tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post1315555455251144989..comments2023-12-19T04:53:04.513-08:00Comments on Deeply Blasphemous: The Eternity Artifact ReviewAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363174213866492800noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-60403649687333147032014-03-31T15:08:42.634-07:002014-03-31T15:08:42.634-07:00Well I enjoyed the exploring the city a little mor...Well I enjoyed the exploring the city a little more than you did.. <br /><br />The only thing that really pissed me off was the abrupt ending to their predicament with the flotilla at the end. Any how neelde pilot basically knew they were going to die but kept going out joyfully anyways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-77381828741177853872013-03-20T18:27:17.144-07:002013-03-20T18:27:17.144-07:00I am unsure you really followed and absorbed what ...I am unsure you really followed and absorbed what you read. Your review is inaccurate, (they weren't christian fundamentalists, they were radical jewish fundamentalists with a hint towards them being of middle eastern descent), everything else you say just shows me that you have no understanding of the genre, and me explaining it probably wouldn't help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-39211371060036365502010-03-11T14:41:40.624-08:002010-03-11T14:41:40.624-08:00What a great review. The only thing I would add i...What a great review. The only thing I would add is that this book was probably a great idea in outline form, and then every single piece of fleshing out that was done was a disaster. I mean, all the elements of an adequate story are there, but none of it came together, as individual scenes or as an entire story. What a mess. Thanks for writing such an exhaustive and thoughtful review... with such a clear (and I think accurate) conclusion (ie, "don't read it).<br /><br />However - to "Anonymous" - the puzzling thing to me is that Modesitt is not actually "a really crappy writer." Maybe this time he needed to pay some bills, or was kidnapped and forced to write at gunpoint, or something, but The Parafaith War is really quite a good book, and Adiamante (possible spelling mistake, sorry) also at least ends really well. In my opinion, he is worth another go, but gosh, this book was poor showing...<br /><br />-PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-54381756438746682072008-07-07T12:19:00.000-07:002008-07-07T12:19:00.000-07:00I agree with you 100%. I picked this book up going...I agree with you 100%. I picked this book up going by the cover art and the back cover description of the story. I had read Arthur C. Clarke's 'Rendezvous with Rama ' and loved the plot. So I thought this book could have some similarities... nope. On page 19 I decided that Mr. Modesitt was a really crappy writer. Take the first page of chapter 1 (Fitzhugh)... he used the words abnegation, abiosis, pedagogical & pedagogy all in that 1 page!!! I thought I would keep reading but after this review I may not. I was hoping for something interesting when they investigated the planetoid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-75516081990012686942008-01-01T12:51:00.000-08:002008-01-01T12:51:00.000-08:00Happy New Year from Sicily.Happy New Year from Sicily.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-45577881041194974822007-12-31T18:49:00.000-08:002007-12-31T18:49:00.000-08:00Wow! that is one hell of a review. Almost a book i...Wow! that is one hell of a review. Almost a book in it's self. (haha)actually, it's prob. more exciting then the book, eh?<BR/><BR/>Although I am not qualified, like you are, to really analyze a novel, I find some of the books that make make best seller lists really appalling! <BR/>I've always thought my problem was that I believe reading should involve some sort of learning & mental stimulation & I just love good books. Even as a kid I'd rather read modern classics then "popular" fiction. (I mean modern classics like jack London, John Steinbeck, Pearl S. Buck, etc...) <BR/><BR/>I say, "There are so many good books out there, why waste your time on mindless crap?" <BR/><BR/>And if I could write, I think I'd write short stories, I love how good writers can pack everything so neatly into a compact space.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706331228965193251noreply@blogger.com