http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/the_traveler/ reading material to get excited about Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:32:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/the_traveler/#comment-10463 Bookgasm » Blog Archive » The Dark River Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:06:02 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=14#comment-10463 [...] read John Twelve Hawks first book, THE TRAVELER, with optimism. Where others saw tedium, I saw setup. Where my elders spied rehashedness, I saw [...] [...] read John Twelve Hawks first book, THE TRAVELER, with optimism. Where others saw tedium, I saw setup. Where my elders spied rehashedness, I saw [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/the_traveler/#comment-322 Bookgasm » BOOKGASM’s Best (and Worst) of 2005 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:08:27 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=14#comment-322 [...] NOT BAD, BUT CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTING A tie between THE TRAVELER by John Twelve Hawkes and ANANSI BOYS by Neil Gaiman – The former disappoints because it’s cool upfront and then meanders wildly; the latter because it’s so light and fluffy compared to its predecessor. Even standing on its own, I’d have to consider it a lesser work for Gaiman, to whose work I always look forward. [...] [...] NOT BAD, BUT CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTING A tie between THE TRAVELER by John Twelve Hawkes and ANANSI BOYS by Neil Gaiman – The former disappoints because it’s cool upfront and then meanders wildly; the latter because it’s so light and fluffy compared to its predecessor. Even standing on its own, I’d have to consider it a lesser work for Gaiman, to whose work I always look forward. [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/the_traveler/#comment-276 Bookgasm » 8 Great Sci-Fi Books of 2005 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:56:26 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=14#comment-276 [...] 8. THE TRAVELER by John Twelve Hawks Let’s look at this book in Joseph Campbell/George Lucas terms: Reluctant hero? Check. Mysterious “force” that empowers some? Check. Hokey religion? Check. The list could go on forever. The enigmatic Hawks mines archetypes and stereotypes for a week of Sundays (and adds a generous helping of Big Brother paranoia), but THE TRAVELER is surprisingly fun to read. It moves at the right pace – quick – and the twists and turns are unexpected enough to provide some drama, even if the large shape of the novel is given away in the first couple of chapters. [...] [...] 8. THE TRAVELER by John Twelve Hawks Let’s look at this book in Joseph Campbell/George Lucas terms: Reluctant hero? Check. Mysterious “force” that empowers some? Check. Hokey religion? Check. The list could go on forever. The enigmatic Hawks mines archetypes and stereotypes for a week of Sundays (and adds a generous helping of Big Brother paranoia), but THE TRAVELER is surprisingly fun to read. It moves at the right pace – quick – and the twists and turns are unexpected enough to provide some drama, even if the large shape of the novel is given away in the first couple of chapters. [...]

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