Comments on: Good Things

By: Will

Will — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:53:03 +0000

Looking forward to your thoughts on Asterios Polyp, as I just finished it myself. Still trying to figure out what to make of it, and am eager for your always-interesting perspective.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:28:55 +0000

I suspect that none of the Faction Paradox novels depend on knowing the other Faction Paradox novels, although having The Book of the War around might be helpful for one or two. Daniel O'Mahoney's Newton's Sleep, the only one released so far by the series's second publisher, has been released as a free e-book if you want to give it a try. I recommend it--the FP line is the most consistently good DW book line so far.

By: Andrew Hickey

Andrew Hickey — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:27:11 +0000

Absolutely not. The Book Of The War is essentially a guidebook to the Faction Paradox ‘universe’ – somewhere between collection of short stories and RPG handbook, but *much* better than that sounds, and was published before the rest of the FP novels (other than the Doctor Who novels they first appeared in).
I’ve not read any of the other FP novels myself, and I got it just fine. You’d lose a little bit if you’ve never read any of the Doctor Who novels, and a little more if you’d never seen any Doctor Who on the TV at all, but even then I’d say it’s more than accessible enough…

By: Nicholas Whyte

Nicholas Whyte — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:07:52 +0000

Does enjoying ‘The Book of the War’ depend on knowing the other Faction Paradox novels?

By: Andrew Hickey

Andrew Hickey — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:25:34 +0000

And Alex’s notes are mostly stuff that was on the website when the book first came out, along with a few other bits he’s added…

By: Andrew Hickey

Andrew Hickey — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:24:51 +0000

I was never a huge fan of the novels as a general thing, and it’s only very recently I’ve come to appreciate that some of the writers, like Miles, could rise above the usual run of ‘oh look, I’m cool because I have smoked an spliff and seen a naked lady’…

By: Andy Hinton

Andy Hinton — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:32:48 +0000

How on earth can you not have read The Book of the War before now?!

I must see if I can get hold of Alex’s notes too…

By: Zom

Zom — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Good to have you back, Andrew.

Tell you what else is good, Teatime Brutality alive and well and promising some new posts!