Comments on: “Cowl” by Neal Asher http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2005/05/18/82 Rants and musings of an eclectic person Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:47:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Experiments in Woolgathering » “Gridlinked” by Neal Asher http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2005/05/18/82/comment-page-1#comment-2738 Experiments in Woolgathering » “Gridlinked” by Neal Asher Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:18:56 +0000 http://cary.ratatosk.org/?p=82#comment-2738 [...] 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: cary http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2005/05/18/82/comment-page-1#comment-887 cary Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:46:41 +0000 http://cary.ratatosk.org/?p=82#comment-887 Neal, It's my pleasure. It was a great read! Neal,

It’s my pleasure. It was a great read!

]]> By: Neal Asher http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2005/05/18/82/comment-page-1#comment-883 Neal Asher Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:33:56 +0000 http://cary.ratatosk.org/?p=82#comment-883 Nice one - thanks for that. Nice one – thanks for that.

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