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Mr Ceridwen and I have been listening to audiobooks on our (somewhat long) drive up to the cabin, which has been generally enjoyable. We got through the entire "Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire" series, which was absolutely a great time. Good narrators, very interesting alt-history, a semi-twist ending I ...
I couldn't resist buying this one: great title, striking cover art, a steampunk setting and the first in a series. It had to be worth a read. Except that it wasn't. I gave up after ninety minutes of this ten hour audiobook. There's a lot to like in "The Bullet Catcher's Daughter": a truly original...
The Custodian of Marvels by Robert Duncan TL;DR: The Custodian of Marvels is alternate history done right. The basic setup: after the Napoleonic War, it was decided that technology, unleashed and unconstrained, had too much potential for destruction. The International Patent Office was construc...
So in The Bullet Catcher’s Daughter, Duncan created this nice little world and set up what could've been a pretty long running series of adventures for Elizabeth Barnabus and her alter-ego/brother Edwin. Naturally, in the sequel, he pretty much destroys all of that. Sure, it would be possible to get...
This, my friends, is how you create a world. And populate it with a great character -- and serveral really good supporting characters. Oh, and manage to tell a rollickingly good story while you're at it. The back of this book says that this is supposed to be shelved in "Fantasy," which is just...
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