The Rise of Ransom City (The Half-Made World, #2)

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This is the story Harry Ransom If you know his name it s most likely as the inventor of the Ransom Process, a stroke of genius that changed the world Or you may have read about how he lost the battle of Jasper City, or won it, depending on where you stand in matters of politics.Friends called him Hal or Harry, or by one of a half dozen aliases, of which he had than any honest man should He often went by Professor Harry Ransom, and though he never had anything you might call a formal education, he definitely earned it If you re reading this in the future, Ransom City must be a great and glittering metropolis by now, with a big bronze statue of Harry Ransom in a park somewhere You might be standing on its sidewalk and not wonder in the least of how it grew to its current glory Well, here is its story, full of adventure and intrigue And it all starts with the day that old Harry Ransom crossed paths with Liv Alverhyusen and John Creedmoor, two fugitives running from the Line, amidst a war with no end. Read The Rise of Ransom City (The Half-Made World, #2) – kino-fada.fr Felix Gilman is good He s definitely a writer on my watch list not in a sociopathic way of course , and there s something about his writing that I find both enjoyable and satisfying I generally lump him in with those writers I consider prose stylists though he s not showy in any way, rather he just seems to know how to effectively turn a phrase He also writes fairly dense or at least long texts, but they never seem to be weighed down by their size things move along at the pace they need Felix Gilman is good He s definitely a writer on my watch list not in a sociopathic way of course , and there s something about his writing that I find both enjoyable and satisfying I generally lump him in with those writers I consider prose stylists though he s not showy in any way, rather he just seems to know how to effectively turn a phrase He also writes fairly dense or at least long texts, but they never seem to be weighed down by their size things move along at the pace they need to move at, whether ...First posted hereThough I will try to avoid it, this review may contain minor spoilers from The Half Made World The Half Made World was one of the best books I read last year Almost impossible to put in a category, it mixed the fantasy and western genres almost perfectly, with a touch of steampunk Gilman did so many things right in that novel, but ended it almost abruptly, leaving fans like me desperately hoping for a sequel Obviously we got one, but perhaps not the one we hoped for Rath First posted hereThough I will try to avoid it, this review may contain minor spoilers from The Half Made World The Half Made World was one of the best books I read last year Almost impossible to put in a category, it mixed the fantasy and western genres almost perfectly, with a touch of steampunk Gilman did so many things right in that novel, but ended it almost abruptly, leaving fans like me desperately hoping for a sequel Obviously we got one, but perhaps not the one we hoped for Rather than follow the main characters from Half Made World , Liv and Creedmoor, the Rise of Ransom City is the story of one man, the Professor Harry Ransom Do we get a resolution from Half Made World Kind of, but perhaps not the one readers were looking for It didn t end up mattering to me though, as The Rise of Ra...The Rise of Ransom City is a sequel to The Half Made World sort of Where the first book was a quest story with worldwide implications, following three main characters, this one is written as the memoir of Harry Ransom, an inventor who appeared only briefly in the prior novel It s still a decent book, and the second half is much better than the first, but it didn t grab me and excite me the way the first one did.The first 185 pages of this book relate Harry s childhood and his travels aroun The Rise of Ransom City is a sequel to The Half Made World sort of Where the first book was a quest story with worldwide implications, following three main characters, this one is written as the memoir o...Following up his Half Made World, Gilman does so in unpredictable style Or maybe predictably unpredictable as Gears of the City his follow up to Thunderer went totally postmodern Here following Jeff Vandermeer s Shriek an Afterword and he presents a memoir that is edited by another, a mix of Nabokov s unreliable narrator and Borge s faux non fiction with a healthy dose of Mark Twain s picaresque wit This is also one the most aggrieved skewering of Horatio Alger since Nathaniel West s Cool Mi Following up his Half Made World, Gilman does so in unpredictable style Or maybe predictably unpredictable as Gears of the City his follow up to Thunderer went totally postmodern Here following Jeff Vandermeer s Shriek an Afterw...Rise of Ransom City is a sequel of sorts, following Felix Gilman s The Half Made World a wonderful, genre bending novel released some two years ago That book concluded with a satisfying ending, but the story definitely didn t end there In The Rise of Ransom City, Gilman returns to the half made world from a completely new perspective In a stroke of mad genius brilliance, Gilman has created a story that far surpasses its predecessor in writing and sc Rise of Ransom City...The follow up to The Half Made World, set in the same reality but not about the same characters, though a few do return in bit parts.Enjoyed it a lot at the beginning, less so for a stretch in the middle, and quite a lot again after that The best things about it are the world and the characters, both of which feel alive Most obviously, the principal conceit of the book is that it purports to be the memoir of Harry Ransom, inventor, visionary, and salesman and sometimes genius, and is therefore The follow up to The Half Made World, set in the same reality but not about the same characters, though a few do return in bit parts.Enjoyed it a lot at the beginning, less so for a stretch in the middle, and quite a lot again after that The best things about it are the world and the characters, both of which feel alive Most obviously, the principal conceit of the book is that it purports to be the memoir of Harry Ransom, inventor, visionary, and salesman and sometimes genius, and is th...Wonderful Felix Gilman s part fantasy, part western, part steampunk, part meta fictional commentary on the european conquest of North America and our twin obsessions of industrialism and rabid individualism is also a fabulously written and well characterized trip Start with Half Made World Gilman proves that there is still something brilliantly original to be done in fantasy literature that is worth doing, a lovely escapist treat and intelligent at the same time I can t ask for a single impr Wonderful Felix Gilman s part fant...i really liked the previous book in this pair The Half Made World despite its flaws love the setup the Gun vs the Line, with the half made world at the end of the gunpowder rainbow Creedmoor vs Lowry, with Liv there to witness, which, despite what most people think, is not a passive thing to do.and so i have been looking forward to the sequel for some time, and having good thoughts and anticipation in its general direction but this book is flawed in some quite horrible ways, and i don t i really liked the previous book in this pair The Half Made World despite its flaws love the setup the Gun vs the Line, with the half made world at the end of the gunpowder rainbow Creedmoor vs Lowry, with Liv there to witness, which, despite what most people think, is not a passive thing to do.and so i have been looking forward to the sequel for some time, and having good thoughts and anticipation in its general direction but this book is flawed in some quite horrible ways, and i don t think i will have the fondness for it that i do for the first.this book does not pick up where The Half Made World left off, or not quite Creedmoor and Liv are struggling out of the west, but the story doesn t begin with them and they are, in fact, only a trigger for part of the events of this book in this book, our protagonist is Harry Ransom, inventor and fast ta...At some point, and without my really noticing, Felix Gilman became a buy sight unseen author for me And while I enjoyed THUNDERER quite a bit, and THE HALF MADE WORLD even , I am happy to say that THE RISE OF RANSOM CITY is his best novel to date THE RISE OF RANSOM CITY is a follow up to THE HALF MADE WORLD, but Gilman makes the bold choice to sideline his heroes, and tell the story of a new character Harry Ransom, inventor snake oil salesman who gets tangentially involved in their exp At some point, and without my really noticing, Felix Gilman became a buy sight unseen author for me And while I enjoyed THUNDERER quite a bit, and THE HALF MADE WORLD even , I am happy to say that THE RISE OF RANSOM CITY is his best novel to date THE RISE OF RANSOM CITY is a follow up to THE HALF MADE WORLD, but Gilman makes the bold choice to sideline his heroes, and tell the story of a new character Harry Ransom, inventor snake oil salesman who gets tangentially involved in their exploits and is profoundly affected as a result It s the kind of thing that could alienate readers, but I thought it was wonderful Ransom s voice the book is largely made up of his memoir, written after a life of noteriety is at times whimsical, self lacerating, harrowing, and devastating, and Ransom proves to be capable of a kind of heroism but also a terrible complacency.Ransom is a great character, and he s in a great fantasy world I ve seen the term steampunk Western...Felix Gilman revisits his Half Made world This book is as great as I hoped the first book was.New Weird meets the Weird West Where the first book felt a bit too metaphorical and post modern Chaos versus Order The West as an empty space, formed because is discovered , this book fleshes out the setting a bit , but, most importantly, fleshes out its characters The setting is as weird as in the f...

The Rise of Ransom City (The Half-Made World, #2)
  • English
  • 18 February 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 368 pages
  • 0765329409
  • Felix Gilman
  • The Rise of Ransom City (The Half-Made World, #2)