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A review by josefinef
The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock
3.0
I don’t even know anymore how I found this book, but I’m glad I did.
Before I start my review, a quick note: this book was written in the early 70’s. The story is rather political and uses certain phrases that you wouldn’t find in today’s books. No glorification or anything, but if you’re sensitive, don’t read it. Also, mixes up some political philosophies (although, that also happens today…).
From page one I loved the writing! It reads like a classic fiction novel, but from a different timeline. It’s written in first person - first from the view of the author’s grandfather, then from the view of Mr. Bastable, who tells the most curious story: he traveled through time.
He traveled from 1902 to 1973 and lived in a world full of airships and a structure that is not too far off from our own history, but based on a different timeline. Due to the short nature of the book, there’s not much character development unfortunately. Some development is actually rather unclear. For example, Mr. Bastable’s loyalty Switches from one political view to another without much explanation of his thought process. All of the sudden he agrees with the side he demonized before. And that happens multiple times throughout the book.
Besides that, it’s a really enjoyable SciFi novel with a lot of stuff happening, fast-paced, and rather unique.
I’ll have to check out the next book in the series.
Before I start my review, a quick note: this book was written in the early 70’s. The story is rather political and uses certain phrases that you wouldn’t find in today’s books. No glorification or anything, but if you’re sensitive, don’t read it. Also, mixes up some political philosophies (although, that also happens today…).
From page one I loved the writing! It reads like a classic fiction novel, but from a different timeline. It’s written in first person - first from the view of the author’s grandfather, then from the view of Mr. Bastable, who tells the most curious story: he traveled through time.
He traveled from 1902 to 1973 and lived in a world full of airships and a structure that is not too far off from our own history, but based on a different timeline. Due to the short nature of the book, there’s not much character development unfortunately. Some development is actually rather unclear. For example, Mr. Bastable’s loyalty Switches from one political view to another without much explanation of his thought process. All of the sudden he agrees with the side he demonized before. And that happens multiple times throughout the book.
Besides that, it’s a really enjoyable SciFi novel with a lot of stuff happening, fast-paced, and rather unique.
I’ll have to check out the next book in the series.