Micro Mention "Frankenstein: Prodigal Son"

I'll be the first to admit that initially, I thought "Frankenstein: Prodigal Son" by Dean Koontz sounded a bit hoaky to me—but damn it, by the end of it, I was super invested in this novel. Deucalion steals every scene he's in. I mean, how could he not?

Koontz as a writer strikes me as an incredibly talented guy, smart, and all that, but he uses that to know just what he can get away with to be commercially successful. He makes classical allusions galore—Deucalion is the son of Prometheus in Greek myth, and it's a double reference because people forget that Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" actually has the full title of "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus." Prodigal Son also references a biblical story, "The Prodigal Son," a parable Jesus teaches.

I feel Koontz gets unfairly compared to Stephen King, but he has his own brand of commercial genius to him that I can't help but respect. 

Also, I don't know why it's this way on audible, but I found out Kevin J. Anderson—a sci-fi author I really like—co-authored this book. I just discovered this as I'm writing this post and he's totally not credited on the cover or the by line. So this is a little mystery for me now.

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Micro Mention "Of Fire and Night"

Space Amish or rather Neo Amish—either way, there is Space Amish in this book, and as someone from Pennsylvania, they were my favorite part of “Of Fire and Night” by Kevin J. Anderson.  The whole series was worth reading to get to just this moment.

This series has such depth at this point with all of its characters' personal histories that it defies summarizing. Suffice to say, the titanic war between god-like elemental forces, aliens, robots, and the different factions of humanity is genuinely staggering in its scope in this novel. How Anderson keeps this stuff all straight in his head is a feat in of itself.

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Micro Mention "Scattered Suns"

“It’s not everybody who gets a chance to have their name misspelled in the history books” is one of the most badass quotes I’ve ever heard courtesy of “Scattered Suns” by Kevin J. Anderson. I've been reading through “The Saga of Seven Suns” now for a couple of years, which for a book series about a suitably epic sci-fi story seems appropriate.

Anderson, also writes in the “Dune” series, originally created by Frank Herbert, and the parallels in style and tone are pretty clear to me between his standalone work and “Dune.” What I'm saying is if you're an old school “Dune” fanatic, then you'll probably love “The Saga of Seven Suns.” Personally, I have always liked “Dune,” but I would say it would be a misrepresentation to call myself a fan. I feel we use that word wrong, “fan” is short for fanatic, and the term “casual fan” makes absolutely no sense to me.

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