tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post3255166982853193100..comments2023-09-01T10:14:30.179+01:00Comments on Graeme's Fantasy Book Review: ‘Autumn: The City’ – David Moody (Gollancz)Graeme Floryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-6579738911134845162011-02-17T15:29:31.475+00:002011-02-17T15:29:31.475+00:00Niall - Sorry I missed your comment there (poor mo...Niall - Sorry I missed your comment there (poor moderation skills...) 'Autumn' worked for me as a part of something much larger but I suspect I may have felt similar to you if it was more of a self contained piece. There's not enough there for a single book but I don't think there was ever meant to be.<br /><br />I am a raging (shambling?) zombie fan-boy though so I'll quite happily admit that the true measure of 'Autumn' does lie somewhere in between your opinion and mine...<br /><br />Haven't checked out the link yet, Hope's asleep, but I will do :o)Graeme Floryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-82454733279919076802011-02-17T15:16:26.642+00:002011-02-17T15:16:26.642+00:00I've only read the first two books and, until ...I've only read the first two books and, until your post, had no idea what the zombies might do next. I mistakenly assumed that zombies would do what zombies do best but apparently not... Thanks for letting me know :o)Graeme Floryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-61430401103080638602011-02-17T14:24:45.533+00:002011-02-17T14:24:45.533+00:00Very disappointed would be the polite way of putti...Very disappointed would be the polite way of putting my feelings for the original Autumn.<br /><br />You know we're as one with regards to a good zombie book, Graeme, you and I - but for myself, I just couldn't find anything in that there first volume of this series to love, yet there was so much that irked me or jarred me from what was already a very familiar narrative (with little in the way of originality about it that I could see) stocked with some truly dreary "characters," if you can call them that, that I spent my night with Autumn shaking my head, and wishing to God I'd delved an inch deeper into the TBR tower.<br /><br />Anyway. You liked! And plenty other folks did, so who am I to judge? :)<br /><br />Just a grumpy Scotsman.<br /><br />Speaking of zombies, have you seen this thing yet?<br /><br />http://scotspec.blogspot.com/2011/02/trailer-trash-isla-de-los-muertos.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-47962363068118196392011-02-17T09:03:07.553+00:002011-02-17T09:03:07.553+00:00I dont know why you keep referring to survivors ne...I dont know why you keep referring to survivors needing to avoid getting eaten? I am reading Autumn 4 and nowhere have I found any mention by the author of the bodies trying to eat anybody. Their behaviour and intentions gradually change throughout the series, becoming more more violent and ultimately very self protective. This is not a story involving zombies staggering around looking for brains to eat, so if that's what you're into I would look elsewhere! Autumn is a very believable portrayal of what it may actually be like if the majority of the population were struck down by a devastating virus/infection which left them appearing briefly dead but then reawakening into very unhuman creatures. It's actually a very frightening and plausible idea, which for me makes it much more readable than your brain eating zombies. The people remaining are ordinary and react as many of us would react to the events, some closed down completely, others trying desperately to survive, often fighting the urge to give up as the difficulties of their situation become worse and worse and they are left with no safe haven. The landscape is vast and desolate, as you point out but for me this is what pushes our group of survivors into the foreground, they are all that is left of our world. Everything else is dead. Autumn is a serious story, extremely believable with some very likeable and other not so likeable characters. The things they do and the ways they react to situations and to eachother are what I might expect from real people in such devastating conditions. I have found all the books thoroughly engrossing and would reccommend them to anyone who likes a good dark but realistic story.Meera Flamenoreply@blogger.com