John Steakley (1951–2010)
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Obres de John Steakley
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- Nom normalitzat
- Steakley, John
- Nom oficial
- Steakley Jr., John William
- Data de naixement
- 1951-07-26
- Data de defunció
- 2010-11-27
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- United States of America
- Lloc de naixement
- Cleburne, Texas, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- McKinney, Texas, USA
- Llocs de residència
- McKinney, Texas, USA
- Educació
- St. Mark's School of Texas
Colorado Academy
Westminster College
Southern Methodist University (BA|English) - Professions
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screenwriter
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Armor de John Steakley
This is a 3 stories in one book. Only one of the stories is really good.
The novel is actually composed of 2 very different storylines, extremely loosely connected:
1. A combat military sci-fi about a scout named Felix. This is extremely good and I enjoyed it immensely for its rhythm, grit and realism regarding the stupidity of the brass. The intense battles are reminiscent of the ww1 carnage (unlike Starship Troopers' obvious ww2 inspiration). 5/5 is barely enough for this part.
2. Another storyline about some wiseguy Han Solo type crook and... space pirates. Yes, in a book not from the 1930s,but at the same ridiculous level. This part is terribly boring, ridiculous, unoriginal and riddled with badly written characters. If I could go less than 1/5 I would.
So the average is 3, and if the editor kept just half the book (the mil scifi) it would have been a much better decision.… (més)
1. A combat military sci-fi about a scout named Felix. This is extremely good and I enjoyed it immensely for its rhythm, grit and realism regarding the stupidity of the brass. The intense battles are reminiscent of the ww1 carnage (unlike Starship Troopers' obvious ww2 inspiration). 5/5 is barely enough for this part.
2. Another storyline about some wiseguy Han Solo type crook and... space pirates. Yes, in a book not from the 1930s,but at the same ridiculous level. This part is terribly boring, ridiculous, unoriginal and riddled with badly written characters. If I could go less than 1/5 I would.
So the average is 3, and if the editor kept just half the book (the mil scifi) it would have been a much better decision.… (més)
I read chapter one, half way through it I realized i no longer had any idea where the book is going. I suspect neither did the author. But I went ahead, got to chapter two and for the first part I thought I was still going to like the book. Half way through the second chapter I realized I no longer have had any clue where the book is going, for a second time.
People say the ending is nice. Well, good, but the middle part is an impassable platitude chasm. I had to stop.
People say the ending is nice. Well, good, but the middle part is an impassable platitude chasm. I had to stop.
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- Obres
- 2
- Membres
- 2,382
- Popularitat
- #10,778
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 61
- ISBN
- 29
- Llengües
- 4
- Preferit
- 7
- Pedres de toc
- 40