Francois Vigneault

A great science fiction tale set mostly on the eponymous moon of Saturn, where genetically engineered giants work at an ageing hydrocarbon factory complex. Mngr João da Silva arrives to improve the plant's efficiency but gets embroiled in a simmering conflict between the Titan Unionists and the Terran company overlords. In the midst of the suspicion and tension, João falls in love with Phoebe, a Titan woman. The Titans have a rough culture and their own way of speaking, which is rendered well. The art style did not initially appeal to me, but the characters shone through it. Some font choices (eg. white writing on pink background) made it hard to read for me at times. I do love me some solar system sci-fi. Great story, OK artwork and text.

It's interesting that LibraryThing adds a (1) after the title. Might there be more? The story is quite self-contained but it *could* have a sequel.… (mehr)

*Received via NetGalley in exchange for a review*

This reminded me a lot of the beginning of The Expanse series; a struggling space colony, populated by Titans (who were born in low gravity, and thus physically different enough that they wouldn't be able to survive on Earth) but ruled by Earthlings. (They even share the "dropping rocks from outer space" strategy!) This, of course, causes tension, which isn't helped by the arrival of a government inspector who claims to want to help the Titans.

Interesting art and color palette, with convincing future tech and slang.While we get a good insight into the beginning of the conflict, the decision to time-jump right to the end is interesting, and leave the plot feeling a little lacking.

Not the most original but not bad.… (mehr)

It's management vs. labor as an evil space energy corporation and Earth government exploits angry miners on Titan, a moon of Saturn. The miners are genetically-engineered to be giants in Titan's low gravity, but would be crushed by Earth's gravity. Despite the size of the Titans, Terrans treat them as lesser beings, disposable cogs in the great capitalistic machine. Star-crossed love and MMA fighting are thrown in in an attempt to make things more lively with some regular sex and violence.

I found the message of the book confusing. The corporation is portrayed as oppressive, but the book also seems like anti-union propaganda, with a manipulative union leader nicknamed Cyrus the Great (a historical hero of the Jews) drawn in what appears to me to be anti-semitic caricature. It seems to want to be about a slave uprising, yet mostly portrays the revolutionaries as terrorists or duped masses. There are what can be perceived as good and bad people on both sides of a nasty conflict that involves discrimination, oppression, and classism.

I just never really engaged with all the moral murkiness.… (mehr)

A graphic novel that shows what can happen when tensions rise between two different groups; one of which has been ignored and overshadowed for decades. When MNGR Joao da Silva gets sent to the moon of Titan to try and get the Homestead colony back on track and profitable he can't believe how tense it is between the genetically made giant Titan workers and their Terran management. The Titan workers are angry and waiting to strike. They've been over worked and under paid. The Terran management are frightened and distrustful of their workers. The whole situation is a powder keg. Phoebe Mackintosh is a Titan with a history of fighting but when she is sent as liaison to Joao da Silva she finds something alluring in him and he in her. They have to work together to save their planet and find a better way - but what if they're too late. A wonderfully illustrated graphic novel that proves how relevant science fiction can be to the world we live in now.… (mehr)