There are things stronger than our words for them. Have I not said so? Or perhaps I *will* have said so when all is I give only a quote for my review.
There are things stronger than our words for them. Have I not said so? Or perhaps I *will* have said so when all is done. In some other place. But it is so, regardless. Time and space. Death. Stone. Sea. Things that are and would be even without us. Things that are in nature and belong to it. But there are things weaker than our words. Many things. Civilization is one. Civilization is a story we tell, a story in which we are only players, characters on a stage. There are others: history, for example--the field if not the string of incidents itself--would not exist but for our making of it, for history is another story we tell. So too is virtue weaker than we, as are goodness, and beauty, and truth itself. And justice. Justice perhaps most of all. Please understand: I do not say that we have invented these things. On the contrary, I believe these things make us, shape us as a narrative shapes its characters. Indeed, I believe these weaker things are higher, deeper than we, and are so made mutable by their hiddenness, their remoteness from us. But we may bend them, or deny them, or negate them, as we may not negate the baser realities of time and space....more
As of November of 2024, Howling Dark is the greatest book I have ever read. I offer no further commentary, so that everyone's first experiences will rAs of November of 2024, Howling Dark is the greatest book I have ever read. I offer no further commentary, so that everyone's first experiences will remain undiluted....more
This. This is something special. Only once before, with The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, have I felt such an excitement within myself to discoveThis. This is something special. Only once before, with The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, have I felt such an excitement within myself to discover everything there is to find in this universe. The Sun Eater himself is someone that inspires such fascination within me, when he deigns to share his outlook of his former selves, that I cannot stop wondering at what further cruelties he has committed in the future or the present. Be they deserved or not.
Momentary plagues of pacing reoccurred plentifully, but I find that those momentary weaknesses did not stifle my enjoyment of this book one single bit. Possibly even, allowing me to enjoy this detailed universe in an even more fantastical fashion.
Thus I await with silent excitement for the next time I am permitted enough time to read another story of Hadrian Marlowe....more
The ground work was laid to explore the psychology of a half human and half robot being. Sadly it just didn't go far enough in this first book, but I The ground work was laid to explore the psychology of a half human and half robot being. Sadly it just didn't go far enough in this first book, but I have hope that book 2 will explore it's mentalities in different possibly more interesting facets....more
I patiently wait for the day when I feel that I have lived enough life to better understand what I have just experienced. I wonder if there is anythinI patiently wait for the day when I feel that I have lived enough life to better understand what I have just experienced. I wonder if there is anything else quite like this book out there, somewhere....more
Our Mahdi shall guide our ways, even if he be troubled by visions of terrible cruelty. We shall praise him and sacrifice for him, whether he want it oOur Mahdi shall guide our ways, even if he be troubled by visions of terrible cruelty. We shall praise him and sacrifice for him, whether he want it or not. Our promised paradise will be given by him. Our Prophet and our Emperor....more
Better than I thought it would be considering how much more critized it is. Still was a very enjoyable read, but definitely very lacking in comparisonBetter than I thought it would be considering how much more critized it is. Still was a very enjoyable read, but definitely very lacking in comparison to even the second book....more
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