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The Music of Razors
by Cameron Rogers
Cameron Rogers' The Music of Razors is a memorable, unique book which contains several well crafted set pieces.
Its many characters are flawed, three-dimensional and realistic, an impressive feat given that it is a story spanning eons, taking place on earth, the heavens and everything in between.
Though it admittedly lags somewhat in the middle, the steampunk aesthetic and truly poetic prose overcome flaws in the narrative. Described in few words, it is both waking nightmare and a realistic dream.
Some stand out lines:
'the one you would learn of is stricken from all records, Celestial and Earthly, by the Hand of God. It has no name, no form, no portfolio, no ritual, no place inside creation.' 60
'What was the span of one human life in the span of creation? Nothing. No great drama, no cause for anything.' 103
'the angel taught him a different understanding also. As a child sees shapes in clouds the angel made Dorian hear words in sounds, yes? All sound. Where you hear a bird, Dorian would notice a single note above all others, as he would with a stone tossed into a brook, or new shoes clicking as you walk. And many notes make words, sentences, orders.'120
'It is endings that are remember. Beginning, not so much. Endings are the thing. Romeo dies. Rome burns. The Devil falls.' 122
'In the brightening room those instruments glowed like only hope and moonlight can' 123
'It was the same old story, each time something like him met people like that. Never any questions, just call a priest and reach for a gun' 149
'He did no exist within man's law for the world. But sometimes, when people forgot the law, he could still reach into their lives, their world, and remind them why they once feared the dark. Sometimes' 149
'The person with the most power in a relationship is the person who cares least' 212
'If everything wasn't meaningless, then nothing was. Then everything that ever happened anywhere had to be laden with meaning' 273
Its many characters are flawed, three-dimensional and realistic, an impressive feat given that it is a story spanning eons, taking place on earth, the heavens and everything in between.
Though it admittedly lags somewhat in the middle, the steampunk aesthetic and truly poetic prose overcome flaws in the narrative. Described in few words, it is both waking nightmare and a realistic dream.
Some stand out lines:
'the one you would learn of is stricken from all records, Celestial and Earthly, by the Hand of God. It has no name, no form, no portfolio, no ritual, no place inside creation.' 60
'What was the span of one human life in the span of creation? Nothing. No great drama, no cause for anything.' 103
'the angel taught him a different understanding also. As a child sees shapes in clouds the angel made Dorian hear words in sounds, yes? All sound. Where you hear a bird, Dorian would notice a single note above all others, as he would with a stone tossed into a brook, or new shoes clicking as you walk. And many notes make words, sentences, orders.'120
'It is endings that are remember. Beginning, not so much. Endings are the thing. Romeo dies. Rome burns. The Devil falls.' 122
'In the brightening room those instruments glowed like only hope and moonlight can' 123
'It was the same old story, each time something like him met people like that. Never any questions, just call a priest and reach for a gun' 149
'He did no exist within man's law for the world. But sometimes, when people forgot the law, he could still reach into their lives, their world, and remind them why they once feared the dark. Sometimes' 149
'The person with the most power in a relationship is the person who cares least' 212
'If everything wasn't meaningless, then nothing was. Then everything that ever happened anywhere had to be laden with meaning' 273