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Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
by Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author)
by Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author)
The epilogue captured what I really liked about this book. At the end, Priest warned against writing her to explain how she'd gotten Seattle history all wrong. She knew she's done it all wrong.
I was impressed how well she actually knew Seattle history, to the point of using a Sanborn map (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanborn_...) to help develop her plot. She actually took Seattle history, dumped it out on the floor and remixed it. That's wonderful.
The plot/characters/action is good too. Very filmesque, and that isn't an insult, just saying it fits into a particular box.
I was impressed how well she actually knew Seattle history, to the point of using a Sanborn map (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanborn_...) to help develop her plot. She actually took Seattle history, dumped it out on the floor and remixed it. That's wonderful.
The plot/characters/action is good too. Very filmesque, and that isn't an insult, just saying it fits into a particular box.
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Oct 11, 2010 01:32pm
Really disappointing. Must be a very slow year for Hugo nominations.
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I've really been impressed by her short fiction, I'm hoping for the best.On the other hand, they literally hand those out to just anyone really. Kind of like the Grammy's. ;)
What? You mean an massive underground drill didn't run amuck releasing poison gas that turned people into zombies? Damn. Seattle history just got a lot less interesting for me.
Rhenda wrote: "What? You mean an massive underground drill didn't run amuck releasing poison gas that turned people into zombies? Damn. Seattle history just got a lot less interesting for me."No, that actually did happen. But she got the geography totally wrong. *rollz eyes* That of course happened in Bellevue, not Seattle. And, the wall is now the outershell of the Factoria Mall.
