JohnLBevan
Lemmed it.
Toxic Masculinity Personified: “Hello, do you speak English? It's the language that I speak and I wish to communicate with you. Does my saying a lot of words in a language you seem to have no awareness of help with this communication?”
Native: “Um agbo ura?”
TMP: “English, you know, American? I'm from a far away world, one that your ancestors may have come from too, we have a single theory based on scant evidence that you're a descendant of us.”
Native: “Oolah fizz walla.”
TMP: (points at flag).
Native: “Ohsay! Ah yes, of course I speak, ug ug, Brodie; it's the main language my people use to communicate with one of the most important systems in our entire, ooga, culture. Grunt grunt. I'm sorry I didn't communicate more clearly when you were clearly speaking my language; you said English, but because we call it Brodie I'd not realised it was the same language. How foolish I feel.”
TMP: “If only there were some way I could understand what you were saying. Still you're hot, the only female in this book (aside from the android), and in my opinion (and despite evidence to the contrary) probably simple minded which I find attractive rather than troubling; maybe there will be a romance between us later in this book?”
An especially good read for 2020, given the parallels between the events of the book / the era in which it's set, and recent events, showing how similar we were to our ancestors of ~700 years ago. It follows the same template as others in this series, but with enough difference in the details to keep it enjoyable.
Like so many of his stories, this book has some really imaginative ideas and imagery, but lacks a solid core in which you can invest. I think fans of Lovecraft would love this book, but personally I need more resolution/structure to any mysterious events, and I don't enjoy the horror of violence without there being some narrative reason to justify it.
Some interesting ideas and a fun read, but it sometimes felt rushed, as if the author had lots of ideas to put down but didn't take the time to tie these thoughts into a cohesive and structured story.
If you enjoy B movies you'll likely enjoy this; but as the range of ratings shows, this isn't a book for everyone.
Mike Mason,Kurt Cagle,+10 more
