[BT] Masters of War - ** 1/2

[Tim Skirvin]

I was really hoping for something more with this book. This was
Stackpole's return to the Dark Age novel line for the first time since
Ghost War, the first novel; and it came at a time when the books have been
generally getting better, with a story going on that's interesting (Fortress
Republic). But I don't really know why I expected Stackpole to write
about *that*.

Masters of War is about the Wolves. It has Katrina S-D in it,
somehow, and her son is the main character. It has Galaxies of 'Mechs,
but the conflicts are fairly small. And, well, while there are some ideas
in it that are interesting and large-scale, the fundamental ideas just
seem small and personal.

This wasn't what I was looking for. It was still Stackpole, so it
was competently done and interesting, but... I was hoping for Surrender
Your Dreams again, but this time from the writer that made this universe
something worth reading for the last couple of decades.

Oh well. You'll still want to read it.

** 1/2

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[zircher]

Tim Skirvin wrote:
>
> I was really hoping for something more with this book. This was
> Stackpole's return to the Dark Age novel line for the first time since
> Ghost War, the first novel; and it came at a time when the books have been
> generally getting better, with a story going on that's interesting (Fortress
> Republic). But I don't really know why I expected Stackpole to write
> about *that*.

..

> This wasn't what I was looking for. It was still Stackpole, so it
> was competently done and interesting, but... I was hoping for Surrender
> Your Dreams again, but this time from the writer that made this universe
> something worth reading for the last couple of decades.
>
> Oh well. You'll still want to read it.
>
> ** 1/2

So, you give a competent and interesting book 2 1/2 stars because the
author wrote about what he wanted instead of what you wanted? Wow,
that's a tough critic. I can see you giving a half star to War and
Peace, "Long story, not enough mechs." <big grin>
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[Tim Skirvin]

zircher <tzir...@yahoo.com> writes:

>> This wasn't what I was looking for. It was still Stackpole, so it
>> was competently done and interesting, but... I was hoping for Surrender
>> Your Dreams again, but this time from the writer that made this universe
>> something worth reading for the last couple of decades.

>> Oh well. You'll still want to read it.

>> ** 1/2

> So, you give a competent and interesting book 2 1/2 stars because the
> author wrote about what he wanted instead of what you wanted?

** 1/2 is "average"; I use a four-star scale for my reviews.

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And yes, I was hoping for something that would advance the
storyline, instead of add yet more sub-plots to it. I'm still not used to
the fact that it's Loren Coleman writing those books nowadays.

- Tim Skirvin (tski...@killfile.org)
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