Comments on: “The Skinner” by Neal Asher http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2004/11/14/24 Rants and musings of an eclectic person Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:26:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Experiments in Woolgathering » “Gridlinked” by Neal Asher http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2004/11/14/24#comment-2737 Experiments in Woolgathering » “Gridlinked” by Neal Asher Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:12:14 +0000 http://cary.ratatosk.org/?p=24#comment-2737 [...] If you’ve read my other reviews of Asher’s books (The Skinner and Cowl) you know I’ve his books a great deal. While I didn’t find Grindlinked as good as those first two, it’s still an excellent read. Gridlinked is set in the same universe as The Skinner (which I will call the ‘Polity’ universe) but shares none of the latter’s characters. The story is two pronged. Both start and end (more or less) with Earth Central Security agent Ian Cormac. The Cormac character figures into both but for the middle 3/4 of the book he is only in one of the branches. The Cormac branch deals with his investigation into the explosion of a runcible (think an interstellar gate a la Stargate but not near so baroque). The other branch deals with Separatist/terrorist Arian Pelter’s quest for vengeance for Cormac’s slaying of his sister in the openning scene of the book. [...] [...] If you’ve read my other reviews of Asher’s books (The Skinner and Cowl) you know I’ve his books a great deal. While I didn’t find Grindlinked as good as those first two, it’s still an excellent read. Gridlinked is set in the same universe as The Skinner (which I will call the ‘Polity’ universe) but shares none of the latter’s characters. The story is two pronged. Both start and end (more or less) with Earth Central Security agent Ian Cormac. The Cormac character figures into both but for the middle 3/4 of the book he is only in one of the branches. The Cormac branch deals with his investigation into the explosion of a runcible (think an interstellar gate a la Stargate but not near so baroque). The other branch deals with Separatist/terrorist Arian Pelter’s quest for vengeance for Cormac’s slaying of his sister in the openning scene of the book. [...]

]]> By: Experiments in Woolgathering » “Cowl” by Neal Asher http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2004/11/14/24#comment-822 Experiments in Woolgathering » “Cowl” by Neal Asher Wed, 18 May 2005 19:46:07 +0000 http://cary.ratatosk.org/?p=24#comment-822 [...] one of my favorite scifi authors. Of course the fact that he thanked me in my blog for the review of The Skinner helps too. Science Fiction, Book Reviews, Neal Asher [...] [...] one of my favorite scifi authors. Of course the fact that he thanked me in my blog for the review of The Skinner helps too. Science Fiction, Book Reviews, Neal Asher

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]]> By: Cary http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2004/11/14/24#comment-81 Cary Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:52:23 +0000 http://cary.ratatosk.org/?p=24#comment-81 You're most welcome for the review. Wow, I'm flattered that you found, read and commented on this. Thanks! You’re most welcome for the review. Wow, I’m flattered that you found, read and commented on this. Thanks!

]]> By: Neal Asher http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2004/11/14/24#comment-79 Neal Asher Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:38:44 +0000 http://cary.ratatosk.org/?p=24#comment-79 Thanks for that! Thanks for that!

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