Nice review of Orbus over here at Fantasy Book Review from Pippa Jay.
I really enjoyed Orbus. I’ve read reviews that say the main character is weak, but I can’t say I got that impression at all. Asher hooked me from the very beginning with this book, with the snippy dialogue between the two drones stowed away on an AI ship with a steampunk design to the sardonic interplay between Old Captain Orbus and his creepy but aptly named fellow crew member Drooble.
‘I don’t like your name … it sounds like a blend between dribble and droopy … it’s a silly name.’
Orbus on the Book Depository (free international shipping), Amazon and Kindle.
5 comments:
what i really liked about orbus (apart from seeing how the "other half live" so to speak) was the prador king's reveal *SPOILER* that the polity AIs had told him to "deal with it or they would" (paraphrasing, obviously) *END SPOILER*, which i thought added a whole extra dimension to both sides.
Thanks for the *spoiler* tag. As I'm writing this, I'm still struggling to avert my eyes from your lines! :))
Best I not talk about that with you, Jebel, and thus extend the spoiler!
It's not really much of a spoiler anyway, Nuno, unless you know the context ... but keep thine eyes averted!
Probably my fav next to Brass Man for similar reasons to Jebel.
Thanks for the mention. :)
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