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  • Homunculus

  • The Adventures of Langdon St Ives, Book 1
  • 著者: James P Blaylock
  • ナレーター: Nigel Carrington
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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars (1件のカスタマーレビュー)

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Homunculus

著者: James P Blaylock
ナレーター: Nigel Carrington
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Winner of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award

In 1870s London, a city of contradictions and improbabilities, where living men are willing to risk all to steal a carp. Here, a night of bangers and ale at the local pub can result in an eternity at the Blood Pudding with the rest of the reanimated dead.

A dead man has been piloting a mysterious decaying airship across the foggy skies of the city for some years, arousing the interest of many: the Royal Society, a fraudulent evangelist named Shiloh, the vivisectionist Dr. Ignacio Narbondo and of course the scientist and explorer Professor Langdon St. Ives.

St. Ives and his friends of the Trismegistus Club are more concerned with the inheritance of Jack Owlesby, a fine young fellow affianced to Dorothy, the beautiful daughter of toymaker/inventor William Keeble, who builds jolly boxes for space aliens, oxygenators, and gigantic emeralds. Jack's late father bequeathed him just such a gem, but also left behind dark knowledge related to the evil Narbondo. St. Ives suspects that Narbondo and his assistant, are using this knowledge to raise the dead, possibly for nefarious purposes. When poor Bill Kraken steals what everyone assumes to be Owlesby's emerald in a fit of alien-induced madness, ambitions, greed and heroism collide turning Hampstead Heath into a carnival of flying skulls, crumbling ghouls and crashing spaceships.

This rip-roaring, highly entertaining steam punk classic is the second book in the Narbondo series, written by Blaylock, one of the literary pioneers of the Steampunk movement. Set in the same world, the series need not be read in order.

©2012 James Blaylock (P)2012 Audible Ltd

批評家のレビュー

"Try this zany story on audio...Nigel Carrington was a brilliant choice. There are a lot of similar characters in Homunculus, but Mr. Carrington made them distinguishable. He also hit exactly the right tone with the humour which ranged from deadpan to black comedy to zany farce. In fact, I would specifically recommend the audio version of Homunculus just because Nigel Carrington's performance was a large factor in my enjoyment of the book…. As you may have guessed, Homunculus is zany and completely over-the-top in the right kind of way….If you’re in the mood for a surreal British comedy in the vein of Monty Python or Fawlty Towers, James P. Blaylock’s Homunculus will fit the bill nicely." (fantasyliterature.com)
“Fascinating, darkly atmospheric, absurd and brilliant. “ (rantingdragon.com)
“Blaylock keeps the action moving by cutting back and forth nimbly between various plots and characters (and points of view), bringing everyone together for a bizarre, but satisfying ending.” (greenmanreview.com)

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Dont waste your time

This story is a mess. It seems to be deliberately misleading and ambiguous. The characters are (arguably) amusingly or interestingly described, but there's no development and too many characters to really follow or care about their stories.

The main plot is ... well there isn't one. There are dozens of minor plots coming together in a fairly nonsensical way.

This was not an enjoyable story at all. It got better (but not good) towards the climax. But even if it had been amazing, it wouldn't have made up for what preceded it.

The voice acting was ok, but there wasn't much differentiation between the various characters and it was inconsistent. With a story like this with so many characters and following so many different storylines, a wider selection of character voices really would have helped.

Don't waste your time or money on this

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