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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1459470" data-attributes="member: 8447">HAZY REMEMBRANCE SPOILERS ALERTI haven't read AG in years, this I freely admit.  I read it once, due to all the celebration that surrounded it, and found myself vastly disappointed.The whole mobieus-strip time-travel story felt more "clever" than anything else, an author showing off how tricky he can be rather than actually seeming compelling or real.  In the end I found that aspect boring.The characters were annoying as none of them were well developed.  Each one spoke in exactly the same manner as all the others (with the exception of the thief who used the the Punch-n-Judy squeeker) and word choice seldom varied; this seemed especially odd as the draw into time travel was, apparently, the love of a poet.  One would believe that that more of the time travelers might have a more poetic turn of phrase, at the least, or that the Egyptians might have a more archaic dialect.The only change-up in language occured with the Rookery, and this is a place where I really have to take Powers to task.  We have Dickens.  We have other authors of the period.  Why is Powers so determined to have the slang reflect that latter part of the 19th century and early 20th century, rather than the first half?  For someone who is dealing with time travel one would assume that the author would do some serious study of the period he is sending his characters back to, especially if it is going to be a major part of the plot.  I love a lot of Victorian/Edwardian literature and so have grown used to some of the variations in lingo.   For me, Powers is an author too full of himself.  I read through this book, The Drawing of the Dark, and On Strange Tides.  After the third book I told myself I would never read Powers book, primarily due to his very flat characters and convoluted plots.  It was only under a lot of pressure that I read Last Call.  I was amazed and surprised just how great that books was, especially after my previous experiences.  I would highly recommended it for a future official read.</blockquote>

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