It was the Wiki plot summary, which spends four paragraphs detailing what sounds like a fairly bog-standard The MacGuffin Is People plot and then finishes with "From that point, he and Goth find themselves becoming more and more embroiled in wild adventures involving interdimensional alien invaders, space pirates, many more of the Karres witches, and assorted other characters." I loled at the handwavey "oh and then the rest of the story happens" tone.
Also - I don't even know if this is an accurate impression, but each paragraph of the summary sounds like a different sci-fi trope / story. It's late at night here, I'm not sure if I'm making sense, but... like, the third paragraph sent my head straight to Andre Norton's Plague Ship, while the second paragraph reminds me strongly of a Star Wars tie-in novel but I can't identify which one. :P Is it as... plot-twist-packed as all that makes it sound, or does it more try and fail? (Or do you recall clearly enough to say?)
I love that summary, though. I kind of want to take it apart and try to write a drabble series in the tones of the different books it reminds me of, or something. My favorite part is the paragraph that just says. "And they want the Sheewash drive. Avidly." It's so noir.
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ETA: TIMOTHY ZAAAAAAAAAHN. Which of his have you read? (Have you got hold of the Quadrail series, "Night Train to Rigel" etc? I love those to pieces. ...paired with the aforegoing paragraph, I might have just given away my sekrit passion for ALL THE NOIR. XD It's rather startling how little noir I'm actually familiar with, given how much I like the atmosphere. "Casablanca" doesn't really count, does it? Even though "Humphrey Bogart deadpans in a trench coat" is a plot point. ;P)
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Also - I don't even know if this is an accurate impression, but each paragraph of the summary sounds like a different sci-fi trope / story. It's late at night here, I'm not sure if I'm making sense, but... like, the third paragraph sent my head straight to Andre Norton's Plague Ship, while the second paragraph reminds me strongly of a Star Wars tie-in novel but I can't identify which one. :P Is it as... plot-twist-packed as all that makes it sound, or does it more try and fail? (Or do you recall clearly enough to say?)
I love that summary, though. I kind of want to take it apart and try to write a drabble series in the tones of the different books it reminds me of, or something. My favorite part is the paragraph that just says. "And they want the Sheewash drive. Avidly." It's so noir.
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ETA: TIMOTHY ZAAAAAAAAAHN. Which of his have you read? (Have you got hold of the Quadrail series, "Night Train to Rigel" etc? I love those to pieces. ...paired with the aforegoing paragraph, I might have just given away my sekrit passion for ALL THE NOIR. XD It's rather startling how little noir I'm actually familiar with, given how much I like the atmosphere. "Casablanca" doesn't really count, does it? Even though "Humphrey Bogart deadpans in a trench coat" is a plot point. ;P)