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Rx - Episode 1: The Blackouts (2012)

by Robert Brockway(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Brockwar Press: The Fightin'est Press in the West

series

Rx: A Tale of Electronegativity

review 1: When I say that Rx has great potential, I do not use the phrase lightly. Brockway, as well as already being one of my favorite authors (making his a name on a list that include Asimov, Crichton and King), has written what is shaping up to easily be one of my favorite books. Allowing the reader to spend a day among the three characters introduced in the first installment is quite the treat. Brockway has a real knack for thrusting the reader headlong into his world, a cramped world of rampant vice and drug addiction. It's a very original concept; if the premise has been done before, then I sure haven't heard of it, and when Brockway gets to work plunging his readers into the depths of his imaginative and surreal world, he doesn't mess around. No time is wasted on unnecessary... more exposition. You almost immediately find yourself in the shoes of Red, a black market drug dealer and beta tester for a new and advanced types of drugs, lost and alone in the bowels of the vast, futuristic superstructure Brockway's creations call home. As Red struggles to piece together fragments of his memory, it is your job as a reader to piece together the intricacies and clever little nuances of Brockway's brave new world, and you can't help but have a great time doing it. No longer are we spoon-fed setting and detail, people: the author has given you the tools and you must use them to build the narrative, and reading the story is all the much more fun for it. As a result, the Four Posts already feel like a familiar place; no other science fiction story has welcomed me with such open arms before, treating me as an equal, as a member of its wondrous and clever society. I would readily recommend the book to anyone, and at $2 it's a steal. I urge you to go out and get yours. By which I mean open a new tab and Google the book's website. Needless to say: I can't wait for the future installments.
review 2: Between the free sample on the website and the low asking price, I've got to say that I'm impressed by the respect the author gives the reader. The idea that you don't need to buy a book to see if it's good shouldn't be this new and interesting, but it is.Overall, I enjoyed this book. The characters were interesting, with depth to their traits, and genuine motives behind their actions. The plot is kept kind of secrets, but considering that this is just the first episode of the book, I'm fine with that.That being said, this book is not for those who hate sci-fi. It's no stranger to the tropes and traits that most science fiction books share. It uses them well, but it might be enough to turn off some readers.To sum it up: Read the free sample. Buy it if you like it. less

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