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I think Williams wasn't sure how to wrap up that part of the story so he just picked something. And Calliope-we followed her throughout the whole story just so she could enter Dread's apartment and get a knife in the back? What purpose did that serve? Dulcie could have easily phoned the police on her own. I thought he would go out with more of a bang. You're right Cannon Fodder-some bits at the end did sort of seem tacked on. I mean, Orlando even ends up living in the Lord of the Rings simulation, and there were lots of references to the book within the story. I'm sure the Orlando+Sam = Frodo + Sam parallel was not accidental.
I also loved Orlando and Sam, especially the Wicked Tribe. But I didn't like !Xabbu very much either. Maybe I just understand little girls more because I have one of my own (plus I used to be one!). It's funny Vexed that Christobel irritated you.
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So, to sum it up, despite some flaws the good stuff about the series was so good I didn't care too much. It did have however, some cool twists, good character development and many story threads came together really well in a way that was extremely satisfying. In the final volume, which I thought was great, there were also some flaws such as the fact the majority of the major characters, after all the events of the series, did bugger all and really only had a negligible effect on the main story, some pretty big chance events- the timing of the cops finding Dread and some bits which seemed tacked on- the creation of the new life form, an interesting idea certainly, but it suddenly came out of nowhere.
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Plus I've read other stuff, no names mentioned, with far worse and far less interesting padding. I loved the twistedWizard of Oz world and the giant Gormenghastesque house. I didn't really mind this since all these subplots and wolrds were so interesting and entertaining in their own right, so it was good padding, which in my book is okay. A lot of the series, especially the second and third volumes, did seem like padding, with all the different worlds they passed through and had adventures in, without much having effect on the overall plot. These elements made up for what were some largish problems with the story. Also it was generally well written and had a wide range of very entertaining characters which always helps. It had such a great concept with so much potential. I thought the Otherland series was pretty damn good as well. I don't want to write any more before I know if anyone's even going to answer this. In all, it was a great series that I'm sure will stick in my head for a long time. I would have to say my favourite character was Christobel. It was also particularly satisfying to see that Dread got a serious taste of his own very poisonous medicine. My favourite part was Orlando's meeting with his parents in the Lord of the Rings simulation. Was The Other really alive, was it a person, even if it was only a brain? Were the "information beings" that Sellars created really alive? Were Orlando and Sellars really alive even though their physical bodies were dead? It made me think about the very nature of life and death. I expected the story to be entertaining like Memory Sorrow and Thorn, and it was-and, like the former series, it had a fabulous ending, but it was also very thought provoking. The second and third books dragged a bit-perhaps they could have been combined into one book.īut the story itself I found quite intriguing, the ending especially. And there were some scenes (for example, the entire part in Dodge City) that I felt were unnecessary and only made the story drag. For example, at one point he said "The dust lay as thick as icing sugar." That doesn't even make sense-who said icing sugar is thick? It's just light and powdery. I felt that some sentences and phrases just sounded awkward. It could have benefitted from a couple more rereads on his part, but to his credit each book is extremely long and I'm sure he had deadlines. Namely, the skeleton of the plot is a very classic fantasy motif, the quest on which a group of bedraggled people who have been thrown together must embark to save the world.įor starters I should say that I really liked the series, although I wouldn't say it was perfect-it seemed to me that Williams was in a bit of rush to finish it. I probably should have put it on the SF board but I'm more comfortable here, and besides I believe the series contains many fantasy elements as well. I just finished Tad Williams' Otherland series tonight and I was wondering if anyone wanted to discuss it with me.
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