Karl Gallagher ([info]selenite) wrote,
@ 2008-02-06 10:35:00
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Review: My Own Kind of Freedom
You've probably seen mentions that Steven Brust posted his Firefly fanfic novel. It's good. It's in the continuity shortly before the movie. This time the job goes right . . . but Mal manages to find some trouble anyway. He did a superb job of getting the characters right, especially River (which impresses me--she's hard to write). His Guest Star is an interesting person and plays a key role without overshadowing the BDHs. Go read it, y'all.

I haven't been that familiar with Brust before this. I'd enjoyed Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille but not enough to go seek out more of his work. I think I'm going to pick up Freedom and Necessity and give it another shot.



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[info]unwilly
2008-02-06 04:57 pm UTC (link)
The Taltos series is his best work, IMO.

I used to be more into him, but I have a hard time reconciling his Trotsky-ite beliefs with his writing. I did drop his LJ because of that.

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[info]joyeuse13
2008-02-06 05:20 pm UTC (link)
Second that on the Taltos series, though I only really enjoyed the early ones. There's something...unfocused...about his later writing that I can't really get into.

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[info]unwilly
2008-02-06 05:30 pm UTC (link)
Dzur seems to help with the focus issues, as I enjoyed it much more than the previous two.

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[info]archangelbeth
2008-02-06 06:00 pm UTC (link)
I haven't seen the movie or the tv series -- should I read the novel anyway?

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[info]selenite
2008-02-06 06:50 pm UTC (link)
No, the joy mostly comes from character details.

But I strongly recommend the series. Give the first (pilot) episode a try. If you don't like it, probably not worth continuing though.

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