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    The Translated Man and Other Stories
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    The Translated Man and Other Stories

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    that's pretty badass. DangThere's a passage here that has stayed with me since reading it 7 years ago, filed prominently in my brain's storage of macho stories. When the young deputy witnesses the kind of trauma that tends to wreck a man, he feels a minuscule sliver of himself self ripped away, then quickly filled with cold steel, able to feel that much less but operate that much stronger. I recall thinking "Hmmmm, that's pretty badass. Dang." 5great pulpy action.Super fun book. Great example of modern pulp. A little Lovecraft, steampunk, noir detective, and more all mixed up in a fun batch. 5Well written and good funI read this some time ago but its imagery, characters and unique themes come to mind over and over. So often books like this veer off into faeries and wizards, which is where I stop reading. But Chris Braak builds a believable and enjoyable world for his characters to act within. He does this quite skillfully, never beating the reader to death with endless description or forced passages. If you just want to take a trip and enjoy a world that is immediately recognizable but still delightfully foreign to our own, and ride shotgun with some memorable characters, this book is for you. 5ExcellentThis is a wonderful story / novel. Steam punk but more than that. It has a steam punk setting that is full and rich with texture but it's the story line that make the novel! 5Very well-writtenI went into this book intrigued by the description, but knowing nothing else about it. If I had one qualm it would be the introduction to unfamiliar races and terms named in an almost alien fashion that I found initially to be a stumbling block - once I was acclimated to these then the story flowed smoothly. This is a very well-written narrative, even facing the first "okay, what does *that* mean" moments I had a hard time putting the book down. Four stars for me - as I did stumble over the beginning, establishing different races, families, hierarchies etc - this might not be a problem for someone else (I do not normally need to have different concepts spelled out for me when an author is world-building) or it might; and it's certainly not a reason to sway from purchasing and enjoying the story! 4A captivating genre mash-up of Steampunk/Science Fiction/Fantasy in a world that is 90 degrees from our own.The author Chris Braak had a master stroke of an idea in setting his fictional universe in a Nineteenth Century that never happened in a world that never was.Braak's main story, "The Translated Man," is set in the town of Trowth. Trowth seems to be a strangely distorted version of Edwardian London. The technology of the story seems to mimic that of the begining of the 20th Century with characters who have revolvers and drive what seems to be primitive automobiles, but with a difference. The difference seems to be that some fantastic elements fuel the technology. So, the technology is fueled by "phlogiston" which glows, but is never really explained. "Ichor" can be used to re-animate corpses and give people super human strength and speed, but what Ichor is or where it comes from is never disclosed.The main character of the principle story, "The Translated Man," is Elijah Becket, who is a "coroner", which means that he works for the "Crown," i.e., the Emperor of Trowth. Becket is a failing machine. He's given his life to hunting down heresies, but he suffers from the "fades" as a result of which various body parts are fading into invisilibity and paralysis. He gets by through regular and heavy fixes of "veneine" that has the side of effect of giving him visions - or perhaps transporting him - "across the water" to the "city of Brass." What that all means is never explained.Braak's gift is to layer a fantastic, mysterious background seemlessly into his world without giving in to the temptation to explain, which makes his off-hand, casual references all the more tantalizing.Becket is assisted by a "knocker," a person gifted with "telerhythmia" which seems to be some kind of telekinesis involving sound. Knockers are supposed to be blind, so they wear silver bands over their eyes, but perhaps their vision is overly-acute.As a coroner, Becket is tasked with suppressing the "Twelve Heretical Sciences." These heresies are real science that are very real and very dangerous. In "The Translated Man" we are shown the dangers involved in the "reanimation" of corpses and in "aetheric geometry."The mystery that Becket deals with in "The Translated Man" involves a conspiracy that threatens to destroy the Trowthian Empire. By grit and determination, Becket and his team, assisted by a 13 year old boy with innate math skills, face of the dangers of the heretical science of aetheric geometry to a satisfying conclusion.I could also mention the nonhuman intelligent species that make up the supporting cast of Trowth, or the "Architectural War" which makes a hash of the Trowthian sky-line, or the mad rain which falls occasionally on Trowth, and which drives anyone caught in it insane, as a way of underscoring the depth to which Braak has fitted his world with a backstory.This version of "The Translated Man" contains three other short stories set in the same world as "The Translated Man." In the first, "The Hangman's Daughter," we are introduced to 10 year old Cressy, who lives in the tropical colony of Corsay, and witness her struggle against the Loogaroo. In the next, "Beckett's Job," we return to Trowth and find out why Beckett is so adament in his suppression of heretical science. The final story, "Cresy and the Sharpsie," takes us back to Corsay and Cresy.The book is worth the investment of time, and the price makes taking a flyer well worth the money. 5
    The Translated Man and Other Stories

    The Translated Man and Other Stories

    4.7
    You can't add more than 500 quantity.
    €33,00
    €33,00
    €54,00
    Sold out
    Save 39% (€21,00)