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Love & Rockets Vol. 1: Music for Mechanics by Gilbert Hernández, Gilbert Hernández, Jaime Hernández
strawberrylane's review against another edition
2.0
Neat sci-fi ideas, chaotic and uneven execution. I liked that the stories focused on diverse female characters and had some quirky weirdness to them. But while there are a few readable selections, most of the stories abandon a traditional narrative framework without replacing it with anything worth pushing through, and I often found myself bored and rushing to get to the end of a selection. I've heard such great things about this series that I may check out a later volume (first efforts are hard), but I would not recommend this one.
contrabanddonut's review against another edition
4.0
Probably closer to 4.75?
I don't remember reading this volume of Love & Rockets, however I do remember owning it back in the late 80s, early 90s. I never got very far in Love & Rockets in any case.
The bulk of this collection introduces Maggie and her adventure in digging up a rocket ship in South America? Maybe Central America? It's a fantastic story. The Hernandez Bros have a talent for writing science fiction that's rooted in Earth-bound situations. Is that the definition of pulp science fiction? There a short stories in this collection that demonstrate that again and again. They're all fun, although some work better than others. The short story near the end of the collection 'Somewhere in California' starts out as a very dense, confusing story, and the denouement wraps it up brilliantly.
It appears that most of the work collected here is from the early 80s, the storytelling and artistic talent on display is extraordinary.
(I obviously put this down for a while. Fine, I misplaced the book for a few months.)
I don't remember reading this volume of Love & Rockets, however I do remember owning it back in the late 80s, early 90s. I never got very far in Love & Rockets in any case.
The bulk of this collection introduces Maggie and her adventure in digging up a rocket ship in South America? Maybe Central America? It's a fantastic story. The Hernandez Bros have a talent for writing science fiction that's rooted in Earth-bound situations. Is that the definition of pulp science fiction? There a short stories in this collection that demonstrate that again and again. They're all fun, although some work better than others. The short story near the end of the collection 'Somewhere in California' starts out as a very dense, confusing story, and the denouement wraps it up brilliantly.
It appears that most of the work collected here is from the early 80s, the storytelling and artistic talent on display is extraordinary.
(I obviously put this down for a while. Fine, I misplaced the book for a few months.)
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