twilliamson's review against another edition
2.0
Brown's The Devil's Nebula reads like a throwback to the older days of the space opera--and not in a good way. The book is almost all plot, with characters less defined by a full-bodied profile and more by their clichéd quirks, and involves familiar sci-fi tropes from its subgenre such that nothing in the book feels particularly original.
Perhaps one of its issues is that the book is clearly an effort to launch a new franchise for a minor genre publisher. It often feels like a book without real soul, all genre without any clear human philosophy. Even as a "popcorn" novel (the kind meant to entertain more than anything else), it doesn't do enough to set itself apart from many other books like it. Those that are fans of the pulpier era of the space opera might enjoy its throwbacks to inhuman monsters and cheap twists, but I found it fairly unambitious and uninspired.
Perhaps one of its issues is that the book is clearly an effort to launch a new franchise for a minor genre publisher. It often feels like a book without real soul, all genre without any clear human philosophy. Even as a "popcorn" novel (the kind meant to entertain more than anything else), it doesn't do enough to set itself apart from many other books like it. Those that are fans of the pulpier era of the space opera might enjoy its throwbacks to inhuman monsters and cheap twists, but I found it fairly unambitious and uninspired.
matosapa's review against another edition
3.0
A good story overall but the writing swings from readable to poorly written but not often. I gave him the benefit of the doubt because it is the first in a trilogy and one of his earlier works. Reviews of the rest of this series are higher. For those who have read Anderson's Saga of the Seven Suns, Devil's Nebula read slightly poorer than that series (and a lot less complicated).
mato's review
3.0
A good story overall but the writing swings from readable to poorly written but not often. I gave him the benefit of the doubt because it is the first in a trilogy and one of his earlier works. Reviews of the rest of this series are higher. For those who have read Anderson's Saga of the Seven Suns, Devil's Nebula read slightly poorer than that series (and a lot less complicated).
yazerk's review against another edition
4.0
Full review:
http://betweentwobooks.blogspot.ie/2012/06/book-review-devils-nebula-weird-space.html
http://betweentwobooks.blogspot.ie/2012/06/book-review-devils-nebula-weird-space.html
chadrushing's review
2.0
2.5 Stars This started off as a really decent pulp scifi story and then got bogged down in the jungle towards the end of the book. I doubt I will read the rest of the series.
graculus's review
Writing was very florid at times, didn't feel anything for any of the characters
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