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Cargando... August Kitko and the Mechas from Space: Starmetal Symphony, Book 1 (edición 2022)por Alex White (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/august-kitko-and-the-mechas-from-space-by-alex-w... I read the first hundred pages of this but did not feel it was all that well written, and put it aside. Going into this novel I had a number of basic expectations, which mostly boiled down to whether this book read like its cover! My overall impression is mission accomplished, in that I got my delirious anime-influenced space opera. Moving forward, my question is whether White can maintain the tone of the story without losing control of his material, but I'll be around to find out. White, Alex. August Kitko and the Mechas from Space. Starmetal Symphony No. 1. Orbit, 2022. Alex White’s vision of life in the twenty-seventh century is passing strange. Humanity is at war with some gargantuan sentient war machines called Vanguards. We seem to have no hope. People are sadly celebrating one last time before the end. August Kitko, a down-and-out jazz pianist, starts an unlikely affair with Ardent Violet, a pop music star who uses ungendered personal pronouns. But then, moved by Kitko’s music, a Vanguard calling itself Greymalkin changes sides and does a mind med that makes Kitko its pilot. It seems that even huge robots can be moved by music. The novel bends genders and blends genres. At times one is reminded of Iain M. Banks in The Hydrogen Sonata, but at other times it is pure Stan Lee. Four stars. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"Jazz pianist Gus Kitko expected to spend his final moments on Earth playing piano at the greatest goodbye party of all time, and maybe kissing rockstar Ardent Violet, before the last of humanity is wiped out forever by the Vanguards--ultra-powerful robots from the dark heart of space, hell-bent on destroying humanity for reasons none can divine. But when the Vanguards arrive, the unthinkable happens--the mecha that should be killing Gus instead saves him. Suddenly, Gus's swan song becomes humanity's encore, as he is chosen to join a small group of traitorous Vanguards and their pilots dedicated to saving humanity"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Kitko y Violet son personajes a los que coges mucho cariño pero inicialmente cuesta entrar en el ritmo y la sinfonía que desprenden. Eso sí, la mezcla de musica, mechas y space opera ha sido un aperitivo excelente y un modo de abrir el apetito a la futura segunda parte. ( )