Here I am sandwhiched between funerals and weddings again, thinking about life and the nature of existence. It is time consumming. I just finished an edit of a memorial from March 30 which I had to put on hold for a run of weddings. This was after having to put a wedding edit on hold for a run of funerals (well memorial services). Progress is being made.
I do have to say that the most satisfying thing I have done lately was to break down and buy a Kindle 4 (4th generation, Ink display). I am reading The Hunger Games at last and it is better than I expected. The world of the book is a bit deeper than I was led to believe and the characters a bit more involved. Katniss is better developed than i expected
Having said this, I look forward to the other books to flesh out the world a bit more, obviously district 13 is the most interesting feature of this future world. What it reminds me most of is a show called Jeremiah with a little mad max beyond thunderdome to mix it up with.
At least, it makes no pretense at being better than it is.
At least there is humor in it, even if it is a bit forced.
At least there is an direct attempt at plot complications even if is a bit obvious and predictable.
I would give it 3 out of 5 for juvenile fiction at this point (chapter 5) and 3 of 5 in the sense of regular fiction. In science fiction (and I mean books not the other stuff) it more like a 2 of 5. My reasons for this is the book (so far) is largely conjectural relying on providences already in place based on the assumption that you have
A. read books before
B. Seen some Post apocalyptic movies/TV (this one is pretty hard to escape)
C. have some rudimentary idea of the US without any real practical knowledge of the US (take a look at other post apocalyptic movies)
D. will accept shallow descriptions of places. (which is okay,, but relying on people to understand that the Seam is this place and then just refering to it over and over again does not give you anyreal picture of it except as a shanty town outside some coal mine) The Seam is a good word but cries for description. One impression I get from the book is that there are 12 districts that have one town apeice in them which is largely in ruins. What I don't get is any impression of the land itself. What is it like? Is it a bombed out wasteland like Fallout or the Postman. Is it a wilderness growing over past civilizations. Books like this just let the readers make all kinds of assumptions about landscapes that are familiar.
Is it important? To me it is, because every time i read a book like this I amm thinking how does my worlds compare with this one?
And as Stephen says. That's the W0rd.
(even though I just said a bunch of them)
I do have to say that the most satisfying thing I have done lately was to break down and buy a Kindle 4 (4th generation, Ink display). I am reading The Hunger Games at last and it is better than I expected. The world of the book is a bit deeper than I was led to believe and the characters a bit more involved. Katniss is better developed than i expected
Having said this, I look forward to the other books to flesh out the world a bit more, obviously district 13 is the most interesting feature of this future world. What it reminds me most of is a show called Jeremiah with a little mad max beyond thunderdome to mix it up with.
At least, it makes no pretense at being better than it is.
At least there is humor in it, even if it is a bit forced.
At least there is an direct attempt at plot complications even if is a bit obvious and predictable.
I would give it 3 out of 5 for juvenile fiction at this point (chapter 5) and 3 of 5 in the sense of regular fiction. In science fiction (and I mean books not the other stuff) it more like a 2 of 5. My reasons for this is the book (so far) is largely conjectural relying on providences already in place based on the assumption that you have
A. read books before
B. Seen some Post apocalyptic movies/TV (this one is pretty hard to escape)
C. have some rudimentary idea of the US without any real practical knowledge of the US (take a look at other post apocalyptic movies)
D. will accept shallow descriptions of places. (which is okay,, but relying on people to understand that the Seam is this place and then just refering to it over and over again does not give you anyreal picture of it except as a shanty town outside some coal mine) The Seam is a good word but cries for description. One impression I get from the book is that there are 12 districts that have one town apeice in them which is largely in ruins. What I don't get is any impression of the land itself. What is it like? Is it a bombed out wasteland like Fallout or the Postman. Is it a wilderness growing over past civilizations. Books like this just let the readers make all kinds of assumptions about landscapes that are familiar.
Is it important? To me it is, because every time i read a book like this I amm thinking how does my worlds compare with this one?
And as Stephen says. That's the W0rd.
(even though I just said a bunch of them)
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