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Re: John's Muse made him do it
Date: 2008-08-06 09:35 pm (UTC)I see the difference between the two of them as one of degree rather than type, but whatever. It really doesn't affect the plot.
You seem to have missed the other major sub-plot of the novel, which was the (calculated) final destruction of MSM credibility.
The MSM has credibility? Seriously, though, I hardly even noticed that subplot existed because it was of a piece with the way most troops (including, obviously, Ringo) feel about the media.
Our mileages seem to have differed.
Well, yeah.
I don't pretend to be as familiar with John Ringo, his works, and the process behind their production as other folks may be. That having been said, if this was something he wrote just to get it out of his system, then maybe it would have been better off buried. Or left to simmer until the characters were better developed, maybe. I'm not going to tell you you're a moron for liking the book. If you enjoyed it, then good for you. I did this review since people on my f-list know I'm fond of JR's Posleen War novels (with one glaring exception), might reasonably think I'd have an opinion on this non-Posleen War novel, and there it is.