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Chargement... Fifteen Hourspar Mitchel Scanlon
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The average life span of an Imperial Guardsman is just 15 hours. This story follows a fresh-faced young recruit through the process. A new regiment is raised on a far off agricultural area. The troops are young and very green and military life comes to them slowly. The order to move out is sudden as is the unknown mistake caused by a slight miscalculation on the part of a government bureaucrat that sends the regiment into a stalemated war zone. The ship crashes in no-man’s land and war is thrust upon the new soldiers whether they are ready or not. Can they beat the clock? This book really worked. While it included enough background material to be a Warhammer 40K book, it could be set in any 20th century war. The characters are rich and gritty and the descriptive ability of Scanlon is impressive. He doesn’t fall headfirst into the background material but uses it and good writing to make a compelling work of fiction. Min första 40K-roman var ingen övertygande introduktion. Å andra sidan var det ingen Dan Abnett heller, utan en debutant som jobbat med serier tidigare. Miljön är övertygande och intressant beskriven och läsaren kan i längden inte låta bli att bli ilsken på det hyperbyråkratiska Imperial Guard som låter sina soldater dö för att behålla ansiktet eller för att poängtera något för en underlydande, trots att det är övertydligt att författaren vill ta en just dit. Storyn i är inte lika bra som miljöbeskrivningen och trots att hela roman utspelar under några intensiva timmar (strax över titelns femton timmar) känns den långsam och oengagerad. Bara stundvis lyckas Scanion verkligen fånga intensiteten och spänningen hos de belägrade soldaterna. En hygglig debutroman, men inte mer. A fairly entertaining, grim and cynical military sf outing set in the Warhammer 40K universe. In many ways the setting is modelled on WW1 trench warfare. The writing can be stilted in places (particularly dialogue) but the story is told with economy and a black humour I wasn't expecting from this book. This is the first 40K book I've read and its impressed me enough that i will be keeping an eye out for more. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieImperial Guard (June 2005 - #1) Warhammer 40,000 (fiction) (Imperial Guard novel #1 (Jun 2005))
An inexperienced soldier receives his first taste of the horrors of combat against the monstrous orks on the nightmarish, futuristic battlefields of the Warhammer 40,000 world. Original. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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My opinion was that it was decent. It was a pretty short read, less than 300 pages, so I didn't feel like I really wasted my time with it.
My friend who recommended it said it was the author's first full novel, and if that's the case, it's not a bad breakthrough novel, but the writing just doesn't seem quite up to par with my expectations. Descriptions were kind of bland or not done well; at times I wasn't sure who was talking or where they were, who was who, what exactly was going on.
Overall, if you're a fan of the 40k universe (you've probably read this already), then I would hesitantly recommend this book, because like I rated it, it is an "okay" read and short. But if you're a complete newcomer, or have only read a few books and aren't in love with 40k, then I would say that there are much better books in the universe you could be reading, and not to read this one. ( )