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Title: Deathstalker Legacy (Owen Deathstalker) by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0-451-45954-7 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.13 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than the originals...
Comment: Green's newest Deathstalker book takes a different path from the original story with more character building, a deeper and more meaningful plot, and (I was amazed too) a more drawn out storyline. Deathstalker Legacy is a perfect foundation book for a new part of the continuing series that promises to delight fans and new readers by including characters that are reminiscent of the original core group of Owen, Hazel, Random, and Ruby, but with new and 3 dimensional emotions. That's not to take away from the main ideas of killing before breakfast and saving the world by dusk that the series has always employed. Rather, the intense relationship between the main characters adds a depth to Green's storytelling that could make this one of his most mature Deathstaker books to date. It seems that Green has finally slowed down his pen enough to let us see what kind of world he has created, in between the explosions, blood letting, and outright barbaric fun that the Deathstalker series is known for. It was such a great read I finished it in two days, and plan to re-read it many times.
Rating: 5
Summary: Light, Swashbuckling Fun
Comment: If you're looking for highbrow, intellectual Science Fiction, read Frank Herberts' Dune series. But if you just want to relax and be thoroughly entertained read 'Deathstalker Legacy'. This is Space Opera at its' finest and just plain fun. It's filled with larger than life characters and as in all of the 'Deathstalker' books a threat that is completely impossible to overcome.
As long as you don't expect some deep meaning or a treatise on religion and politics, you will enjoy 'Deathstalker Legacy'.
Can't wait for the next installment Mr. Green!
Rating: 1
Summary: The Magic is Lost
Comment: I loved the original Deathstalker books. I loved Hawk and Fisher, along with many of the other books set in their universe. "Drinking Midnight Wine" was a miss with me, but I assumed it was just a fluke.
Unfortunately I was wrong. The writing style is lost. Green often tells us how great this new Empire is, and how sad it will be when it is destroyed, yet he doesn't construct or demonstrate anything to convince the reader that the new Empire is all the great. Heck, in the first chapter rather than displaying some of the things the new Empire has to be proud of, the book lingers on all of the terrorist groups forming and even includes a brutal massacre at the end of the first chapter.
While I concede that it is hard to write of peaceful times in a sci-fi/action adventure, if times are peaceful and great, something must be done to create a feel for that peacefulness and greatness.
The other thing that irked me was how underdeveloped his characters have become. In the first chapter the two protagonists, Lewis and Douglas, explain to each other their "noble intentions" to such a degree that you wonder if there is anything else to them. Honestly, who wants to read about two people bragging to each other about how noble they are? Used to be, the characters' motivations and personality traits were shown through their actions, yet I guess Green had to do it this way because the actions of the characters certainly didn't back up the picture the characters were painting of themselves.
For instance, when Jesamine, a singer who would was to be wedded to Douglas, is introduced, it is soon clear that she will have an affair with Lewis. Now you would think that the noble and righteous Lewis would stand firm in his resolve not to have an affair with her because A. Douglas has been his best friend for many years, and he has only known Jesamine for a week and B. Douglas is his King, and noble and righteous people don't betray their King in such a matter.
Yet of course, Lewis and Jesamine have an affair anyway after having fallen madly in love with each other in the space of a week.
While if the romance had developed over a year or two, or perhaps even a few months, I might find the events more likely, but certainly not weeks. As a result, my entire suspension of disbelief was shattered.
While Brett was an interesting character, I found Rose to be an obvious, shallow replacement for Ruby Journey. The same can also be said for Lewis being one for Owen Deathstalker. Brett and Jesamine have the potential to become developed characters in and of their own right, yet for some reason, I doubt it will happen.
Its amazing how I once praised Green for his consistency with his character development, as well as for how natural the reactions that people placed in the extreme situations that he wrote about displayed. Yet somehow between here and there, he seems to have lost that ability. The former wit and humor he once incorporated into his writing is now gone as well, leaving behind tedious and repetitive dialogue in its place.
Sadly, like "Drinking Midnight Wine", I did not finish this book either, and I doubt I will pick up another of his new works again. Its seems like Green is now trying to write things quickly for profit rather than for pleasure and quality. Its a shame, for someone of his promise.
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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: Deathstalker Destiny: Being the Fifth and Last Part of the Life and Times of Owen Deathstalker (Owen Deathstalker) by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0451457560 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Agents of Light and Darkness: A Novel of the Nightside by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0441011136 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Deathstalker Honor: Being the Fourth Part of the Life and Times of Owen Deathstalker (Owen Deathstalker) by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0451456483 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Deathstalker War (Owen Deathstalker) by Simon R. Green ISBN: 0451456084 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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