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The Half-Made World (The Half-Made World, #1)
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I will go on record that my hatred of the Western genre has been sorely shaken lately. I think the revisionist Steampunk lit has really infused a classic genre with much needed freshness. I dare to say that Half-Made World is the apex of these selections.
The author takes the American West and plops it into a fictional world, with several warring factions fighting over the future of the country, none all the way black or white. The complexity of the world and characters was so engrossing, similar to how Joe Abercrombie infused a fresh grittiness into High Fantasy. Highly recommend this book to men and women. Looking forward to the sequel (which is deftly set up).
The author takes the American West and plops it into a fictional world, with several warring factions fighting over the future of the country, none all the way black or white. The complexity of the world and characters was so engrossing, similar to how Joe Abercrombie infused a fresh grittiness into High Fantasy. Highly recommend this book to men and women. Looking forward to the sequel (which is deftly set up).
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January 30, 2011
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Feb 01, 2011 03:31PM
There's still a lot of life left in the Western genre. Now, if someone would only do a Western set in space. Maybe Joss Whedon could come up with something...
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Someone's already on that. Jon Favreau is directing "Cowboys vs. Aliens" :) Here's the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXHhnT...
You should read gilmans first two novels, very dickins like steampunk world
