelf but have not had a chance to get to it.
You're welcome, Tim. If you read A Memory called Empire, I hope you enjoy it. I know I did not, and that's putting it mildly.
@@PeculiarNotions didn't it win a Hugo? Now I'm nervous.
@@Tim_with_Tomes_and_Tales A lot of other people like it, but it just wasn't to my tastes. I'm also skeptical of a lot of titles that win awards, but again that's more about my mindset than anything else.
Sounds like it was a slog. Appreciate that you're weeding stuff like this out so that it doesn't make my reading lists!
No problem. The book is only about 200 pages, but sometimes it felt much longer. I'll at least give it credit for not running to an obscene page count.
Sorry to hear this one fell short. Better luck on the next one!
Even in its early goings Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword is holding my interest.
@@PeculiarNotions That's a great book PN, looking forward to your review (I do recommend the original vs the later edited version)
@@GrammaticusBooks Too late, Grammaticus. I'm reading the 1971 edition because it's the one I have, and Anderson's forward suggests he preferred his later edit for having less linguistic artifice to it. I hope you're still looking forward to the review all the same.
Bummer that this wasn't a great read, but I always appreciate your criticisms. I don't think you're too critical at all.
Thank you, Smiti.