Which is why his line has ships called Moron's Delight and Spittoon. A Running Gag in Christopher Anvil's "The Trouble with Cargoes" stories: the boss of the shipping company renames ships based on how well or (usually) badly they've performed recently.However, I will certainly try the next on in the series in the hope my questions will be answered.ħ/10 A good book, fast paced, something new in a traditional field. Personally I disliked the limited information. For the experienced reader there will not be a lot of surprise in the plot or characters. There is even the shepherd teenage boy who's starring as a main character and has to fight by means of mind instead of strength or magic. It is epic fantasy all right, you’ll not be surprised much but I found it pleasing. Sometimes this breaks the pace a bit but it does give a relaxed feel to it because you stick longer with one person instead of changing every chapter between them. This adds to the credibility of the characters.Īnother good thing about this book is that Butcher found a strange but satisfying balance changing between the characters. Even the ‘bad’ side of the story gets a realistic streak due to having their motives explained. A lot of effort went into the characters thinking process and their motives. Too much information makes a book boring, but too little makes it hard to understand, which has a negative effect on the credibility of the world. I believe that in this particular field of fantasy you need to explain some stuff to the reader, the whole world is unknown and new. The Marat, the invading barbaric tribe play a constant sword of Damocles in this story but their culture is not described as well as it should. After reading the book I am still a bit puzzled about the source of the ‘magic’ system, but strangely enough it doesn't seem that complicated. Sometimes the pace feels rushed and because of that a lot gets unexplained. Feist, Tad Williams and so on.įuries of Calderon is packed with action and the pace in which pages disappear is quite pleasing. There are a big number of people who have written in this particular field of the genre. In my opinion this is a hard field of fantasy to break through. ‘Furies of Calderon’ is Butcher’s deviation from his carved out path into the epic fantasy genre. So, yes I am a fan of Butcher, but I will try to review this story as objective as possible. Willingly spending easily twice the cash is something I extremely rarely do, so yes, I am a huge fan of the Dresden Files. The last four I've even bought hardcover because I couldn’t wait for the paperback edition. I own, up to this date, his whole Dresden series. His Dresden Files are, in my opinion, deserving off all the praise they get. Jim Butcher has been a big name in the urban fantasy genre for some time.
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