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Siege (X-Men Mutant Empire, #1)
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Having read X-men comics in my teen years, I decided to read this trilogy to see how transferring a comic to a print novel would work.
Not bad. I gave it my usual three stars. Like Star Trek or Doctor Who, it is aimed at those who are already fans of the X-men from their comic-book series.
Magneto, the X-men's long time enemy get a group of the evil mutants together and basically takes over Manhattan, renaming it Haven and inviting all mutants to join them.
In this series, the X-men are split up--Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Gambit and Archangel are off in outer space on a mission. So, to stop Magneto we have five X-men only--Storm, Bishop, Iceman, the Beast and the powerful Wolverine.
In true comic book style, the action moves from one group to the other, first Manhattan, then outer space; back to Earth; switch scenes to the Starjammers' ship and so on.
We of course end of a cliffhanger so we can go on to Book 2 in the trilogy.....
With the X-men written true to form and a typical X-men plot this should please most fans. Regular SF readers may want to try it as well.
Btw, try to find all three books in the series before starting as volumes 1 and 2 both end in cliffhangers.
Not bad. I gave it my usual three stars. Like Star Trek or Doctor Who, it is aimed at those who are already fans of the X-men from their comic-book series.
Magneto, the X-men's long time enemy get a group of the evil mutants together and basically takes over Manhattan, renaming it Haven and inviting all mutants to join them.
In this series, the X-men are split up--Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Gambit and Archangel are off in outer space on a mission. So, to stop Magneto we have five X-men only--Storm, Bishop, Iceman, the Beast and the powerful Wolverine.
In true comic book style, the action moves from one group to the other, first Manhattan, then outer space; back to Earth; switch scenes to the Starjammers' ship and so on.
We of course end of a cliffhanger so we can go on to Book 2 in the trilogy.....
With the X-men written true to form and a typical X-men plot this should please most fans. Regular SF readers may want to try it as well.
Btw, try to find all three books in the series before starting as volumes 1 and 2 both end in cliffhangers.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
August 10, 2012
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Finished Reading
August 13, 2012
– Shelved
August 13, 2012
– Shelved as:
main-sf-fantasy
