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Reading Excuses / Re: January 18- Dark Prophecy- Deathday Magic- Chapter 1
« on: January 19, 2010, 03:30:33 AM »
Oops, my dudeness is showing
A lot of people describe Scalzi’s Old Man's War novels as military science fiction, but I would classify its sequel Zoë’s Tale as a space opera. It’s a story about, well, Zoë, a teenage girl whose parents are invited to take leadership roles in building a colony on a new planet. Zoë is an enthusiastic member of the group sent to colonize Roanoke, despite the risks—and the risks are considerable even before the political machinations of greater powers boil to the surface. Continue reading Zoë’s Tale
Review by Silk
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I just realized that apparently, whenever we get new blood around here we question your prose a lot. Sorry about that It's habitual.
As he watched from the doorstep a brave fighter charged the beast, swinging a maul. The massive weapon hardly made a dent. The creature lashed out with an arm of pure black, slamming the warrior in, and through, a pillar lining the walls. From the look of things the warrior was not the first to suffer that fate. There were bodies all over the place, some still moving, and others unable to.
Another rock, and then another, coming harder and faster, breaking his shield. He twisted, but the next rock cracked the elbow of his shield arm. Swinging his sword stopped only a fraction of the tiny projectiles. Who was throwing those things?
Through a haze he heard Black Rose speak. “This will not be like the Great Rot – the old Walkers of the Paths had no idea what they were messing with. I do.”
Wisteria shook her head. To her the words of Black Rose must seem foolishness. He wished he had the same conviction. What if she was right all along? Oh, what had they done here?
“You would mess with the foundation of life,” Wisteria asked, “and bring about the wrath of Lady Decay?”
Heck, she could say something while he's carrying her, and he talks to her to help keep her conscious. Just a thought.