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sakon76Title: 1634: The Ram Rebellion
Authors: Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce
Length: 496 pages
This book... was definitely the hardest of the series thus far. I've bitched about cognitive dissonance and feeling lost between too many storylines for the others, but this one takes the cake. It's basically a set of interrelated short stories patchily held together with a piss-poor framing device storyline in between them. Further, every time there's a jump in time or location you're given a new X-burg, 16-something. Which is supposed to be useful, but is really just annoying. Further, the stories frequently refer to things that happen in other stories that you haven't read yet. I appreciate the authors' point that history is made just as much by people on the ground as by kings and queens, and the Brillo stories were amusing, but overall this book was grueling to get through. It might be better after a second read (thus letting one have an idea of what the hell is going on), but frankly, it's annoyed me such that I don't wanna.
Verdict: Skip, unless you're trying to complete the set.
Authors: Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce
Length: 496 pages
This book... was definitely the hardest of the series thus far. I've bitched about cognitive dissonance and feeling lost between too many storylines for the others, but this one takes the cake. It's basically a set of interrelated short stories patchily held together with a piss-poor framing device storyline in between them. Further, every time there's a jump in time or location you're given a new X-burg, 16-something. Which is supposed to be useful, but is really just annoying. Further, the stories frequently refer to things that happen in other stories that you haven't read yet. I appreciate the authors' point that history is made just as much by people on the ground as by kings and queens, and the Brillo stories were amusing, but overall this book was grueling to get through. It might be better after a second read (thus letting one have an idea of what the hell is going on), but frankly, it's annoyed me such that I don't wanna.
Verdict: Skip, unless you're trying to complete the set.
