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Aug. 20th, 2009 09:22 pmThursdays have been kind of turning into my geeky media posts. I think I'll keep going with that.
Having already bought Auron, I ordered the corresponding Yuna figure from E-bay last week. It arrived today. I'm still pretty amazed at the detail put into these figures - both Auron and Yuna's costume are pretty much perfect. The detail on Yuna's skirt and Auron's costume are amazing - complete down to the presumed effect of wind. Jilly helped me set them up on my bookcase and they look really great. I might order the Tidus figure next, but I think next month I will be picking up Saint Walker.
Finished The Reality Dysfunction over the past week. This is about of thousand pages of space opera. I'm always a fan of books with sweeping, long-ranging plotlines that effect lots of characters. I've seen it done badly, though - generally when characters are added and then simply forgotten. Peter Hamilton doesn't make that mistake. Every single character introduced in the book has fairly significant play, and has a definite role to play in the plot. This comes with the exception of a single character, but its made very clear that she's going to be playing a huge role in the next book. That said, I shouldn't be saying this more than once in a year - you wouldn't think a plot involving the returning dead and a space opera would mix very well, but it totally does. I've got The Neutronium Alchemist and am reading it now. It is, again, a thousand pages.
And, of course, there were comics released this week.
( Spoileriffic! )
Having already bought Auron, I ordered the corresponding Yuna figure from E-bay last week. It arrived today. I'm still pretty amazed at the detail put into these figures - both Auron and Yuna's costume are pretty much perfect. The detail on Yuna's skirt and Auron's costume are amazing - complete down to the presumed effect of wind. Jilly helped me set them up on my bookcase and they look really great. I might order the Tidus figure next, but I think next month I will be picking up Saint Walker.
Finished The Reality Dysfunction over the past week. This is about of thousand pages of space opera. I'm always a fan of books with sweeping, long-ranging plotlines that effect lots of characters. I've seen it done badly, though - generally when characters are added and then simply forgotten. Peter Hamilton doesn't make that mistake. Every single character introduced in the book has fairly significant play, and has a definite role to play in the plot. This comes with the exception of a single character, but its made very clear that she's going to be playing a huge role in the next book. That said, I shouldn't be saying this more than once in a year - you wouldn't think a plot involving the returning dead and a space opera would mix very well, but it totally does. I've got The Neutronium Alchemist and am reading it now. It is, again, a thousand pages.
And, of course, there were comics released this week.
( Spoileriffic! )
