Brass Man and The Voyage of the Sable Keech
Neal Asher
Pan Macmillan
Paperback and Trade Paperback, R80 and R135
Reviewed by Ian Jamieson, on 24 April 2006
Two new books from one of my less favourite authors of hard core science
fiction. Less favourite not because he cannot write, or that he does not have
a vivid imagination, but simply because his books do not flow.
Brass Man is particularly annoying for in one
short chapter the author has seven distinct and separate sections of
unconnected (yet) stories. The Voyage of the Sable Keech
is not quite as bad but still extremely difficut to follow.
The book prices are excellent. The Voyage of the Sable
Keech is the larger - C-format - and both are available now.
Brass Man is Mr Crane from
Gridlinked now resurrected and forced to assist in the hunt for a
dragon.
The Voyage of the Sable Keech is the story,
mainly, of a huge wooden ship designed to take the walking dead to Nivana.
If you are prepared to use total concentration in reading these books, then
enjoy.
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