The Merchants' War (Merchant Princes, Book 4)
by Charles Stross
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Read in October, 2008
I stayed up last night finishing this book, and I was glad I did. I really enjoyed this next venture into the Family Trade series, and it gave me a lot to think about.
(Seriously, I was speculating about group theory and genetics and world travel and what the heck the current (soon to be outgoing) administration would do with world-travel. At one in the morning. I learned that I can remember the definition of an Abelian group at one at the morning, but heck if I can remember the name.)
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(Seriously, I was speculating about group theory and genetics and world travel and what the heck the current (soon to be outgoing) administration would do with world-travel. At one in the morning. I learned that I can remember the definition of an Abelian group at one at the morning, but heck if I can remember the name.)
I...more
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Read in October, 2008
Fourth book in this series. Picked it up as soon as it was out in paperback. Some of you may remember my frenetic flight through the first three books in the series back in the spring. I was waiting with bated breath for this one, and as soon as I pulled it out of the box at the bookstore where I work, I bought it and started reading it. Well, I finished the stock order first, but it definitely bumped the other book I was reading back to the back burner. And now at least one and possibly two Cha...more
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Read in April, 2008
I've been tough on this series, finding that some of the books were a bit frustrating, but I liked this one rather more. It certainly advanced the storyline, balanced the various locations about evenly, and started tying off some loose ends from previous installments. About time, too.
Oh, and some resolutions were reached without having to go through Miriam, the heroine so far. Lessons learned from volume 3, perhaps?
Not sure I'd recommend reading the series to get to this one, but if you ...more
Oh, and some resolutions were reached without having to go through Miriam, the heroine so far. Lessons learned from volume 3, perhaps?
Not sure I'd recommend reading the series to get to this one, but if you ...more
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4 stars because I am a fan of Stross, and even more so a fan of this series. I highly recommend the series, The Merchant Princes, it's fast paced, entertaining and imaginative, and the ideas stick in the brain long past the point of reading. This particular book reminded me of the last GRR Martin book, Feast for Crows. Not that the books have any similarities in subject matter, but because they are transitional novels, lots of cliffhangers, but no resolution. So while I enjoyed devouring thi...more
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Read in November, 2008
This is book 4 of a series. It's a great series to read, and this book is the best yet. I can't wait for the next book in the series. Get book 1 and get started!
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Read in August, 2008
Book 4 in the adventures of Miriam Beckstein (formerly an American business journalist, and now a reluctant Countess in an alternate world).
after the Royal coup, Miriam flees to world 3 (where she's started a business) and remains in hiding from...pretty much everyone. her W3 friends are planning a revolution and not very happy to see her :)
in the Clan world, civil war is threatening and in our world the FTO (organisation set up to deal with the 'narcoterrorist' Clan threat) is working o...more
after the Royal coup, Miriam flees to world 3 (where she's started a business) and remains in hiding from...pretty much everyone. her W3 friends are planning a revolution and not very happy to see her :)
in the Clan world, civil war is threatening and in our world the FTO (organisation set up to deal with the 'narcoterrorist' Clan threat) is working o...more
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Read in December, 2007
This book is a lot more action packed than the previous book and Charles Stross made the book more action packed with may sides trying to get a leg up on the situation.
Unfortunately, there are a lot more characters now, so the original character, Miriam, is kind of put in the way side. I was hoping for more spunk from her, but all I am getting is that she gets into trouble, and she makes it worse for everybody. (which I guess is a ...more
Unfortunately, there are a lot more characters now, so the original character, Miriam, is kind of put in the way side. I was hoping for more spunk from her, but all I am getting is that she gets into trouble, and she makes it worse for everybody. (which I guess is a ...more
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Charles Stross managed to to succeed with The Merchants' War despite my initial misgivings. First, I feel that most authors who can't write what they need to say in one book are being lazy or trying to milk the cash cow with a series. Two, the last book Stross in the Merchant Princes series was king of dull but he picked up the pace and delivered a wallop with The Merchants' War. The simple truth of the matter is that Stross is an amazingly inventive author and succeeds where other writers fail.
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