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A review by explikator
3zekiel by Peter Cawdron
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The future of books is digital, they said. Everyone will be his own publisher and every niche interest will be served, they said. What have we got? There are some authors that do earn money through self publishing. They do so by writing a book every month, stretching bad ideas into as many installments as possible and spending 50% of their time on self marketing.
Thus we are flooded by badly written books designed specifically to maximally fit the genre expectations, so they get good search results on Amazon and Google. This kind of literature was called 'Kolportage' in Germany, which is similar to 'pulp' in English, but describes not only the bad quality but the kind of publishing. 'Kolporteure' came to your doorstep and talk you into buying their cheaply produced books.
'3zekiel" tries to be hard sci-fi, but it is not. The science behind the story can easily be found in the wikipedia in about one hour worth of work. The characters are stereotypical and flat, the reader never gets a feeling for the scenario, the hero's journey ends with nothing gained and nothing learned.
Amazon tells me 3zekiel is just one book in a series of 17 titles. Each one telling another first contact story. That's the future of books. They lied to us.
Thus we are flooded by badly written books designed specifically to maximally fit the genre expectations, so they get good search results on Amazon and Google. This kind of literature was called 'Kolportage' in Germany, which is similar to 'pulp' in English, but describes not only the bad quality but the kind of publishing. 'Kolporteure' came to your doorstep and talk you into buying their cheaply produced books.
'3zekiel" tries to be hard sci-fi, but it is not. The science behind the story can easily be found in the wikipedia in about one hour worth of work. The characters are stereotypical and flat, the reader never gets a feeling for the scenario, the hero's journey ends with nothing gained and nothing learned.
Amazon tells me 3zekiel is just one book in a series of 17 titles. Each one telling another first contact story. That's the future of books. They lied to us.