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Tim Powers is not an easy author to read. It took me two tries to get through Declare because it was so densely packed action and ideas. It required way too much brain power the first time I tried to read it. The Anubis Gates was convoluted and required a bit of knowledge about English Literature (thank goodness I majored) and Egyptian mythology (limited, at best). Both were very good, but required a lot of work out of the reader.
With Three Days to Never, Powers manages to make his fantastically ...more
With Three Days to Never, Powers manages to make his fantastically ...more
Tim Powers has written some of my very favorite books, but this is not one of them. The last several of his books that I have read feel to me as if he is trying to parody his own better works. All of his hallmarks are here: time travel, proximity to historical characters, places or items imbued with power, strange and useful rituals, and cheap beer. Most of them are used in a clever way, but cleverness for its own sake doesn't really do anything for me. The whole thing feels impersonal and clutt
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I'm quite in the mood for just picking up books on an impulse lately and when I saw this at the library, I thought the premise sounded interesting and I wanted to give Powers another go as he is quite highly acclaimed and I've not been overly blown away by what I've read by him previously.
Though I found myself engaged enough to hold my interest to the end, I never really found myself enjoying it that much. We're dropped straight into the fray as a whole host of strange things are going on. The c ...more
Though I found myself engaged enough to hold my interest to the end, I never really found myself enjoying it that much. We're dropped straight into the fray as a whole host of strange things are going on. The c ...more
What a fun read!
Sep 27, 2008
Ubik
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