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This is another of Sean McMullen's crazed reworkings of H. G. Wells's stories in his Moonworlds setting. It is of similar insanity to Voidfarer.
reviews.metaphorosis.com 3 starsYou've probably had occasions when a friend says to you "You know the one about the rabbi and the priest?" and you say "Yes." You're both kind of let down, and often the best thing is to at least recap the joke so that you both chuckle and move on.That let-down feeling captures this book. A lot of it seems half-hearted; McMullen points vaguely in the direction of a joke, and lets it go at that. I'd like to give him credit for subtlety, for being one of the few wri...
Ho Hum, not much to say really. It was an alright book and I do like Wallas but that might be because he is a cat. Overall I just found it a weak story that lacked the bite and wit of the Voyage of the Shadowmoon.
I read this book hoping to find the humour of the second book in this series, but the later books have failed to capture it. It has amusing parts, but nothing that makes me laugh aloud. Still it was an okay read.
Sorta science fiction set in a fantasy setting. OK, but not great.