I love the sudden widening of the story at the end to include the political matters and so on
The whole "what the fuck" moment when the story changes from just being an adventure story to a political intrigue is what makes the difference from an "excellent story" that you buy for your bookshelf but may never read again, and a timeless classic worthy of awards that no matter how many times you reread it you can find something you didn't see the first time.
Though when the guns appeared I did do an "argh" but the complexity of the story made up for the guns and then when I reread it the second time I realized there were lots of hints the story was on a parallel universe like Pullman's and there were lots of hints - like whoever mentioned the walls being destroyed by cannon and the whole not wearing of togas.
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Date: 6/4/06 03:14 am (UTC)The whole "what the fuck" moment when the story changes from just being an adventure story to a political intrigue is what makes the difference from an "excellent story" that you buy for your bookshelf but may never read again, and a timeless classic worthy of awards that no matter how many times you reread it you can find something you didn't see the first time.
Though when the guns appeared I did do an "argh" but the complexity of the story made up for the guns and then when I reread it the second time I realized there were lots of hints the story was on a parallel universe like Pullman's and there were lots of hints - like whoever mentioned the walls being destroyed by cannon and the whole not wearing of togas.