After finally getting around to buying a Brin book (Kil'n People, which I picked
because it looked intriguing and it was signed too!), I even managed to read it
in the same month I bought it, which is more impressive when one considers that
I have two hundred unread books that have been bought over the last couple of
years.
The short version: I liked it!
The long version:
It was unpredictable, as should be the case with a thriller, but also did not
rely so much on contrived situations to drive the plot. Everything that happened
had sufficient reasoning behind it to justify the flow of events as was laid out
[a counter-example would be Alastair Reynolds's "Chasm City", a very good book
(his best IMHO) but one that is led down by the number of happy coincidences and
blatantly contrived episodes within]. The tension mounts up almost unbearably
and I was forced to sit in a Borders cafe to finish off the last couple of
hundred pages when I should have been on my way to a party.
The myths and history of golems was very interesting to read, and Brin's
speculations also made me think. Aside from the overuse of puns using the words
'dit', 'clay' and 'kil'n' ("Kil'n Street Blues" for crying out loud!), it was
well written all the way through.
The best scene has to be the one in the desert between ditRitu and ditAlbert.
Banging pots indeed!
So, can Brin-L recommend some more Brin for me? ;)
Lal
GSV Newly Converted Fan
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