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Books of the Anarchy #2
Toxicity
Welcome to Manna – the utopian galaxy where all races exist in harmony.
Ruled by Shamans, perfect alien machines, Manna is a place of wisdom, technology and art. On the edge of the galaxy, away from romantic holiday cruises, hides Toxicity, a reprocessing planet run by The Greenstar Company and dealing with all Manna's waste – there's no poison The Company will not recycle.
Jenni Xi, ECO Terrorist, is fighting a cleanup war against The Company. When a sabotage goes horribly wrong, she learns the future of the planet, and it's far worse than she ever dreamed. Svoolzard Koolimax – poet, swashbuckler, bon viveur – is Guest of Honour on a Masters Cruise when a violent attack leaves his Cruiser crashed in the polluted seas. Horace is a torture model Anarchy Android, known simply as The Dentist. Horace works for The Company.
Soon, these three very different people will meet – and the fate of Manna will change forever...
Ruled by Shamans, perfect alien machines, Manna is a place of wisdom, technology and art. On the edge of the galaxy, away from romantic holiday cruises, hides Toxicity, a reprocessing planet run by The Greenstar Company and dealing with all Manna's waste – there's no poison The Company will not recycle.
Jenni Xi, ECO Terrorist, is fighting a cleanup war against The Company. When a sabotage goes horribly wrong, she learns the future of the planet, and it's far worse than she ever dreamed. Svoolzard Koolimax – poet, swashbuckler, bon viveur – is Guest of Honour on a Masters Cruise when a violent attack leaves his Cruiser crashed in the polluted seas. Horace is a torture model Anarchy Android, known simply as The Dentist. Horace works for The Company.
Soon, these three very different people will meet – and the fate of Manna will change forever...
- GenresScience FictionFiction
416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 27, 2012
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About the author
Andy Remic
51 books182 followersAndy Remic lives in Lincoln, UK, although his heart and viking soul belong to the Scottish mountains. Married with two children, Andy has a variety of esoteric and sometimes contrasting loves, including sword fighting, climbing, mountain biking, kick-boxing, Ducati motorcycles and retro-gaming. He recently wrote the computer version of his novel Biohell for the 48K Spectrum, in which many people are still stuck. He writes in both SF and fantasy fields, and is sometimes accused of literature. Current novels include: Spiral, Quake, Warhead, War Machine, Biohell, Hardcore and the upcoming Cloneworld, Theme Planet and TOX for Solaris Books, and the Kell’s Legend trilogy, Kell’s Legend, Soul Stealers and Vampire Warlords for Angry Robot Books.
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February 28, 2018
I enjoyed this book for the most part.
When myself and James interviewed Remic for the Fantasy Book Club by the Square Groot, he mentioned that he was informed to focus more on characters and this book was more character driven than previous works. Which is true, there is more an emphasis on the characters, backstories and personalities and little things that each one does that makes them feel more believable than some others that Remic has written before. I enjoyed that, the insane things that are happening in this book are better because you have more of an connection to the characters and want to see what happens to them.
The operative word in that last sentence is 'insane'. The planet is one huge rubbish tip, and Remic goes all in in describing areas of the planet, for example things like 'used needle alley' or descriptions such as that. The action set pieces aren't as frantic as other books, but the sheer ludicrously of this planet is the main selling point.
Why two stars? It lulls in places, in other books he has done there are points where the characters are resting or planning etc, but here it seems as if nothing is happening at points. Also Remic falls into tropes that are fine in themselves, but the fact they are used again, sometimes repetitively, lessens the anticipation of what might happen next. Also the ending, which I don't want to spoil, is too far of a stretch of the imagination considering all the stuff that has happened to the characters.
Decent book.
When myself and James interviewed Remic for the Fantasy Book Club by the Square Groot, he mentioned that he was informed to focus more on characters and this book was more character driven than previous works. Which is true, there is more an emphasis on the characters, backstories and personalities and little things that each one does that makes them feel more believable than some others that Remic has written before. I enjoyed that, the insane things that are happening in this book are better because you have more of an connection to the characters and want to see what happens to them.
The operative word in that last sentence is 'insane'. The planet is one huge rubbish tip, and Remic goes all in in describing areas of the planet, for example things like 'used needle alley' or descriptions such as that. The action set pieces aren't as frantic as other books, but the sheer ludicrously of this planet is the main selling point.
Why two stars? It lulls in places, in other books he has done there are points where the characters are resting or planning etc, but here it seems as if nothing is happening at points. Also Remic falls into tropes that are fine in themselves, but the fact they are used again, sometimes repetitively, lessens the anticipation of what might happen next. Also the ending, which I don't want to spoil, is too far of a stretch of the imagination considering all the stuff that has happened to the characters.
Decent book.
June 14, 2012
While the environs of this novel and the overall concept are intriguing, I don't care enough about the characters and by the mid-point of the book. Nor did I feel there was a big enough/cohesive plot between the three "main" characters to warrant finishing the novel.
I was really hoping this would “Wow” me.
There are also some writing issues, mostly in that the narrative (within the chapters) switches away from the main perspective character at random intervals and left me wondering why the author chose to do it that way. It messed with the scene’s flow in many cases.
I might pick this book up again someday and try to get through the second half, but overall, it’s not a fun enough read and doesn’t have any other redeeming qualities to make me press on.
I was really hoping this would “Wow” me.
There are also some writing issues, mostly in that the narrative (within the chapters) switches away from the main perspective character at random intervals and left me wondering why the author chose to do it that way. It messed with the scene’s flow in many cases.
I might pick this book up again someday and try to get through the second half, but overall, it’s not a fun enough read and doesn’t have any other redeeming qualities to make me press on.
March 3, 2014
violent, unremitting but worth a read, part of the Anarchy series hence similar to Theme Planet but with less likeable characters.
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