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Space Precinct 2040 #2
Demon Wing
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228 pages, Paperback
First published September 28, 1995
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David Bischoff
164 books103 followersaka Mark Grant (with Bruce King), Brad Quentin (with Terry Bisson)
Born in Washington D.C. and now living in Eugene, Oregon, David Bischoff writes science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television. Though he has been writing since the early 1970s, and has had over 80 books published, David is best known for novelizations of popular movies and TV series including the Aliens, Gremlins, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and WarGames.
Born in Washington D.C. and now living in Eugene, Oregon, David Bischoff writes science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television. Though he has been writing since the early 1970s, and has had over 80 books published, David is best known for novelizations of popular movies and TV series including the Aliens, Gremlins, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and WarGames.
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August 9, 2015
This is the 2nd of three published novels set in Gerry Anderson's Space Precinct Universe. The story isn't nearly as fun as the mafia based Deity-Father. We have an energy feeding entity that attacks a tarn baby during a Tarn arts performance Haldane and Castle are forced into protecting the baby from another attack. Meanwhile Brogan and new partner Christina Fleur are investigating a new religious cult. Sally does some investigating on her own as she smells something fishy with an oily Human rights politician. Of course everyone is working the same case from different angles.
The story is so-so. It does weave in various themes used in the show - tarn baby, energy sucking entity, symbiotic alien, evil religious cult, backstabbing new partner, slimy politician, homocentric views. However the story just isn't that interesting and the pace isn't great. This gets bogged down with character rather than plot. There's lots of Haldane/Castle bickering as they become unwilling foster parents. And as this doesn't really add much new character development I felt I wanted more plot.
What I did like was the exploration of Tarn culture a little.
The editing is again appalling. We have a Creon called Tark Norgal who is referred to as Targ many times and there are variations on spelling his surname - Nargal Nargol. Haldane is called Brogan at least 3 times and Brogan is twice referred to as Matthew rather than Patrick (Matt is his SON). Writing isn't particularly good, although we have lost most of the bizarre archaisms and endless sentences. We do have a few weird phrases - diaphanous terror, hither and yon, ectoplasmic scrim, picayune matters of everyday life, an oozing building, in mufti, scrooched - these don't sound like the characters speaking.
If you can get over the poor editing & writing this isn't a bad space precinct novel and a good one for Haldane/Castle fans, though not as entertaining as the previous story.
The story is so-so. It does weave in various themes used in the show - tarn baby, energy sucking entity, symbiotic alien, evil religious cult, backstabbing new partner, slimy politician, homocentric views. However the story just isn't that interesting and the pace isn't great. This gets bogged down with character rather than plot. There's lots of Haldane/Castle bickering as they become unwilling foster parents. And as this doesn't really add much new character development I felt I wanted more plot.
What I did like was the exploration of Tarn culture a little.
The editing is again appalling. We have a Creon called Tark Norgal who is referred to as Targ many times and there are variations on spelling his surname - Nargal Nargol. Haldane is called Brogan at least 3 times and Brogan is twice referred to as Matthew rather than Patrick (Matt is his SON). Writing isn't particularly good, although we have lost most of the bizarre archaisms and endless sentences. We do have a few weird phrases - diaphanous terror, hither and yon, ectoplasmic scrim, picayune matters of everyday life, an oozing building, in mufti, scrooched - these don't sound like the characters speaking.
If you can get over the poor editing & writing this isn't a bad space precinct novel and a good one for Haldane/Castle fans, though not as entertaining as the previous story.
April 1, 2013
Novel based on the Gerry Anderson TV series Space Precinct.
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