[QuickTidal]

Thought we needed a review thread. I just finished book 2, review here:

http://icebergink.bl...mike-carey.html

[RodeoRanch]

I love them and I want more of them!

[Slow Ben]

I've got the first in my TRP, but haven't got to it yet.
Maybe I should bump it up.

[alt146]

They are definitely worth checking out SB. I read them a couple of years ago and enjoyed them quite a bit.

My only minor gripe was:

Spoiler

Carey hints a number of times that there is an explanation for the increasing presence of ghosts, as well as that there is some sort of major cateclysm approaching. These were probably the two most interesting threads that ran through the series, but they never got addressed

[Use Of Weapons]

alt146, on 09 May 2012 - 05:04 AM, said:

They are definitely worth checking out SB. I read them a couple of years ago and enjoyed them quite a bit.

My only minor gripe was:

Spoiler

Carey hints a number of times that there is an explanation for the increasing presence of ghosts, as well as that there is some sort of major cateclysm approaching. These were probably the two most interesting threads that ran through the series, but they never got addressed

Well, the series isn't finished yet! So I'm hoping (along with you) that we get those explanations, because I agree those threads have been built up very nicely over the first four books.

[alt146]

UseOfWeapons, on 09 May 2012 - 11:53 AM, said:

alt146, on 09 May 2012 - 05:04 AM, said:

They are definitely worth checking out SB. I read them a couple of years ago and enjoyed them quite a bit.

My only minor gripe was:

Spoiler

Carey hints a number of times that there is an explanation for the increasing presence of ghosts, as well as that there is some sort of major cateclysm approaching. These were probably the two most interesting threads that ran through the series, but they never got addressed

Well, the series isn't finished yet! So I'm hoping (along with you) that we get those explanations, because I agree those threads have been built up very nicely over the first four books.

I thought that the last book that was published (the fifth one) was the end of the series. At least that was the official stance when I read the series initially and wanted to find out if there would be any more books. This was maybe a year ago, not more than two. I see wiki has an unamed sixth book listed as coming in 2011, but the source link is broken. I'd love for there to be another book, so I'll keep my eyes out and hopefully it happens.

[Abyss]

It's not book 6, or even really another Castor story - dammit - but PS Publishing is releasing


THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF MIKE CAREY

https://www.pspublis...arey-4859-p.asp

...also available as a tpb... which will include among other things a story set in the Felix Castor books setting.

This week's previews newsletter has a fair amount of info about its contents. https://preview.mailerlite.com/b9o8g4

I'm a fan, will possibly even spring for the slipcased version, it's been ages since i bought anything in signed dead tree.

[amphibian]

I'm going to buy this simply because it's a possible way to encourage all parties to get the series finished. Been so long now...

[Andorion]

How good are these? I have generally liked what Mike Carey has produced.

[amphibian]

Andorion, on 20 July 2019 - 02:26 AM, said:

How good are these? I have generally liked what Mike Carey has produced.

Very good, but smaller scope in comparison to something like Dresden. More like Aaronovitch's series or Alex Verus series.

[Abyss]

Very much slow boil, low action, high tension. There is magic but it's generally gritty real. The first one is good, just don't expect Dresden. 2-3 are better and very much Carey writing to his strengths while veering away from Lucifer level epic. 4-5 are among the bestest urban fantasy stuff I have read. 5 does end the series but every few years Carey teases bk 6 and i resist the urge to hunt him down and devour his brains.

[polishgenius]

There's also a pretty heavy Hellblazer vibe to them. Which isn't a shock since Carey was writing Hellblazer at the time he started this.

[Andorion]

amphibian, on 20 July 2019 - 06:42 PM, said:

Andorion, on 20 July 2019 - 02:26 AM, said:

How good are these? I have generally liked what Mike Carey has produced.

Very good, but smaller scope in comparison to something like Dresden. More like Aaronovitch's series or Alex Verus series.

I love both of those, so that's good.

Abyss, on 21 July 2019 - 04:26 AM, said:

Very much slow boil, low action, high tension. There is magic but it's generally gritty real. The first one is good, just don't expect Dresden. 2-3 are better and very much Carey writing to his strengths while veering away from Lucifer level epic. 4-5 are among the bestest urban fantasy stuff I have read. 5 does end the series but every few years Carey teases bk 6 and i resist the urge to hunt him down and devour his brains.

polishgenius, on 21 July 2019 - 07:24 AM, said:

There's also a pretty heavy Hellblazer vibe to them. Which isn't a shock since Carey was writing Hellblazer at the time he started this.

Both of these comments make them sound very very tempting.

[Abyss]

polishgenius, on 21 July 2019 - 07:24 AM, said:

There's also a pretty heavy Hellblazer vibe to them. Which isn't a shock since Carey was writing Hellblazer at the time he started this.

I've read this comment elsewhere, but never really thought so. Sure, it's Carey writing urban fantasy so there are stylistic elements in common - and to be clear i enjoy both - but I never saw much resemblance between the series beyond that. Castor and Constantine are very very different leads.