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Lädt ... Battle of the Linguist Mages (Original 2022; 2022. Auflage)von Scotto Moore (Auteur)
Werk-InformationenBattle of the Linguist Mages von Scotto Moore (2022)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 3 stars for writing, 4 for ideas, rounding up ( ) I was uncertain to begin with whether this would be all manic sparkly quips in lieu of character/storyline. It wasn't, and it drew and held my attention - for most of the book. The power morphemes were cool (I mean the linguistics rapidly got very wacky but hey, so did everything else, so it fit); the intrigue and revelations were compelling; the main character was fun but not shallow and despite her initial cynicism had a strong moral core; the game setting was quirky and not my kind of game but I can see the appeal and enjoyed the descriptions of its internal mythology. But... there kept being more revelations, more levelling up, more and more massive melees against the Big Boss, and as I type this I realise this is 100% in keeping with game structure so if you like games then there you are, but at a certain point I was so overstimulated that I started getting bored. Not my kind of game, I guess. So fun! The lead character has a sustained, hilarious voice. The story playfully swirls together gaming, multiverses, linguistics, and politics. It offered a much more enticing case for anarchy than Doctorow’s pendantic Walkaway. By the time I finished this, my throat hurt, even while I longed to try out power morphemes. My initial response to this novel was not bad, as it at least passed the "50 page" test. However, the more I got into it, the clunkier it seemed, and I wrapped it up with a quick skim. Reading Moore's afterword my thought that the big problem is that this novel represents a mash-up of several of his plays, and he has not yet developed a good balance between telling and showing. Still, this story would probably make a good animated mini-series. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"In modern day Los Angeles, a shadowy faction led by the Governor of California develops the arcane art of combat linguistics, planting the seeds of a future totalitarian empire in Scott Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages. Isobel is the Queen of the medieval rave-themed VR game Sparkle Dungeon. Her prowess in the game makes her an ideal candidate to learn the secrets of "power morphemes"-unnaturally dense units of meaning that warp perception when skilfully pronounced. But Isobel's reputation makes her the target of a strange resistance movement led by spellcasting anarchists, who may be the only thing stopping the cabal from toppling California over the edge of a terrible transformation, with forty million lives at stake. Time is short for Isobel to level up and choose a side-because the cabal has attracted much bigger and weirder enemies than the anarchist resistance, emerging from dark and vicious dimensions of reality and heading straight for planet Earth!"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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