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Mobile Suit Gundam #2
Escalation
Escalation (Gundam Mobile Suit #2) (Mass Market Paperback) by Yoshiyuki Tomino (Author)
- GenresScience Fiction
209 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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Yoshiyuki Tomino
182 books53 followers富野 由悠季 in Japanese, best known for creating the "Gundam" franchise.
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April 18, 2019
Almost as good as the first amazing novel, the Kusko Al storyline was almost a repeat of the Lalah Sune one in previous volume but in the end it was a real good one.
The story is just totally different from the original anime series and I'm just loving this more mature re-telling of Tomino's classic anime, but it's a shame that Ramba Ral, Amuro's mom and a few other characters are not appearing at all in the novels because of the whole storyline being set in space.
Besides that, this trilogy is a real must-read if you are a fan of the 40 years old Gundam franchise.
March 14, 2018
Volume 2 is good, but not quite as good as the surprising Volume 1 of the "Mobile Suit Gundam" trilogy. This isn't uncommon with trilogies- the second part has to bridge the world-building opening to the grand finale without dragging it in too much of a different direction.
At times, "Escalation" felt like a retread of the second half of "Awakening," with Saila's conflict of philosophy with Sha, and Amuro's psychic bonding with the rival pilot of another Elmeth-Bit fighter, dominating the entire book. But this isn't necessarily as much of a deficit as it feels: the first book hinted at the question of whether emotional maturity, and even sexuality, had impact on the New Type mind. The relatively slower and more contemplative second book explores these concepts in depth, hopefully setting up a final book that is both physically and psychologically explosive. Nothing here touches the emotional majesty of the final moments of "Awakening," and the cold, clinical view of human love and sexuality gives the prose a sometimes detached feeling, but like Tolstoy (the series' apparent inspiration), there are highs and lows of experience and expression here.
At times, "Escalation" felt like a retread of the second half of "Awakening," with Saila's conflict of philosophy with Sha, and Amuro's psychic bonding with the rival pilot of another Elmeth-Bit fighter, dominating the entire book. But this isn't necessarily as much of a deficit as it feels: the first book hinted at the question of whether emotional maturity, and even sexuality, had impact on the New Type mind. The relatively slower and more contemplative second book explores these concepts in depth, hopefully setting up a final book that is both physically and psychologically explosive. Nothing here touches the emotional majesty of the final moments of "Awakening," and the cold, clinical view of human love and sexuality gives the prose a sometimes detached feeling, but like Tolstoy (the series' apparent inspiration), there are highs and lows of experience and expression here.
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