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A review by shane_tiernan
Agatha H. and the Airship City: Girl Genius, Book One by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
4.0
Seeing as I started playing D&D about 33 years ago, the Foglios are like old friends. It's great to see their stuff getting popular. I was told about the Girl Genius web comics by the same friend that introduced me to D&D (and hence Phil and Dixie) and Robert Asprin's Myth-series (illustrated by Phil). Of course between kids and work and dogs I never found time to read them. I even saw the book heavily discounted at a Borders "closing sale" and didn't pick it up. Obviously fate/god/the flying spaghetti monster meant me to get into this series. Because a few weeks later there it was on my Amazon Vine list - Free and Audio just go so well together I couldn't resist.
At first I thought the narrator's voice was sub-par but once the accents kicked in I really liked it. The story was fun and filled with the type of characters you'd find in Robert Asprin's myth novels (sorry but it's hard to separate them when in both series' you're picturing Phil's artwork). Lots of action and the mystery of Agatha's background. Plus you're never sure if Gil is really a good guy or a bad guy. This is not serious stuff but unless you're just completely new to the Foglio's style you knew it wouldn't be.
The biggest problem I have with the book is it's ending. It really seems to just stop in mid-scene. Like the budget ran out or something. It's definitely a cliff hanger and it sounds like to find out what happens next I'm going to have to check out the webcomic or buy the newest graphic novel (not free and not audio). So hopefully karma (or Santa Claus) will drop a copy of it in my lap sometime in the next 4 months.
At first I thought the narrator's voice was sub-par but once the accents kicked in I really liked it. The story was fun and filled with the type of characters you'd find in Robert Asprin's myth novels (sorry but it's hard to separate them when in both series' you're picturing Phil's artwork). Lots of action and the mystery of Agatha's background. Plus you're never sure if Gil is really a good guy or a bad guy. This is not serious stuff but unless you're just completely new to the Foglio's style you knew it wouldn't be.
The biggest problem I have with the book is it's ending. It really seems to just stop in mid-scene. Like the budget ran out or something. It's definitely a cliff hanger and it sounds like to find out what happens next I'm going to have to check out the webcomic or buy the newest graphic novel (not free and not audio). So hopefully karma (or Santa Claus) will drop a copy of it in my lap sometime in the next 4 months.