This is turning out to be a weekend of rare pleasures. I managed to get my hands on a copy of Catherine Asaro's latest book in her Skolian series - "Carnelians". Beg, borrow, buy or steal a copy. It's great. I read it through in just a day and night, and will go back and re-read it. The only drawback of it is that it leaves you wanting so much more, right now.
Don't worry, the story does have a proper conclusion. But it's so enjoyable spending time with these characters and you invest so much in them emotionally, that you really need to know what happens next in their lives.
Guess I'll just have to wait the year or so until she brings out another one - and if she doesn't , that will just be too cruel! this series has not finished, Ms Asaro - please.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Falling skies
I have finally managed to see the first episode of the new SF series "Falling Skies", which I recorded when it first screened. It's very good, but the best part of it is the opening minutes. For a master class in how to set up a SF/fantasy world in just a few screen shots - watch the first minutes of Ep 1 of "Falling Skies" . Using a child's pictures, the voice over of a teacher, and a few outside action shots of other characters, the entire scenario of this dystopian earth soon after conquest by aliens is set out, with the resultant deaths of most humans and the desperate battle to survive of those left behind. All this through a traumatised child's pictures and a brief action sequence of resistance fighters. So not only do you get the scenario set out, you are grabbed by the emotional heart of the story right from the beginning. And that's before they even start rolling the opening credits. Absolutely brilliant.
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