These stories include all of Verne’s most famous works (e.g., Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island, Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and From the Earth to the Moon). Jules Verne wrote 54 stories as part of “The Extraordinary Voyages” series (FYI I had no idea there were so many before reading this so Anderson picks up some points there already). The story also includes a “where’s waldo” aspect for Verne fans as they can play “spot the underlying Verne novel” while reading the book. Well his love doth shine through and this speedy-paced, well plotted adventure is filled with fun. Anderson who pulled off what I now understand was a labor of love for him as a huge fan of Jules Verne. Further, the fact that I was enjoying it “against my will” is a pretty big “tip of the cap” to Mr. However, the book had come up on my random selection of “what to read next” and so, though cursing both my fate and several pantheons of gods, I reluctantly started reading.and color me all different shades of surprised, I found myself really enjoying this. Needless to say, the above was about as confidence inspiring as a congressional promise. Publishers listen up……(especially the “cover art wizards” over at BAEN books). You have this “heavy-lidded” brooding dorkmeister looking both constipated and as if his bottom lip were about to start quivering because someone off camera just called him an assclown. I mean seriously, who approves these things and can we get them into detox before it’s too late. His name across the top did not bode well for my happy. Now I had never read any of KJ’s work before, but he's pretty famous as a “literary whore” who pumps out tie-in books for franchises like Star Wars, StarCraft, X-files and has been “milking” the Dune franchise with Brian Herbert until the poor thing's utters are dry, cracked and swollen. I like well done mashes quite a bit, but sadly have found only a few that were really up to the challenge of being well done. I was already cogitating how I was going to go about dumping a sweaty pile of stink all over it as the novel had 3.BIG.STRIKES against it from the moment “get” started to “go.”įirst: you’ve got the “historical mash” concept that always makes me twitch like a hooker at an aids test. Going in, I thought there was little hope for more than a single star and some rage clouds in this book’s narrative sky. Within no time, it has sat on my expectations and made them cry uncle. This is a page-turning, popcorn adventure with real heart and a few more brains in its noggin than I initially provided for. We currently reside near Monument, Colorado.Ī rousing, well-told, thumping good yarn full of excitement-filled rollicking.and one I am fairly astonished to have enjoyed as much as I did. I serve as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. I have also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Predator titles (also for Dark Horse), and X-Files titles for Topps. My original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. I have written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and I'm the co-author of the Dune prequels. After you've tried those, I hope you'll check out some of my other series. And my magnum opus, the science fiction epic The Saga of Seven Suns, begins with HIDDEN EMPIRE. My steampunk fantasy adventures, CLOCKWORK ANGELS and CLOCKWORK LIVES, written with Neil Peart, legendary drummer from Rush, are two of my very favorite novels ever. series, humorous horror/mysteries, which begin with DEATH WARMED OVER. If you are new to my work, let me recommend a few titles as good places to start. Yes, I have a lot of books, and if this is your first visit to my amazon author page, it can be a little overwhelming.
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