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Katy Stauber

Auteur de Revolution World

5 oeuvres 102 utilisateurs 6 critiques

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Œuvres de Katy Stauber

Revolution World (2011) 46 exemplaires
Spin the Sky (2012) 39 exemplaires
The Department of Cautionary Tales (2013) 11 exemplaires
Futuristica: Volume 1 (2016) — Directeur de publication — 5 exemplaires
Spin The Sky Excerpt 1 exemplaire

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Oh, dear lord, this book!

I won this book through first-reads, and from the very mention of Firefly on its cover knew it had a lot to live up to. Comparing a book to Firefly? Having to review something compared to Firefly when I consider myself a pretty devoted Browncoat? Well. I opened the book with a dose of skepticism, pretending that I hadn't just texted my sci-fi (and fellow Browncoat) loving boyfriend that I just got that ARC I'd been telling him about. I hyped it up sufficiently in my mind.

This book delivered beyond my wildest of expectations.

The book was fast paced with a healthy underlining of wry humor. This is one of the few books that has made me laugh out loud on more than occasion... Every character is lovingly crafted, they each have their quirks and their tongue-in-cheek moments - it's incredible that it never comes off as false or heavyhanded. [a:Katy Stauber|4462993|Katy Stauber|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1298506639p2/4462993.jpg] has faultlessly delivered on a nearly impossible task: she's given us a novel that draws upon the cult classic of Firefly without being mere fanfiction - in fact, she's created something lovingly unique.

That this is a scifi adaptation of [b:The Odyssey|1381|The Odyssey|Homer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312497624s/1381.jpg|3356006] is also apparent, as if the cover doesn't give it away. She's morphed the tale into something that encompasses Rasta Nation colonies (marijuana bombs!), entirely creepy genetic splicing experiments, rogue orbitals, and everything else under (and on level with) the sun. She's made [b:The Odyssey|1381|The Odyssey|Homer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312497624s/1381.jpg|3356006] freshfaced and deadpan, and Cesar Vaquero is a much, much more lovable protagonist than the cunning Ulysses.

I can't praise this book enough, nor how many people I want to throw my copy at so I can chat with them about it. I can't wait to pass this book on, and only hope that it will get the recognition and acclaim it well deserves.

Keep writing [a:Katy Stauber|4462993|Katy Stauber|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1298506639p2/4462993.jpg]! I'll be reading your every word for certain. You've found a great fan in me!
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Lepophagus | 1 autre critique | Jun 14, 2018 |
Very fun read. Light hearted without being silly. Serious in the right places. Teenage girl who is a semi-mad scientist has wild adventures when sentenced to work for a top-secret government agency with other teen geniuses. What could possibly go wrong. Read and find out. You will enjoy the crazy ride!
 
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SAGibson | Aug 18, 2015 |
I liked this book okay. Certainly there was nothing that made me want to put it down (well, maybe the ending, but by that point I was already finished). But I also have the disappointed feeling that it was only half realised. There are so many interesting ideas and people and places, but they feel unfinished or unexplored, and as much head hopping as we do (too much, for me, which might be an unfortunate side effect of the premise) we never seem to be following the right people or the most interesting stories. The Odyssey in Space seems like the best idea ever to me (and the reason I picked this up) but it's never quite what I want it to be. Now give me a book about Calypso and Spider House, and I'll be all over that.… (plus d'informations)
 
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rrainer | 1 autre critique | Apr 30, 2013 |
I was so disappointed in this book.

I got it for a good price (5 or 6$ from Baen’s ebook library), and it seemed like it would be an awesome book. It’s in Texas! As a former Texan, I
It was silly, but not silly enough. Or if it were trying to give some sort of message (and it felt like it was) it was sloppily done.

In the future, society has collapsed, and not from the usual suspects of war or other disasters, but from something just as plausible - the collapse of agriculture and the weather through the use of large agribusiness’s genetically modified crops. Malsanto (really? Is that the best name you could think of? Try, for gods’ sakes, try!!) is a large evil agri-corp who is trying to beg/steal/threaten secrets from a small, very successful altruistic gen-mod company in small town Texas. Big security-tech company also moves in, looking to set up an off-site storage branch, and they team up with the girls from the gen-mod company. The military of the Grand Ole Patriot Acting U S of A get involved (with Malsanto) to threaten, steamroll and generally Guantanamo everyone involved into giving up secrets and products.

There’s something of a geeky romance going on, which was OK, not thrilling, not new, but not terribly done.

It could have been rip roaringly fun, but it wasn’t quite there. I’m not surprised to see that it’s this author’s first go. The book is unfocused and rather bloated. There was also a problem with editing (wrong pronouns, etc.). The characters and locale/society are well developed, and there was a lot of potential, this book just didn’t quite get there.

The Pomeranians were cute, though.
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suzemo | 2 autres critiques | Mar 31, 2013 |

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Œuvres
5
Membres
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