tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978497880525976810.post6519896623973611039..comments2024-01-17T01:33:01.361-08:00Comments on Staffer's Book Review: Dauntless - Jack CampbellJustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18030992882575439420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978497880525976810.post-5618683600980869292012-08-01T13:36:53.718-07:002012-08-01T13:36:53.718-07:00Thanks for the shoutout, too.
I've read half ...Thanks for the shoutout, too.<br /><br />I've read half of the initial series, and to be honest "not a lot happening" is pretty much par for the course. Even the path the fleet takes seems largely random (I tried following it via the chart and had to give up as it made no sense). Add on to that the repetition in dialogue ("Geary released a breath he didn't know he was holding" being the major offender), and the woman from Battlestar Galactica (come on, that politician lady is TOTALLY Roslin), and one wonders why one bothers.<br /><br />Yet you can't *not* bother when reading them. They're quick and easy reads, but you're almost glued to them. You know progress won't be made, you know what'll happen, but you never care. You just want more.<br /><br />These books are throwaway pulpy sci-fi at its very best, and oddly it manages to draw you in more than some more "original" or serious pieces.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584173641687026307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978497880525976810.post-943661751719906152012-08-01T08:03:13.182-07:002012-08-01T08:03:13.182-07:00As always Justin, a very fair review. Also, thanks...As always Justin, a very fair review. Also, thanks for the shout-out. I haven't read the immediate follow-ups to the first series (hope to remedy that soonishly), but I've read and really enjoyed the two books in the BEYOND THE FRONTIER series.<br /><br />To paraphrase Raymond E. Feist, these books definitely qualify as Ripping Yarns for me.RobBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014122096561992311noreply@blogger.com