Hi all, I noticed that my LCS (Parramatta's "Phantom Zone") has the novel Transformers: Exodus being released this week - so thought i'd set up a thread ready to go with comments.
Is anyone else interested/excited about the latest TF novel?!?
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Hi all, I noticed that my LCS (Parramatta's "Phantom Zone") has the novel Transformers: Exodus being released this week - so thought i'd set up a thread ready to go with comments.
Is anyone else interested/excited about the latest TF novel?!?
i have to admit i have not been that interested in the novels as of late, maybe because i didnt really like one or tw of the other ones.......Quote:
Originally Posted by bassbot
would be interesteing to see what people thought though
I read the first Transformers prequel novel - It wasn't very good (barely ok) and on top of that, it seems to have been based on a very early script of the movie as it doesn't really fit in continuity with the Bay film.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharky
As a result, I won't be jumping to buy this novel unless there is good reason to.
I'm buying it online (The Book Depository) when the Transformers Animated Almanac Vol. 2 becomes available.
the only TF novel I read was "Hardwired" by Scott Ciencin... which was an absolute POS IMHO. I'd much rather read Shane McCarthy's work over Ciencin's any day! I have interest in reading the rest of the Keepers series. I haven't read any of the movieverse novels, but I've been told that they're rather mediocre.
David Cian redeemed Ciencin's work imo, and I enjoyed reading the quasi-classic dreamwave characters. the editing was way off, but I still enjoyed it.
The movie tie-in novels suffered from being tied to movie continuity, but reading them as novels was still interesting, although i prefer the original prequel to the ROTF prequel.
Anyhow, i've been in a reading glut recently so looking forward to adding this to my pile!
If you guys are unsure whether you'll like the book or not... the first four chapters are available to be read online:
http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/e...ews/EXODUS.cfm
Those first four chapters are an intriguing read and I'm eagerly waiting to receive my copy of the book.
There seems to be a lot of references that make sense to us, but as a standalone scifi novel I wonder what casual TF fans or non-TF will make of it?
My only gripe with the content in the preview is very light spoiler the unimaginative naming of "Slaughter City".
Thanks for posting that up christalcase.Quote:
Originally Posted by christalcase
Hmmm... not sure what to make of it. It seems very disjointed in my view which makes it difficult to read.
only read the first two chapters on that link (thanks btw!) and picking it up tomorrow morning.
Interesting so far. Gotta read more to make a good judgement.