{"id":281,"date":"2004-07-26T22:11:59","date_gmt":"2004-07-27T02:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=281"},"modified":"2004-07-26T22:11:59","modified_gmt":"2004-07-27T02:11:59","slug":"wilson_robert_c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2004\/07\/wilson_robert_c\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson, Robert Charles: Blind Lake (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novel)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Originally part of one post discussing the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novel<\/a>, broken up for MT import; see that post for comments]<\/p>\n

I’d never read anything by Wilson before, and I’m glad I did now, as Blind Lake<\/cite> is quite a good book. Chad has a useful summary<\/a> of the premise, which I will refer you all to and save myself some typing. I actually think the Stephen King comparison is fairly apropos, and leads to one of my minor quibbles about the book: the character who melts down the most seems just a touch over-the-top, in a way that King might pull off but Wilson doesn’t, for me. And I don’t object to myffic endings in general, but I appear to have lost my taste for sweeping-statements-about-the-universe endings; it’s sad getting old and cynical, I know.<\/p>\n

Those are minor issues, and I think Blind Lake<\/cite> is a very good book indeed. On reflection, though, it didn’t engage me quite<\/em> as much as Paladin<\/cite>. It was very enjoyable and I read it all in one sitting, looking forward to what was happening next, but I was never metaphorically on the edge of my seat, never breathless for the next revelation or development. Paladin<\/cite> dragged me under and didn’t let me up. As a result, my first-place vote goes for Paladin<\/cite> by a hair, but I wouldn’t be sorry to see Blind Lake<\/cite> or even Ilium<\/cite> win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Originally part of one post discussing the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novel, broken up for MT import; see that post for comments] I’d never read anything by Wilson before, and I’m glad I did now, as Blind Lake is quite a good book. Chad has a useful summary of the premise, which I will refer … <\/p>\n

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