Post by lidar2 on May 9, 2022 13:24:40 GMT
I am listening to Lucifer right now and it really is bad.
I know we shouldn't speak ill of the dead, and I would never deny that Mr Darrow was anything less than a fantastic actor, and I'm sure he was a lovely person as well, but I'm afraid his literary ambitions somewhat exceeded his abilities.
Where to begin? There seems to be a poor grasp of the astrophysics involved in space travel, plants breaking up, gravity, etc. I'm no expert myself, and maybe Darrow has got it right and I am wrong, but I don't think so. At times it seems like everything is happening in the Solar System. Then there is the attitude to sex and women, which is like something from a 60s or 70s Bond movie, and the portrayal of the Chinese which is akin to a 1940s style "yellow peril" thriller. I honestly don't think this book would have been published had it been written by anyone else - presumably BF were trying to keep him sweet so he would be on board for audio productions.
I'm only about half way through, maybe it will improve, but I doubt it.
I know we shouldn't speak ill of the dead, and I would never deny that Mr Darrow was anything less than a fantastic actor, and I'm sure he was a lovely person as well, but I'm afraid his literary ambitions somewhat exceeded his abilities.
Where to begin? There seems to be a poor grasp of the astrophysics involved in space travel, plants breaking up, gravity, etc. I'm no expert myself, and maybe Darrow has got it right and I am wrong, but I don't think so. At times it seems like everything is happening in the Solar System. Then there is the attitude to sex and women, which is like something from a 60s or 70s Bond movie, and the portrayal of the Chinese which is akin to a 1940s style "yellow peril" thriller. I honestly don't think this book would have been published had it been written by anyone else - presumably BF were trying to keep him sweet so he would be on board for audio productions.
I'm only about half way through, maybe it will improve, but I doubt it.
