May 21, 2009
Not Girly In Singapore!
This Is Not a Game has garnered a great review from the Straits Times, Singapore’s foremost newspaper!
While all of this is interesting, without strong characters and an engaging plot, This is Not a Game would be nothing but another bit of ‘fan fiction’ about the joys of living online.
Instead, Williams’ novel is punchy, tightly plotted – very tightly with a strong twist or two – and entertaining. There’s a enough action and global drama to keep any thriller lover happy.
While it’s not a particularly ‘girly’ book, the character of Dagmar ensures a strong female focus which mean readers of both sexes with enjoy This is Not a Game.
Like other speculative fiction authors before him, most notably William Gibson, Williams has managed to take what is happening now, wrap it in imagination and offer us a look at the future.
There you have it— not only is it a great book, now it’s officially Not Girly!
Meanwhile— or perhaps even simultaneously— Paul Stotts over at Blood of the Muse has even more to say!
This Is Not a Game is a compelling mystery, one that threateningly demands—like a militant nun, ruler in hand, your knuckles spread before her—for you to continue, to finish. Stopping, it’s not an option. It’s not even a thought. You turn the pages of the book not just to get answers, but to get the questions, also. And neither disappoint. There is no letdown, no clumsy resolution, no descent into lameness. Everything works, the story coming together beautifully like a well-played game of chess, Williams maneuvering the reader, skillfully. Like a pawn. A very happy pawn.
The novel feels fresh, new, totally unique. Something completely different from the tired, recycled space opera found in most sci-fi novels today. You’ll remember This Is Not A Game afterwards, for its distinct storyline, for being unlike anything else you’ve read. For being special. A rabbit hole, both deep and dark, leading to a dazzling wonderland, where a game imitates life. And life imitates a game.
I may be a militant nun, but at least I’m not a girly militant nun!
And, to cap off a lovely day, over at authors-books.com, we find the following:
So Walter Jon Williams’ This Is Not A Game lies. It is a game. A hell of a game, a fascinating mystery, and intriguing social commentary. Where every reader is a winner, no matter what alternate reality you choose to call home.
It’s probably time for you all to buy new copies, so you can track down the truth behind this lying militant non-girly nun rumor!
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