This is now my second book, not counting novellas, by Tad Williams and while I finished it, I will in fact not be continuing on with the series Book 1 in the Otherland series was just interesting enough to continue and finally the ending ramps things up and I was actually entertained I get that this series is one long book to the author, but it s so absolutely boring I need something to happen and I start to expect it to at least be at the end of the book Spoiler alert view spoiler the ending wa [...]

So, this one goes straight onto the favourites shelf becuase this continuation turned this series from one I really liked into one I loved The story picks up straight after the ending of the previous book, and I really loved seeing the instant re immersion.Some of the elements of this series which I most enjoy The blend of Sci Fi Fantasy elements into a convincing, bizarre and fun world filled with exciting scenes The characters there are SO MANY great characters within this series from Renie Xa [...]

Executive Summary Slow start, and many slow places throughout The good parts make up for a lot of it, but for that reason I m rounding my 3.5 stars down.Audio book Another great job by George Newbern He definitely Full ReviewI really enjoyed the first book Not so much for the characters, but for the setting and the cool ideas I ve always loved the idea of virtual worlds, and Mr Williams made an excellent blend of Fantasy and Sci Fi that seemed to hit my buttons in the right way.Unfortunately, th [...]

Filler.The first novel was long, but it was unraveling a mystery This is just the main characters being herded through sim after sim, with a few character in the real world having enough screen time to be reminded that they exist It gets old, because it s not necessary to the plot.1 A character Paul Jonas or team of them Rennie, Xabbu land in a sim word reminding us of something, sometimes blatantly.2 They get captured or chased.3 They leave to the next.This is the bulk of the book What s left i [...]

When last we left Our Heroes, they were caught in the Otherland an immense virtual reality program built by people with money than God with no idea where to go and no idea what to do They were lost, confused and had no way out.Oh yes back before Neo got his clock punched by Agent Smith, Renie, Xabbu, Orlando, Fredericks and all the other Otherland explorers discover that they are in danger than they realize if they die on the network, then they ll die in real life And, almost right out of the [...]

8 10In the second book of the series Tad Williams continues to impress as he has added characters than the previous book, worlds and much incredible ideas combining them all into a complex, and weirder, story where only himself could have made.The story continues right where the previous one left of with Williams expanding his world building, making it even greater than what he showed in the first book, and with the protagonists going through incredible, and unbelievable, adventures while in [...]

This is a great series and the second book does not disappoint I can t recommend this series highly enough.

I think I ll try to write a review for every book I read from now on I know not many read this probably, but it s good to put my thoughts somewhere I will also keep every review as spoiler free as possible, so don t worry about anything major being said here With all this said here is my first daily review, Otherland River of Blue FirePROS Similar to the first book, Otherland has managed to make me use my imagination is ways that I never have before The idea of the Net has allowed Williams to cr [...]

I had a difficult getting into the first book of this series because of the incredible amount of detail and world building I was also disappointed by the number of questions left unanswered Well, the second book reaps the rewards of all the hard work in the first This book flew by, and while it didn t answer all the questions put forth by the first and raised several , it answered enough to keep me interested.

Band 2 hat mir nicht ganz so gut wie der erste gefallen, das liegt aber vor allem daran, dass der Leser hier mehr Hintergrundinformationen erh lt und die Handlungen langsam voran kommen Spannend ist das Buch allerdings auch, und es hat auch einige Wendungen.Ich gebe 08 10 Punkte und freue mich auf Band 3sunsys blog 2017 0

Audiobook from Penguin AudioNarrated by George NewbernLength 24.5 hoursThe sequel to City of Golden Shadow and the 2nd book of 4 in the Otherland series, River of Blue Fire is a solid middle book in the series.Picking up where City of Golden Shadow left off, this book moved the pieces of all the players in the story without seeming to progress the plot too much This is a common feature of middle books so was expected, though made the reading listening slow sometimes At the point that City of Gol [...]

Das geniale SF Epos Otherland 2 von Tad Williams Das ist wirklich das erste Mal, dass sich ein Autor bei mir im Vorwort treffgenau f r einen kleinen Kritikpunkt, den ich am ersten Teil auszusetzen hatte, entschuldigt So was ist mir auch noch nie passiert Williams erkl rt ziemlich detailliert die Gr nde, warum er keine runde Geschichte zwischen 2 Buchdeckeln abliefern konnte und quasi mitten im Satz als Cliffhanger aufgeh rt hat, und ich habe ihm sofort verziehen.Zum zweiten Teil der Otherland Sa [...]

The second book in the Otherland series again makes clear that Tad Williams is in no hurry He will spin his tale out in his good time, so if you are heading for the beach for a week, I recommend this series Williams does many surprising things in this novel, which keeps it interesting For one thing, he adds to his already immense cast of characters and story lines, pulling in peripheral characters and developing them in a workman like way, adding perspectives and really having fun with the world [...]

This book was a tough one to settle on a star rating for me I will admit that in the beginning there where some elements of it that I enjoyed than others However, as the story continued it came together in a really wonderful way Which made me feel silly for not enjoying some of the earlier bits as much Plus, all of the book was a very cool wild ride, and I found myself really enjoying listening to the audiobook of this book while reading along in my physical copy The audio book of is pretty gre [...]

I struggled with this I finished it, then started the next one I m halfway through that, and you know what I just don t care any I m going to stop without reading the last book and a half The thing I like about sci fi is internally consistent worlds that the reader has to work out This is just page after page of wouldn t it be cool if and then they woke up rambling.Over it.

2nd Otherland book Great read, better than the first The meat of the story, and what a story This man has one of the most vivid, reaching imaginations I have ever encountered Let s hope he sees into the future again.

These books take me forever to read in between the hustle and bustle of life I often read lots of online material and currently working my way through the Sandman graphic novel so I have plenty of distractions to keep from completing a book if it isn t grabbing me Although I can t say that I didn t enjoy following through with characters journey through all the virtual worlds, it just didn t seem to grab me There was never a moment where I simply couldn t put it down which means I was never rush [...]

The Good, the Bad, and the UglyThe Good if you read my review for book one in the series, you know that one major flaw in an otherwise excellent presentation, was excessive editing errors This book fixes that problem, and is what you would expect of high caliber literature.The Bad 5 stars 4.8 stars 4.3 stars the rating continues to drop modestly it s still a very good book Mr Williams has a very fertile imagination, and it is exciting to see what he can think up However, traveling the river sole [...]

Otherland, a massive virtual reality network, is composed of an unknown number of worlds It s funded by a mysterious group of the wealthy and powerful who call themselves Grail Brotherhood and, though nothing is clear, the primary purpose of the Brotherhood seems to be the maintenance of their own long lives even at the expense of countless other Across the globe children are going into medically inexplicable comas, including Renie Sulaweyo s little brother Stephen Renie suspects that Stephen s [...]

River of Blue Fire is another sci fi fantasy beast Two books into the Otherland series and nearly 1,500 pages total The things I enjoyed about the first book are still fun in book 2, particularly the continuing intrigue of the Dread story line, and the fun of the VR worlds in the Otherland network Williams presents us with I believe 11 new virtual worlds that the characters stumble through, seeking escape from the system, and answers to the mystery of the Otherland network and the Grail Brotherh [...]

Well, the journey continues for the several groups who are loose in the system Fantasy worlds collide with realism and trap the travelers in bizarre and fantastic worlds The story goes further and deeper into the characters good and sinister.I enjoyed the journey, but I did take heed of the author saying that the series is really one BIG book but publishers wouldn t let him publish the story as such a big book and we wouldn t be able to carry it around he said also.We did find out information a [...]

By the end of the first Otherland volume, the main characters found themselves lost in a huge, uncharted world one could even say universe The second volume sees them exploring their surroundings in search of answers Most of the time, however, they are preoccupied with evading pursuers, whether they be giant insects or crafty assassins.This is essentially a chase novel, and Williams prose keeps it moving along Half way through the book I started to wonder if a greater plot was going to surface b [...]

I m giving up on this series The author is way too long winded.

I liked the Volume One City of Golden Shadow, but this one was hard to finish, I found it too long and boring I will not read the next volumes.

It s gearing up, and I am hooked What an epic story

Weer een geweldig deel in deze fijne serie Heerlijk om te lezen Ik zou eigenlijk zo door willen in deel 3, maar die moet even wachten Maar niet lang.

This is the second Otherland book You need to have read or listened to the previous book in the series, City of Golden Shadow before starting this book, or you will not understand most of it.Aside from that, it is difficult to know how to characterize this book The characters who were gathered by the disruptive Sellars in City of Golden Shadow get separated again into three smaller groups, and each of these groups winds up transported into a different sim world, where they have some dangerous bu [...]

I enjoyed this book, but much less than the previous I think this book runs into a very difficult place when telling this story.Because we now have about a dozen characters in VR, it makes sense for them to split up, and so they re flung through very different worlds with very different rules And while it s fun and interesting and sometimes even exciting, there s a sense of meaninglessness to it Like, as funny and fun and interesting as these worlds are, I know they re just a brief roadstop onto [...]

My rating 3.5 starsSo the author s introduction mentions that these Otherland books are all one, which is broken up into four books Thus not really having a real beginning or ending Which sort of reminds me of a quote that has been re said many times in history Life is a journey, not a destination Ralph Waldo EmersonOk then, I m a big fan of journey s However, this book not only lacked any sense of destination, the journey was lacking also There was a bug world in the beginning that was super co [...]

Was f r eine verr ckte Reise durch die Fantasien anderer Menschen Es klingt wie ein Albtraum Ein Crossover verschiedener Stile, Fantasy, Sci Fi, Utopia, Real So etwas habe ich noch nie gelesen Man sich kaum vorstellen, wie die veschiedenen Handlungsstr nge einmal zusammen laufen sollen Ein Meisterwerk.