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The Human Division #5: Tales From The Clarke (2013)

by John Scalzi(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Tor Books

series

The Human Division

review 1: So far so good. Can't wait for the next episode. And I really think this kind of serial publishing works in digital formats. Each vol is short and totally not challenging readers' patience. I mean, I could do novels but lots of young people can't cuz they're too used to TV series, online films, instant downloads and social media, all of which take no more than 30 minutes. It's hard to make they spend hours reading a story. So I imagine these people would love reading short stories that are related to one another. It's like watching CSI or Eureka. But ironically, though this form of publishing is supposed to be friendly to those who're not patient enough to do intensive reading for a whole book, to be able to understand what this series is about one still needs to finish at... more least 2 novels first (actually just the Last Colony will do but I think it's better to include Old Man's War as well). However, this is commercially reasonable because there's a guaranteed base of readers, of which I'm one.
review 2: The series is shaping up nicely. I am finding I like it quite a lot. I missed some SciFi in my life, apparently.I think the full book will suffer a bit from the serialization, but right now I do not mind and I find it great, giving me time to read my weekly instalment without having to hurry.And it does seem that the parts with the crew of the Clarke are the ones I'm enjoying the most, definitely. This week's story was yet another example of what to expect from this crew. Scalzi is managing to pull out something we saw a lot of in Stargate, for instance: he gives us our weekly episode, yet the main story flows in the back plot. I can't wait to watch it develop. less

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