I hear what you are saying; I have a lot of books like that, the concepts are great but no matter how good the details are, the story overall does not gel.
Breakaway Station! Great reviews. I can't read the older stuff because of "cheesy dialog". BTW: Extro (Alfred Bester). DNF'd at page 4. I wrote a review on GR if you're interested. Love the channel.
Nice one, I don't think I've read this one. I've only just finished reading a novel that made me ask the same question. "What did i just read?" haha.. sounds interesting though
This is the first SF novel I ever read, though I did read countless short stories in the field by this point. Like you, I wasn't blown away by it, but I did remember it being good enough to leave me looking for more by this author. I think it was the ideas in it that I most liked. He was much better in several other novels
@@sfwordsofwonder I forgot to say that I read that book 30 years ago. Sorry for not clarifying that. It was the book that was responsible for getting me interested in SF novels, so I have a soft spot for it. Before The Embedding, the only SF I read were short stories, by Bradbury, Matheson, Ellison, Aldiss - they were my go-to short story writers...
Great review as always. I've read some Ian Watson short stories that I also found pretty confusing. On the other hand, I can definitely recommend his later novel Oracle, which combines an intriguing time travel premise with political thriĺler. I love the cover design for The Moon Pool!
Dude your summary of the plot sounded super interesting, too bad the author couldn't convey the story in a coherent way! It sounds like this story and these ideas told by Alastair Reynolds woulda been dope
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sounds wak. i appreciated that you covered the prose and khans
Thanks for reviewing this book as I’ve been looking for a copy.
Love the cover art.
I love SF books around 250/300 pages, i always get demotivated when i want to read something around 800+ pages
Great video, as per usual.
I hear what you are saying; I have a lot of books like that, the concepts are great but no matter how good the details are, the story overall does not gel.
Yeah, at least this one had the ideas, and some disturbing scenes that will also stick with me for a while. 🥴
Oh wow! Perfect. Watching now. I own this and have never gotten around to reading it. ✅
Hmm 🤔 😂 - I hate 🧀 cheese dialogue so ...... Pass.
Great video 👍
Haha, saw your first comment and was waiting for this reaction.
Breakaway Station!
Great reviews. I can't read the older stuff because of "cheesy dialog".
BTW: Extro (Alfred Bester). DNF'd at page 4. I wrote a review on GR if you're interested.
Love the channel.
"I pee'd in a tumbler and forced it down his throat." Oh, Bester...
Nice one, I don't think I've read this one. I've only just finished reading a novel that made me ask the same question. "What did i just read?" haha.. sounds interesting though
It was interesting, that's for sure.
This is the first SF novel I ever read, though I did read countless short stories in the field by this point. Like you, I wasn't blown away by it, but I did remember it being good enough to leave me looking for more by this author. I think it was the ideas in it that I most liked. He was much better in several other novels
Wow, this would have been pretty deep and mind blowing for a first SF read, great job. Yes, I'm definitely going to look for more from Watson.
@@sfwordsofwonder I forgot to say that I read that book 30 years ago. Sorry for not clarifying that. It was the book that was responsible for getting me interested in SF novels, so I have a soft spot for it. Before The Embedding, the only SF I read were short stories, by Bradbury, Matheson, Ellison, Aldiss - they were my go-to short story writers...
Great review as always. I've read some Ian Watson short stories that I also found pretty confusing. On the other hand, I can definitely recommend his later novel Oracle, which combines an intriguing time travel premise with political thriĺler.
I love the cover design for The Moon Pool!
Thanks for the recommendation Robin, yeah I felt like he was really on to something in this one. I'll be on the lookout for Oracle.
Dude your summary of the plot sounded super interesting, too bad the author couldn't convey the story in a coherent way! It sounds like this story and these ideas told by Alastair Reynolds woulda been dope
It was pretty ambitus for a first novel, but it really had some potential.