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Title: Deathstalker Honor: Being the Fourth Part of the Life and Times of Owen Deathstalker by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0-451-45648-3 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: November, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (16 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: They won the war and lost the peace
Comment: The empress is dead, the war is won, and Owen Deathstalker wants a little peace. Unfortunately, there are about half a dozen major forces, ranging from aliens to corrupt lords, who simply won't let peace reign. So the war continues, as Owen Deathstalker tries to settle the universe once and for all. The series continues its winding way through its abundance of aliens and other threats, seemingly getting no closer to finishing, despite the fact that there have been almost 2,000 pages so far. I'm still enjoying the books, as I space them out to about one a month, and use them to wipe my palate clean between more serious reading. The fourth in the series is still great escapist fun, and I'm willing to go on to the fifth Deathstalker novel(and last, or so we've been promised) in the series. There are some minor attempts to discuss the nature of humanity and some moral quandaries, but all these are papered over rapidly with more blood and violence. You want serious moral discussions, go read Orson Scott Card. You want shoot-em-up space opera, read Simon Green.
Rating: 2
Summary: Its starting to get real old
Comment: I enjoyed the first 2 books in this series, and thought that the 3rd book was readable, but this one, the 4th in the series, is starting to get painful. It seems like the author has just recycled scenes from the first three books. There's very little plot, essentially:
Parliament member: There's something evil, hideous and terrible on (fill in planet name here).
Owen: OK. Hazel and I will go kill it.
Hazel: Yeah, I can't wait to smash something and kill something else and stab and wound and destroy.
Then they go. Not much of a plot.
Really sloppy, bad writing that could have been trimmed down from 500+ pages to about 200 pages. The characters frequently repeat conversations that they had 20 pages previously.
I guess you can tell I'm a little disappointed with this book. I'm giving it two stars instead of one because the action, when it eventually happens, is still pretty entertaining, and the author does have some pretty cool ideas; they're just not carried out very well in this book. My opinion, this book isn't worth reading. If you like the Deathstalker series, go back and reread 1--3.
Rating: 4
Summary: The 1st 3 had me addicted so I need #4 for a quick fix.
Comment: The first three books of the Deathstalker Saga, while a little "loose" in the writing, presented some interesting characters whose exploits are followed in this the 4th of 5 books in the series. In book 4 Green handles the question of what happens to our heroes now that the war is over and the Empire has to reqbuild. The resulting political conflicts are a nice touch and give the book a little more depth than some of the previous war/violence plot lines.
However it feels as though Green has written himself into a corner with the Madness Maze characters. Often it seems as though they've become the "Swiss-army tool" of conflict resolution. One can only read about incredible odds and circumstances being overcome by these "greater-than-human" characters so often before it becomes old hat. While some near death situations are thrown in to give the reader the possibility of losing a main character, I wasn't fooled into thinking they wouldn't come out on top. Just a little too neat.
But, of course, I'll buy book 5 and read it because I need my fix.
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Title: Deathstalker: Being the First Part of the Life and Times of Owen Deathstalker by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0451454359 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Deathstalker Legacy by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0451459547 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Deathstalker Return by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0451428218 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Swords of Haven: The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0451457501 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Something from the Nightside by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0441010652 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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