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Posted By: ArithmomaniacDate: 10/28/11 9:11 a.m.

In Response To: I should have been sleeping... (AladelAngel)


Warning, negativity may follow. Sorry

: I absolutely love the post war stuff. Spartan IVs,
: the Infinity , and Mark VII MJOLNIR. Yes, please. Include detailed
: schematics next time 343!

I enjoyed this, too. But slipping these in in passing without exploring it left me feeling like Traviss was just checking off boxes from 343i.

: Is there really any reason why three ODSTs need to be told that Halsey was
: the head of a program that abducted children? Not really. I can't help but
: feel that it was just an excuse to have more characters talking crap about
: Halsey. I was fully expecting them to tell the damn Elite by the end of
: the book, just so we can have some conversation with him and 'Phyllis'
: about how evil she is.

+1

: Then we have Halsey's co-conspirators: Mendez and Parangosky. Two people that
: participated in -- and in Parangosky's case signed off on -- almost every
: thing Halsey did. They even did it again with the SIII program. But, aside
: from a few throw away lines, they are spared the lashing she gets. It's
: pretty disappointing.

I'm almost positive Parangosky has a personal connection to the flash-cloned children, which is why Karen kept homing in on it. Parangosky could have picked a ton of things to hit Halsey over the head with - why just this one? It doesn't seem like enough to send Halsey to hell for.

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Which gets at what really bothered about the book - none of the plot lines have a modicum of closure. The shield world holds so much, but all we've gotten so far is the Slipspace drives. Paragosky, Naomi and dad, and Halsey form some flash-cloning nexus - but we only get the pieces on the last page. Halsey herself is struggling with herself, yet we don't even get to see her move into hell. The New Insurrection hasn't started - they're still doing recon. The Elite civil war starts on the last page.

I enjoyed the first two-thirds of the book, seeing that it would lead to an awesome payoff. Now I have to wait until the next book to get even to the rising action. This was supposed to be a novel, not a serial!

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Mendez, though, got off too lightly. And the mutual lashing between him and Halsey felt out of place.

: I dunno. Karen Traviss is a damn good storyteller sometimes. She just needs
: to step off the soapbox every once and a while.

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And have a dose of humility. From Twitter:
Me: Too much character self-absorption, no closure, and only a few, half-hearted reveals. @karentraviss, Y U DISAPPOINT? #Halo #Glasslands
I wasn't expecting an answer - if I was, I'd be more polite. But this answer is ridiculous:
Her: @Arithmomaniac Because I write for grownups!

That, at best, answers one of the three questions. Stop spraying lampposts, Traviss.

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Message Index



Replies:

Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*Archilen 10/27/11 8:48 a.m.
     In regards to Halsey...davidfuchs 10/27/11 9:56 a.m.
           Re: In regards to Halsey...GrimBrother One 10/27/11 10:31 a.m.
           Re: In regards to Halsey...Archilen 10/27/11 10:52 a.m.
     Couple of things...GrimBrother One 10/27/11 10:27 a.m.
           Re: Couple of things...davidfuchs 10/27/11 10:35 a.m.
           Re: Couple of things...Archilen 10/27/11 11:09 a.m.
           Re: Couple of things...Postmortem 10/27/11 1:10 p.m.
                 Re: Couple of things...Archilen 10/27/11 2:07 p.m.
                       Re: Couple of things...elrolio 10/27/11 2:29 p.m.
                       Re: Couple of things...scarab 10/27/11 4:49 p.m.
                             Re: Couple of things...Archilen 10/28/11 1:06 a.m.
     Re: Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*elrolio 10/27/11 2:14 p.m.
           Re: Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*Postmortem 10/27/11 2:47 p.m.
                 Re: Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*Archilen 10/28/11 3:25 a.m.
                       Re: Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*Postmortem 10/28/11 7:44 a.m.
     I should have been sleeping...AladelAngel 10/28/11 4:53 a.m.
           Re: I should have been sleeping...Archilen 10/28/11 7:36 a.m.
                 Re: I should have been sleeping...AladelAngel 10/28/11 1:08 p.m.
           This. (+ [mean] comments)Arithmomaniac 10/28/11 9:11 a.m.
                 Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)IESUproductions 10/28/11 10:04 a.m.
                       Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)Arithmomaniac 10/28/11 10:34 a.m.
                             Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)davidfuchs 10/28/11 11:19 a.m.
                 Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)AladelAngel 10/28/11 1:13 p.m.
                       Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)Postmortem 10/28/11 4:44 p.m.
                             Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)davidfuchs 10/28/11 5:14 p.m.
                 Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)Quirel 10/30/11 2:49 p.m.



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