From the Bookshelf of Fantasy-Faction.com…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
I've been a big fan of R. Morgan ultra violent, ultra dark and quite explicit novels since his extraordinary debut Altered Carbon. Though in his last novels the repetitions of themes, plot and gimmicks became a bit tiresome, in The Steel Remains Mr. Morgan moves to epic/adventure fantasy and reinvigorates said themes. While longtime readers of his novels will be less surprised at the twists and turns of this novel because of the echoes of previous works, there is a lot of new stuff here and the
...more
The Steel Remains is an interesting book to say the least...
It seems to be the results of renowned Sci-Fi author 'Richard K. Morgan's' attempt to shake up the at times stale Fantasy Genre. In traditional fantasy we tend to expect a hero who is loved and admired, merciful, an honorable and triumphant past, women to swoon over him and of course; a noteworthy quest he must complete.
Well, The Steel Remains gives us a character who is pretty much immoral, bloodthirsty, hated among his people, gay an ...more
It seems to be the results of renowned Sci-Fi author 'Richard K. Morgan's' attempt to shake up the at times stale Fantasy Genre. In traditional fantasy we tend to expect a hero who is loved and admired, merciful, an honorable and triumphant past, women to swoon over him and of course; a noteworthy quest he must complete.
Well, The Steel Remains gives us a character who is pretty much immoral, bloodthirsty, hated among his people, gay an ...more
I can't tell if the author is trying to tell the current story of these characters or the one from their past. He seems to spend equal amounts of time on each, so unless it all has something to do with wherever this is going then I don't see the point.
The openly gay characters don't bother me, but all the vulgarity is a bit much. I grew up on Tolkien, Brooks, Howard, Lovecraft, Weis/Hickman, and others. They each focused on good storytelling, not littering their prose with F-bombs and other sord ...more
The openly gay characters don't bother me, but all the vulgarity is a bit much. I grew up on Tolkien, Brooks, Howard, Lovecraft, Weis/Hickman, and others. They each focused on good storytelling, not littering their prose with F-bombs and other sord ...more
re-read before i read the final book in the trilogy.
3.5 stars - solid book. I think his SfiFi (Thirteen & Altered Carbon) are much better.
3.5 stars - solid book. I think his SfiFi (Thirteen & Altered Carbon) are much better.
Really enjoyed this, and am looking forward to the sequel.
Aug 22, 2009
Antonio
marked it as to-read
Jan 25, 2011
Howard
rated it
it was ok
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
sword-and-sorcery
Sep 15, 2011
Patrick
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
high-fantasy
May 12, 2013
Yann
marked it as to-read
Jul 02, 2014
Matt
added it
Jan 27, 2015
Chris Strange
marked it as to-read
Jun 16, 2015
Mindy
marked it as to-read
Sep 28, 2017
Julia Sarene
marked it as to-read
Nov 03, 2022
Lou Doench
marked it as to-read
