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Summary: Excellent book!
Review: Man, an episode your gonna wish was on TV!Cool story, even the scene with Aeryn getting drunk is great! I had to read it threw in one day. It was great! If your a scaper, your gonna love this book.
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Summary: Fabulous FarScape Fiction
Review: Ohhhh man, this book was great! Farscape, the most wonderful and excellent sci-fi television series now has a most excellent and wonderful book series! Take THAT, Babylon 5! (Apologies to all B-5 fans). This book had all the humor, witty remarks, cool creatures and fabulous Crichton one-liners inherent in the tv series itself. I never get tired of Johnny-Boy saving the day. The "Drunken Aeryn" scene was one of my favorites. This was the fastest I have ever plowed through a book. 5 hours. 199 pages was the perfect length too. Just about as long as an episode would be if you had to read it. I can definitely say that we can all be safe in the knowledge that greatness has returned to televison series-based novels. Of course, this is the first series-based novel I've read since Quantum Leap. Well worth the purchase price. Just like the tv series I am certain that these new book additions will never let me down. Viva Liantac, everyone! Viva Liantac indeed.
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Summary: Come on, publish the next frelling book already!
Review: Quoth Mr. O'Bannon: "You =get= it!" ("You", in this case, being Mr. DeCandido.) And DeCandido does, indeed, "get it". House of Cards is a perfect example of what a media tie-in novel should be: it should seem like it was taken from the show, like these characters are those characters; it offers a story that you are unlikely to find in the series (simply because of sheer cost--would you *really* expect them to try to build about half of Las Vegas? because that's about where on the planet this story takes place); and it's *entertaining*. House of Cards is all of that. My minor nitpick: Mr. DeCandido talks about some events that happened in the past in the series. If you're the odd case like me (who bought this book after having seen only "Self-Inflicted Wounds") who hasn't seen much of the series, it can help provide a sense of grounding. Otherwise, it's simply repetion of prior knowledge in an already small book. Alright, that's done. Now, bring on Out of Time (the fourth Farscape book, also by Mr. DeCandido, to be released Summer 2002)!
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Summary: Best of the Bunch
Review: That is, if you can call three a bunch. Having read all three original Farscape adventures (Dark Side of the Sun and Ship of Ghosts), I feel House of Cards is the only one to hit the nail on the head. Point one: It had a grand story with compelling sublots, all the threads wove the larger story together for us. Point two: The characters were true to the televised versions we love, in action, inner thoughts, and dialogue. Point three: No one over-shadowed anyone else. There's nothing wrong with favoring one character for an episode but this was the first of a new series and should feature ALL the characters extensively. As it did. Point four: DeCandido gave us a new and lavish world full of vivid and easily imagined scenes. Point five: It didn't "talk down" to fans. With 2+ seasons worth of stories and histories and plotlines to include, DeCandido didn't rush thru a summary, use some quick writer's trick, or over simplify things (as Bischoff did with Ship of Ghosts). No spoon feeding of backstories here! It was new-reader-friendly without annoying loyal fans. And the final point: It was a lot of fun to read!
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Summary: Faithful to the show, funny, exciting.
Review: The author has been able to write the wonderful characters as we see them on TV and DVD. The action takes place during year 2 of the series; if storylines hadn't progressed on the show, this would have made a wonderful movie adaptation. The dialog in the book is so faithfully written, that I could actually hear the characters' voices as I read. The end was very exciting as all the disfunctional teamwork came together.
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Summary: Faithful to the show, funny, exciting.
Review: The author has been able to write the wonderful characters as we see them on TV and DVD. The action takes place during year 2 of the series; if storylines hadn't progressed on the show, this would have made a wonderful movie adaptation. The dialog in the book is so faithfully written, that I could actually hear the characters' voices as I read. The end was very exciting as all the disfunctional teamwork came together.
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Summary: The Best Book
Review: The title says it all. This is one of the best books I have ever read. DeCandido is on his way to being the next Asimov, the next Norton.
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Summary: Almost perfect
Review: This book is lovely (particularly if you've read the dreck that was Andrew Dymond/Jim Mortimer's Dark Side of the Sun). The characterization is right on, without being overwhelmingly gimmicky (e.g. John is trying to figure out the lyrics to Viva Las Vegas throughout the book, but not every time he opens his mouth). The action moves along quickly, logically, and with that typical Farscape insanity that makes you go, "What the yotz?" This is a fast, pleasant read for anyone who likes to watch the television series and wishes they'd seen more episodes. The only downside is that the plot is thin. The plot is not bad; it is completely coherent, and makes sense given the types of people we tend to find in the UT and the characters we know and love. However, there isn't much to it. It's been reported that Jim Mortimer had trouble getting a complex plot approved (or even understood) by the people at Boxtree (the UK publisher) and Tor; perhaps that's a partial explanation for the lightness of this novel.
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Summary: Great Book.
Review: This book Is wonderful. Keith has really caught the feel of the show, with this one. I could almost hear Ben's voice singing Viva Los Vagas ::SMILES:: Great book well done.
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Summary: Farscape: House of Cards
Review: This is a great addition for the die hard Farscape fan. It only took over three years to come up with the idea to publish the awsom TV show also in book form. If you can not get enough Farscape from TV, this book will hold you over for a few hours. It's easy to read and it keeps your interrest. What I liked tha most was, that it interlocked with the shows that we have already seen. In other words, when you read it and places or characters are being named, you go:" Oh I know who he is talking about, I saw that show." Now I just can't wait to get the next book into my hands and I hope that it will not take as long as the last time to produce one. Buy it and love it.
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