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"It was time to whip the god." Now that's an opening line! It grabs hold of the reader (this one anyway) and immediately begs the question: What the hell is going on here? Aspiring authors should take note. Actually, I've noticed that some established authors should make note of it as well. Being just a novella, the pace feels a bit rushed. Backstory for the characters is hard to come by, so every tidbit that Scalzi shares is valuable. If the page count had been doubled, Scalzi could've gone into more detail about this strange universe, maybe revealed more detail about how things work and the setting. But maybe that's all a good thing as Scalzi just sticks to the molten core of this story and more detail might slow things down too much. The conflict between Captain Tephe and Priest Andso is well done. The two are locked in a power struggle and clash often to see who will come out ahead. All the while, the aforementioned god taunts Tephe, assailing his faith. Both interpersonal relationships maintain the tension until the first contact meeting with a heathen people, when Scalzi reveals his hand (I must say, I was caught off guard). From there it's a mad dash to the book's bloody conclusion. It was nice to see Scalzi break from his established style and go dark. I can see why the novella was nominated for a Hugo.Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Although billed as a fantasy story, THE GOD ENGINES reads (to me, at least) like science fiction: it's set for the most part on a starship, and the "gods" around which the action is based could be read as aliens as easily as supernatural beings. Maybe more easily so. Scalzi never fails to entertain, but this is a truly dark tale, and the treatment organized religion makes Philip Pullman sound like someone who works in the Vatican. There are parts that ring a bit false, and pieces of plot that don't quite seem seamless, but in the end, it's a solid piece of work by a writer who deserves recognition as a true Storyteller. Not everything lands in the right-center bleachers, but a solid single up the middle is still a good at bat. --m