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roseembolism) wrote2011-04-08 10:54 am
roseembolism) wrote2011-04-08 10:54 am
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The title does not provoke confidence
It seems that in order to pay the mortgage a number of SF writers have jumped on the better selling fantasy genre bandwagon. One would think that their experience in the supposedly more demanding and intellectually rigorous science fiction field would lead to some pretty different fantasy concepts, but well...
Take John Scalzi for example; his new "epic fantasy series" is named..."Shadow War of the Night Dragons".
Oh come ON John, surely you can do better than that. Like maybe "Dark Shadowy Night Shadow War of the Dark Shadowy Night Dragons at Night".
Maybe I'm underestimating this novel, maybe it doesn't have any actual dragons in it, and the name refers to ninjas or assassins. But my hopes aren't exactly up.
Take John Scalzi for example; his new "epic fantasy series" is named..."Shadow War of the Night Dragons".
Oh come ON John, surely you can do better than that. Like maybe "Dark Shadowy Night Shadow War of the Dark Shadowy Night Dragons at Night".
Maybe I'm underestimating this novel, maybe it doesn't have any actual dragons in it, and the name refers to ninjas or assassins. But my hopes aren't exactly up.
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Also, following his link to the fake prologue, I have to say that the first sentence would either have tipped me off, or make me call 911 on the poor bastard's behalf because clearly he was tripping balls on something that would likely kill him. Or possibly make him kill himself after seeing what he published under his own name.
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