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37th out of 86 books
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Liberator (Worldshaker #2)
by
Richard Harland (Goodreads Author)
Equality remains elusive in this stunning steampunk sequel to Worldshaker.In the aftermath of the events of Worldshaker, the Filthies control the massive juggernaut, now called Liberator. Many members of the former upper class, called Swanks, have remained behind to help teach them how to operate the juggernaut and to build a new society together. But all is not idyllic ab...more
Hardcover, 496 pages
Published
April 17th 2012
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
(first published March 23rd 2011)
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This is a good book and well worth a read, but read the sequel, 'Worldshaker' first. In it you'll meet the juggernauts, huge machines on rollers or tracks that travel the world on steampower and use masses of coal. The jugernauts are basically cities on wheels and have a similar social strata as the real Victorian period.
The world Richard has created is quite amazing and well thought through. The machinery that runs these juggernauts are well described so that you get a sense of their enormous...more
The world Richard has created is quite amazing and well thought through. The machinery that runs these juggernauts are well described so that you get a sense of their enormous...more
As soon as I finished Worldshaker, I was more than eager to get my hands on Liberator. The story picks up three months after the revolution and the Filthies took control over the renamed juggernaut. Though they accomplished their goal, things for Riff and Col isn’t what they hoped. Tension is rife on the Liberator, with Filthies distrusting of the remaining ‘Swanks’, extremist Filthies pushing for more power and someone intent to bring the whole moving mountain to its knees.
The action is tenser...more
The action is tenser...more
The sequel to "Worldshaker" picks up a few months after the events of the first book (go read it first, or yes, you'll feel lost). Once again, Mr. Harland keeps the writing tight, and allows his characters to experience pain, grow, discover things about themselves and each other... and kick some butt to boot!
I will confess that the "Dune" nod was perhaps a bit too much for me (I won't give details, for fear of spoilers). However, it wasn't nearly enough to ruin the book, and appeared sparingly....more
I will confess that the "Dune" nod was perhaps a bit too much for me (I won't give details, for fear of spoilers). However, it wasn't nearly enough to ruin the book, and appeared sparingly....more
You don't have to be a young adult to feel actual physical distress at the opening turns of events on the newly renamed juggernaut Liberator. Richard Harland delivers a (for me) very painful reminder that there are no quick fixes to entrenched inequality, and that being oppressed is not ennobling. Victims can become perpetrators as easily and unthinkingly as anybody else.
And I loved following the juggernaut on its adventure to Botany Bay to load coal.
With the same short chapters and whirlwind pa...more
And I loved following the juggernaut on its adventure to Botany Bay to load coal.
With the same short chapters and whirlwind pa...more
Oct 08, 2011
Kate Forsyth
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-fantasy,
steam-punk
Liberator is the sequel to the fabulous steam-punk adventure, Worldshaker, which I read and enjoyed immensely last year. Richard Harland really knows how to construct a page-turner. The books are set on board a giant metal juggernaut that rolls over the world, carrying an entire city on its back. In Book 1, the juggernaut was driven by down-trodden and maltreated menials called Filthies. With the help of Col, one of the Upper Deck aristocrats, they rise up and seize control of the juggernaut. Li...more
This brilliant sequel to Worldshaker follows the changed fortunes of Col and Riff as the juggernaut rolls on. Now the Filthies are in charge, and it's the Upper Decks people who are victimised and reduced to a ghetto-like existence.
The battle continues as the Filthies take over the juggernaut Worldshaker and rename it Liberator. A world of deception and betrayal ensues as the revolution turns radical. With Col now in the minority with his Swank friends, what will happen to his relationship with...more
The battle continues as the Filthies take over the juggernaut Worldshaker and rename it Liberator. A world of deception and betrayal ensues as the revolution turns radical. With Col now in the minority with his Swank friends, what will happen to his relationship with...more
[Obviously this review contains spoilers for Worldshaker so, um, go read that one first.]
Worldshaker has been liberated, and the Filthies have renamed the juggernaut to Liberator. Col expects great and wonderful things from the union of upper and lower classes, but the new world isn't as perfect as he'd hoped. Instead of cohabitation, the Filthies are taking over. They're persecuting the "swanks," as the upper-class is now called, just as the swanks persecuted them. And then other juggernauts le...more
Worldshaker has been liberated, and the Filthies have renamed the juggernaut to Liberator. Col expects great and wonderful things from the union of upper and lower classes, but the new world isn't as perfect as he'd hoped. Instead of cohabitation, the Filthies are taking over. They're persecuting the "swanks," as the upper-class is now called, just as the swanks persecuted them. And then other juggernauts le...more
http://www.rantingdragon.com/liberato...
(This review contains spoilers for Worldshaker by Richard Harland)
Liberator is the excellent sequel to Richard Harland’s 2009 steampunk adventure, Worldshaker, and once again the majority of the story takes place on the huge mobile city, now renamed to reflect its liberated status. While you do have to have read Worldshaker to fully appreciate Liberator, I personally found the entertainment value alone of both books more than worth the few hours it took to...more
(This review contains spoilers for Worldshaker by Richard Harland)
Liberator is the excellent sequel to Richard Harland’s 2009 steampunk adventure, Worldshaker, and once again the majority of the story takes place on the huge mobile city, now renamed to reflect its liberated status. While you do have to have read Worldshaker to fully appreciate Liberator, I personally found the entertainment value alone of both books more than worth the few hours it took to...more
Also published under The Ranting Dragon: http://www.rantingdragon.com/liberato...
Interview with author: http://www.rantingdragon.com/intervie...
Liberator is the excellent sequel to Richard Harland’s 2009 steampunk adventure, Worldshaker, and once again the majority of the story takes place on the huge mobile city, now renamed to reflect its liberated status. While you do have to have read Worldshaker to fully appreciate Liberator, I personally found the entertainment value alone of both books mo...more
Interview with author: http://www.rantingdragon.com/intervie...
Liberator is the excellent sequel to Richard Harland’s 2009 steampunk adventure, Worldshaker, and once again the majority of the story takes place on the huge mobile city, now renamed to reflect its liberated status. While you do have to have read Worldshaker to fully appreciate Liberator, I personally found the entertainment value alone of both books mo...more
This book frustrated me, but in a way that made me keep reading, even though I really was mad at the characters through most of it. I won't say too much to make any spoilers, but characters I trusted from the first book didn't stand up for each other like I thought they should, not until it was too late. In the end though, I did enjoy the book. Again, it could be a bit shorter but has a lot of action.
Lovely steampunk! You do have to have read Worldshaker, to which this is a sequel, but go read it if you haven't! In this novel, we get some more information about why this alternative universe is different from the one we know.
Full review will be up on my blog, The Great Raven, in the next day or two, or when I get back from swancon if I can't do it before then.
Full review will be up on my blog, The Great Raven, in the next day or two, or when I get back from swancon if I can't do it before then.
The sequel to Worldshaker again sees Col and Riff doing battle as rebellion continues within the Liberator and beyond as the other Imperialist juggernauts suspicion about life on Liberator threatens their empires too.
Steampunk fans will soak this up.
(Australian edition has a different cover to the one pictured here)
Steampunk fans will soak this up.
(Australian edition has a different cover to the one pictured here)
This was a really great sequel and i was happy with it. The beginning kind of frustrated me in that i was just like what the heck is going on seriously! but i really liked the ending even though one of the parts was a little far fetched even for a fiction book. Overall, a great read!
Loved it ! What can I say ? I loved Worldshaker, and this one too, there are wonderful ! Nothing else to say, expect that I WANT ANOTHER ONE !!!!! I haven't ever read books like that I loved it.I want to live with Riff and Col on these giants boats !
Slightly less invigorating than the first. Upon reflection, I feel the pacing was somewhat anticlimactic... Yet the experience was as much of a page turning one as "Worldshaker."
Liberator is the follow up action packed sequel of Worldshaker by steampunk novelist Richard Harland. I found it to be more interesting than the first book as I loved all of the fast paced political intrigue. Machiavellian politics are right up my alley. Still puzzled about the role of Antrobus in everything but time and a potential sequel will reveal all...
While a little slower than the first, I still don't have any complaints, and it kept me tied to the page.
**Liberator, rated 11+, rated 4/5 stars.
**Liberator, rated 11+, rated 4/5 stars.
Wtf- I really wanted this to be good- but all I got was an ok. Boo- hiss. That being said, I did actually finish reading it- so it wasn't that bad.
I loved the first book but I think this one was even better!
Aug 05, 2012
Maren
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
anyone who likes steam-punk, especially my dad
Recommended to Maren by:
Goodreads!
I normally hate sequels which purposely destroy perfectly awesome romances, but this one was so good I could (almost) overlook that. I thought it was cruel and unjust how the Filthies treated the Swanks. I HATE HATE HATE Lye and her followers: Mr. Gibber took a grotesque plot twist. I thought it was sad that they don't live on Worldshaker anymore-the Romanov doesn't seem as cool. And I never pictured Riff and Col old enough to get married. Those are the only problems I have with this book, the r...more
The class struggle is upon us! The Filthies, the slave underclass of the Juggernaut Worldshaker, overthrew the ship's aristocracy and instituted a Revolutionary council on the renamed "Liberator." All is not well as tyrants arise and manipulate the new government to their own ends. Col & Riff return for a new adventure in this alternate-history tale of 19th century colonialism (and really big machines!)
This took me forever to read. I have not finished yet, maybe one day! It wasn't a bad book actually it was just very slow.
It was an excellent sequel, but not as brilliant as the first! Like, the plot twists were cool... but they weren't as clever and amazing as they could be. overall, love the language and such :)
A good follow up, slow at times, but the story held my interest.
Sep 11, 2011
Catherine
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
school-library-reads
A solid follow-up to the first book in this series.
Eh. Not as great as worldshaker. But at least I got a happy ending :)
Jan 19, 2012
Paul
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
alternate-history,
steampunk
Sequel to World Shaker is a fantastic read from start to finish. The writing style is light and keeps you turning the pages. In the fast expanding world of steampunk fiction, Liberator stands as a great example of how it's done right!
The story is bowling along, just like the first one.
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My latest novels have been my big international breakthrough, published in the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany and Brazil. They're all steampunk fantasy: WORLDSHAKER, its sequel LIBERATOR, and now SONG OF THE SLUMS (same world, new story) appearing in May 2013.
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