Tim Akers
Birth date: December 12, 1972
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Now this book is the something different I've been looking for lately. It's a difficult read though, and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it. I might even have to revisit this review at some point. It's a little like someone took religion (small r, generic), steampunk, aliens, the age of chiva...
I can’t even tell you how long it took me to read this book. I was not wild about it–too much noir detective about the main character. Also, I didn’t care about Emily and I was obviously supposed it. There was some nice imagery, though. [Sept. 2011]
A great read. Tight, great setting and description, solid action, excellent pacing. A mix of steampunk, sword & sorcery, religious thriller and quest fantasy, in my opinion.
So. It has a great premise, it's gearpunk, and it's got lots of shiny in the world building (parasitic clockwork angels! airships! worms that create living dead in the river!). I began reading really wanting to like this, because in theory it has many things that Merc loves.It bored me to tears. I t...
This anthology turned out to be everything I hoped it would be; an excellent sampling of up-to-the-minute science fiction. Every story included was first published in this volume (2009).None of the authors included have I read before, including some big names like Alastair Reynolds, Stephen Baxter, ...