 Drops of Corruption |
 May 10 2006, 03:10 PM
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Hello all. I decided to take a break from the monumentally time-consuming art of lurking to start a thread (although I'm sure there are a dozen others and I just missed them) about the newest ShadowRun novel, Drops of Corruption, by our very own (well, I see him post here...) Jason Hardy!
I'm only in the midst of chapter 11 right now, but I have a few comments I feel like making. I'm going to dodge major spoilers for now, and I trust that those of you who reply can label your spoilers well- I would like to preserve my sense of surprise a while longer. Item One: I love chapter 11. It could have been a standard decking chapter, but there are things that just make it fun to read. It may be the image of Petey at work, actually. I grinned so hard it hurt! Item Two: This book feels very different from the Kenson Trilogy that opened the series. I love Kenson's older SR Novels, but Born to Run (and its companion pieces) was obviously written as an SR intro and I, myself, didn't need such a thing. Still, I reccommend it to those who are new to the universe, particularly since the Secrets of Power trilogy (my own introduction) is somewhat hard to scrape up in these far flung modern days. 16 years ago, they were everywhere! The point- those who were soured by the Trilogy should try this book anyway- it is a return to what you (can/should) expect from a SR novel! Item Three: This book makes me curious which characters were dictated by Wizkids. I know (well, I've heard) Banickburn was a figure from SRD Wave Three, and Jackie Ozone was present in the rulebook (so that means she was a likely candidate for Wave 3 or 4), and I love Kross (released in Wave Two) but is anyone else from the SRD line? Just curious. Also curious if Kross (in the novel) is of the super-rare "six-fingered man" metavariant :-) Ok. I'll stop. In general, as of this moment, I am really enjoying this book! I like that I'm not being forced to wallow in pity for our burnout hero... but I also like that I *want* to feel sorry for him. --PenAgain |
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PenAgain Drops of Corruption May 10 2006, 03:10 PM
JM Hardy Glad the first 11 chapters are working for you... May 11 2006, 12:57 AM LordHaHa Mr. Hardy, I just had the pleasure of finishing up... May 11 2006, 04:00 AM JM Hardy Glad you enjoyed it, LordHaHa, and thanks to the g... May 11 2006, 01:20 PM Witness I'll have to try and get this. I enjoyed the U... May 11 2006, 04:44 PM Goliath I have a question maybe its been awnserd already, ... May 11 2006, 05:41 PM blakkie Want to buy my Limited Edition copy and double you... May 11 2006, 05:52 PM JM Hardy QUOTE (blakkie) Want to buy my Limited Edition cop... May 11 2006, 08:41 PM PenAgain Curious question I have (that probably won't g... May 12 2006, 02:48 PM JM Hardy QUOTE (PenAgain) Curious question I have (that pro... May 12 2006, 11:15 PM Drex QUOTE (LordHaHa @ May 10 2006, 11:00 PM) It w... May 13 2006, 03:15 AM JM Hardy QUOTE (Drex) Also does anyone know how the novels ... May 13 2006, 05:41 PM fistandantilus3.0 As soon as it's in the B&N in my area I... May 14 2006, 04:21 AM BookWyrm I reserved up my copy the day it was released ... May 14 2006, 05:39 AM rlemansky Greetings.
Absolutely amazing read. Very well do... May 14 2006, 09:55 AM PenAgain Finished-- and I must concur with all of the prais... May 15 2006, 03:26 PM JM Hardy PenAgain and rlemansky--you've made my week. T... May 15 2006, 07:50 PM Grinder So, before buying this book: are there any Drop Be... May 16 2006, 01:13 PM PenAgain See that small broken thing lying on the floor nex... May 16 2006, 01:30 PM Grinder QUOTE (PenAgain) Bearer of bad news for the Drop B... May 16 2006, 03:10 PM JM Hardy Well hold on a second. What sort of conspiracy wou... May 16 2006, 03:27 PM PenAgain Hrmmm. Perhaps Snowmaker's back story, all ask... May 16 2006, 03:36 PM Grinder QUOTE (JM Hardy) Well hold on a second. What sort ... May 16 2006, 11:03 PM fistandantilus3.0 Awesome. In the true sense of the word. I just lov... May 17 2006, 04:50 AM Silent Recoil Quite an amazing job on the book Mr. Hardy. I have... May 17 2006, 06:38 AM Grinder Ordered it at amazon.de just a few minutes ago. An... May 17 2006, 10:12 AM Grinder QUOTE (fistandantilus3.0) Still waiting for one to... May 17 2006, 10:12 AM fistandantilus3.0 see, that's where we go back to that whole ... May 17 2006, 11:14 AM Grinder Thank you for the first good laugh this day. May 17 2006, 11:17 AM fistandantilus3.0 any time. Have you read the book yet BTW Grinder? May 17 2006, 11:55 AM Grinder No, I just ordered it today. But it will be hopefu... May 17 2006, 11:57 AM JM Hardy All right, to address a few issues and questions:
... May 17 2006, 12:49 PM Grinder I love this guy May 17 2006, 01:08 PM fistandantilus3.0 QUOTE (JM Hardy) First, about books in Utah. My cr... May 18 2006, 04:50 AM Grinder I think Brother Hardy will make it for the beginni... May 19 2006, 09:18 AM JM Hardy Fistandantilus, do you mean to say those glowing r... May 19 2006, 01:18 PM BookWyrm Oh man, I gotta get reading this book. I feel like... May 20 2006, 01:08 AM fistandantilus3.0 JM: The hammers aren't us. That might be the M... May 20 2006, 04:31 AM
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