Review: My Own Kind of Freedom

[selenite0]

You've probably seen mentions that Steven Brust posted his Firefly fanfic novel. It's good. It's in the continuity shortly before the movie. This time the job goes right . . . but Mal manages to find some trouble anyway. He did a superb job of getting the characters right, especially River (which impresses me--she's hard to write). His Guest Star is an interesting person and plays a key role without overshadowing the BDHs. Go read it, y'all.

I haven't been that familiar with Brust before this. I'd enjoyed Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille but not enough to go seek out more of his work. I think I'm going to pick up Freedom and Necessity and give it another shot.

Comments

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

The Taltos series is his best work, IMO.

I used to be more into him, but I have a hard time reconciling his Trotsky-ite beliefs with his writing. I did drop his LJ because of that.

[joyeuse13.livejournal.com]

Second that on the Taltos series, though I only really enjoyed the early ones. There's something...unfocused...about his later writing that I can't really get into.

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

Dzur seems to help with the focus issues, as I enjoyed it much more than the previous two.

[archangelbeth]

I haven't seen the movie or the tv series -- should I read the novel anyway?

[selenite.livejournal.com]

No, the joy mostly comes from character details.

But I strongly recommend the series. Give the first (pilot) episode a try. If you don't like it, probably not worth continuing though.