The Human Division Review at GeekExchange
Posted on May 7, 2013 Posted by John Scalzi 13 Comments
It’s here. And it’s good; I especially like that it talks about the intentionally multi-media aspect of the novel (that’s “multi-media” not “multimedia”), because we intentionally built it from the ground up to work effectively in more than a single medium. It’s nice when people pick up on that.
For those of you too busy for the reading, here’s the summation graph:
The bottom line: The Human Division flat out rocked. It’s a smart space opera novel that weaves together politics, characters and action that surpasses its predecessors in the series. For an experimental novel (and this isn’t the first online attempt at a serialized story), it seems to have mostly worked, and at points, worked incredibly well. More than just an experiment in the delivery medium, this is a fine read, and an excellent addition to the series. Season/Book 2 can’t come soon enough.
Sweet.
Also: One week until the hardcover release. Can’t wait.
Augh! This is like when I was a kid, and every mention of Christmas just made the wait drag out thaaaaat… muuuuccchhhh… loooooonggggeeerrrrrrrr…..
Congratulations!
From the review:
The sheer scale of The Human Division lends itself to be a difficult one for a conventional book,
Out of curiosity, what is the total, final word count?
I haven’t noticed an announcement for Season/Book 2. Is that in the works?
Way to go!
I can’t wait for my copy to arrive.
Out of curiosity, what is the total, final word count?
I believe Scalzi has said somewhere in the neighborhood of 130K words.
Congrats, John. It looks to have ended up a great success.
Can’t wait? I can wait. It’s all I’ve been doing! I am getting good at waiting. That’s a lie, GIMIIE GIMMIE GIMMIE!
OK, I’m not gonna rub it in your waiting faces… but getting it episode by episode was actually pretty cool. I’d never tried episodic downloads before and I was surprised how it made each Tuesday special. Even if I didn’t get a chance to read it the day it arrived it was still a bit like Christmas, only it came once a week.
Yes. I hated the episode a week model for the first few weeks, but then, I really got into it. Now Tuesdays just a little bleaker.
I’m begining to see an advantage to the episode mode. It makes it last. I suspect I will scarf this down too quickly when I finally get my grubby mits on it. Cover to cover, urp. Yummy but all gone.
My Kindle pooped out on me, so I didn’t get to read past the second episode. As a poor college student, I usually only allow myself one hardcover every 2-3 months. Hmmm…
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So I’m gonna ask – Is this the 13 episodes published in book format? Or is there more good stuff in it? Because I spent 13 X $.99, and if there is more in the book, for less, I’m bummed. Feel ripped off. Not with the story, by the serial gimmick. Please advise!