broken land reviews

Reviews are probably the least interesting part of this LJ, but I do try to keep on top of them for my future reference.  While cleaning out the actual physical inbox on my desk I stumbled across some regarding the Broken Land books that I hadn't filed away, so here they are.

The Age thought The Dust Devils "deft and crisply rendered" while Viewpoint described it as "good speculative fiction" that "imagines a future upon familiar terrain.  This is the arid interior of Australia gone to sand, its few denizens roaming the landscape for survival and seeking shelter in the half-buried remains of old cities."  (Not true of the entire world, but a reasonable description of that part of it.) Viewpoint also thought that The Changeling "could be viewed as a thriller", a "thrilling" one at that, which "will keep you guessing into the end".

The Sunday Age concluded its crisp summary of The Scarecrow thusly: "In this third instalment in the Broken Land series, Ros is confronted by arduous choices about friendships and the future."  Spot on, I'd say.  Where those choices ultimately lead him and what kind of future he has won't be spelt out in future books, but will be revealed in short fiction coming out later this year.