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A Red Sun Also Rises
by
Mark Hodder (Goodreads Author)
A tale of good and evil, where neither is what it seems!
Aiden Fleischer, a bookish priest, finds himself transported to an alien world. With him is Miss Clarissa Stark, a crippled hunchback of exceptional ability, wronged by an aristocrat and cast out from society.
On the planet Ptallaya, under two bright yellow suns, they encounter the Yatsill, a race of enthusiastic mimi...more
Aiden Fleischer, a bookish priest, finds himself transported to an alien world. With him is Miss Clarissa Stark, a crippled hunchback of exceptional ability, wronged by an aristocrat and cast out from society.
On the planet Ptallaya, under two bright yellow suns, they encounter the Yatsill, a race of enthusiastic mimi...more
Paperback, 271 pages
Published
December 4th 2012
by Pyr
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A Red Sun Also Rises is a cracking planetary romance that involves many of the tropes of Victoriana adventure-romp, whilst also managing to involve an intelligent plot and complex concepts.
Much of the start of the book has an HG Wells feel. The tale begins with the story told by Aiden Fleisher, who whilst as a parish vicar in England, develops a friendship with crippled engineering genius Clarissa Stark. When Aiden is forced to leave his parish and become a missionary in Papua New Guinea, Claris...more
Much of the start of the book has an HG Wells feel. The tale begins with the story told by Aiden Fleisher, who whilst as a parish vicar in England, develops a friendship with crippled engineering genius Clarissa Stark. When Aiden is forced to leave his parish and become a missionary in Papua New Guinea, Claris...more
Now how to explain this book...I do not think I will able too. It's an adventure that you just have to read to truly get.
We have a hero and a heroine. Aiden, a priest who is not good at being a priest, and Clarissa, who is so smart but disfigured and therefore she has to beg for bread. But then she starts to work for Aiden, and they discuss religion. A theme through out the book, what is good and evil? Anyway the weirdness has not even started, that starts when he becomes a missionary and we end...more
We have a hero and a heroine. Aiden, a priest who is not good at being a priest, and Clarissa, who is so smart but disfigured and therefore she has to beg for bread. But then she starts to work for Aiden, and they discuss religion. A theme through out the book, what is good and evil? Anyway the weirdness has not even started, that starts when he becomes a missionary and we end...more
4.5 Stars
“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.”
—Saint Augustine
A Red Sun Also Rises is a very enjoyable read by Mark Hodder. I was already a fan of Mark Hodder before reading this book. I really enjoy his steampunk style as well as his Burton & Swinburn series. This book is much like his other in that it is steeped in steampunk, twisted with some science fiction, and finally mixed up in history to give it a unique flavor and style....more
“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.”
—Saint Augustine
A Red Sun Also Rises is a very enjoyable read by Mark Hodder. I was already a fan of Mark Hodder before reading this book. I really enjoy his steampunk style as well as his Burton & Swinburn series. This book is much like his other in that it is steeped in steampunk, twisted with some science fiction, and finally mixed up in history to give it a unique flavor and style....more
I saw this at the library and thought it sounded interesting. I was not disappointed. My biggest beef with books has to be central characters that I find unlikable. I like the characters in this book and enjoy the changes in them as the story progresses. Love the worlds he creates, England, remote island and especially Ptallaya. He vividly describes the world without getting mired down in the descriptions. The inhabitants of Ptallaya are as wonderful as the world they live in, and while the desc...more
All to often, I build my expectations for a book so high that I come away a little disappointed. To my great relief, Hodder’s “A Red Sun Also Rises” met my expectations — and exceeded them.
The story is brilliant. I liked the character of Fleischer and I like the thought of a hunchback, Clarissa Stark, helping the pastor develop a spine. Fleischer struggles with his life, his faith, and finally with reality itself, and his human frailty and subsequent growth really pulled me in to the story. The...more
The story is brilliant. I liked the character of Fleischer and I like the thought of a hunchback, Clarissa Stark, helping the pastor develop a spine. Fleischer struggles with his life, his faith, and finally with reality itself, and his human frailty and subsequent growth really pulled me in to the story. The...more
Those familiar with my love if the Burton and Swinburne will guess that I might just enjoy this too. Red Sun is a different animal compared to the steampunk adventures of the dynamic duo of the Albertan era; it's a homage to the pulp planetary romances and the likes of Edgar Rice Burroghs. I like this book a lot, it's a first person tale of someone coming to grips with themselves and funding a place for themselves. Aiden is not always the most likeable of characters but he and his sometime serva...more
A Red Sun Also Rises:
5*
A corking tale of derring do on an alien world.
I love Mark Hodder and this might be my favourite of his to date. I was expecting another steampunk tale, but this is high Victorianesque, inter-planetary SF. It has more in common with HG Wells than Burton & Swinburn.
A Red Sun Also Rises is a first-person narrative, told by Aiden Fleischer, a weak and hopeless sort; a failed vicar turned useless missionary, who becomes a true and selfless hero on an alien world – A worl...more
5*
A corking tale of derring do on an alien world.
I love Mark Hodder and this might be my favourite of his to date. I was expecting another steampunk tale, but this is high Victorianesque, inter-planetary SF. It has more in common with HG Wells than Burton & Swinburn.
A Red Sun Also Rises is a first-person narrative, told by Aiden Fleischer, a weak and hopeless sort; a failed vicar turned useless missionary, who becomes a true and selfless hero on an alien world – A worl...more
A man without faith. A woman without hope.
My name is Aiden Fleischer. I was forced from my home, moved among the victims of Jack the Ripper, was tortured by a witch doctor, and awoke on another planet. Throughout it all, my assistant, Clarissa Stark, remained at my side.
On Ptallaya, we were welcomed by the Yatsill. The creatures transformed their society into a bizarre version of our own, and we found a new home beneath the world’s twin suns. But there was darkness in my soul, and as the two yel...more
My name is Aiden Fleischer. I was forced from my home, moved among the victims of Jack the Ripper, was tortured by a witch doctor, and awoke on another planet. Throughout it all, my assistant, Clarissa Stark, remained at my side.
On Ptallaya, we were welcomed by the Yatsill. The creatures transformed their society into a bizarre version of our own, and we found a new home beneath the world’s twin suns. But there was darkness in my soul, and as the two yel...more
Damn you, Mark Hodder, for writing such interesting books! It's 3:30 am in a Sunday night/Monday morning and I've just stayed up finishing this book...a wonderfully engaging and extremely hard to put down book. While the descriptions of the different types of aliens could get confusing, I found myself effortlessly slipping in this world and completely captivated. I was sad to put it down as this means I'll have to wait for summer for Hodder's next book to come out. I'll keep my fingers crossed t...more
Frankly, this is a massive disappointment after the first two in the previous trilogy. I was hoping for much better. Unfortunately, this is dire. I hate the language which is sub P G Wodehouse and the cod psychology is deeply annoying. The plot reruns Cycle of Fire by Hal Clement.
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"Hodder is a ferociously genre-savvy author, and one of the delights of this novel is spotting the ways in which he plays with and occasionally subverts his readers’ expectations of various genres and their well-known tropes." --Bradley A. Scott
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A fairly good read. It would make an excellent adventure Sci- Fi movie with excellent weird characters in a colorful enchanted land.
The story moves along well and is fun as long as you suspend belief and do not worry too much about scientific correctness.
Definitely, a work like few others in the genre.
The story moves along well and is fun as long as you suspend belief and do not worry too much about scientific correctness.
Definitely, a work like few others in the genre.
A Red Sun Also Rises explores complex interrelated lifeforms on the world Ptallya, and a cleric's search for the root of evil and good both in himself and externally. Excellent read.
Would be great for people who liked "Leviathan" and/or "Good Omens."
Would be great for people who liked "Leviathan" and/or "Good Omens."
I liked the Steampunk-meets-aliens sensibility, and the narrative voice was fantastic, but this was just a little too "out there" for me.
I enjoyed this on several levels. First of all, the social commentary that comes through is spot on. Secondly the theme of good and evil and the relationship between the two was delivered in such a palpable manner, I felt as if I myself was Aiden Fleischer and wrestling with the idea of a universe torn between two opposing powers of mysterious origin and relation to each other. While these things might give the impression of a heavy read, Hodder takes you on an incredibly fun and exciting journ...more
I'm not sure that the alien races were necessary for the medium. To be blunt, not impressed.
Surreal the whole way through....the whole time I was reading it I thought it was odd, not bad just odd.
Sep 25, 2012
Liviu
marked it as tried-but-not-for-me
not for me, at least not now; cannot pinpoint why precisely, just that my suspension of disbelief failed; may try again in the indefinite future
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Totally weird. Totally readable. Not to my taste, but others will probably love it. Sword and planet meets Victorian London.
Totally weird. Totally readable. Not to my taste, but others will probably love it. Sword and planet meets Victorian London.
3.5 stars. Weird and very entertaining. Need to mull this one over for a bit before writing more. Full review soon on Tor.com and www.farbeyondreality.com.
EDIT: while writing the review, I decided 4 stars is more appropriate. Review is almost done! :)
EDIT: while writing the review, I decided 4 stars is more appropriate. Review is almost done! :)
WOuld like to know if Aiden found Clarissa Great book
An imaginative and exciting steampunk planetary romance novel. This book has everything in it bar vampires -- thank goodness. Well done, Mr. Hodder. Now give us more please.
May 13, 2013
John Wicks
added it
Kept me enthralled from start to finish.
My first venture into Steampunk. I enjoyed except the names were sometimes to remember.
May 19, 2013
Kyra
marked it as to-read
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British writer living in Valencia, Spain.
Mark Hodder is the creator and caretaker of the Blakiana: The Sexton Blake Resource web site, which he designed to celebrate, record, and revive Sexton Blake, the most written about fictional detective in English publishing history.
A former BBC writer, editor, journalist, and Web producer, Mark has worked in all the new and traditional medias and was based...more
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Mark Hodder is the creator and caretaker of the Blakiana: The Sexton Blake Resource web site, which he designed to celebrate, record, and revive Sexton Blake, the most written about fictional detective in English publishing history.
A former BBC writer, editor, journalist, and Web producer, Mark has worked in all the new and traditional medias and was based...more
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