· Overview. In The Half-Made World, Felix Gilman took readers deep into a world on the cusp of forging an identity. The Line, a cult of Industry, and the Gun, a mission of Chaos, were engaged in a war for dominance. The Line was winning city by city, enslaving the populations it conquered. A doctor of psychology, Liv Alverhuysen, was caught in the middle, unknowingly guarding a secret that Brand: Tom Doherty Associates. This is the story of Harry Ransom. If you know his name it's most likely as the inventor of the Ransom Process, a stroke of genius that changed the world. Or you may have read about how he lost the battle of Jasper City, or won it, depending on where you stand in matters of www.doorway.rus called him Hal or Harry, or by one of a half-dozen aliases, of which he had more than any honest man. 'The Rise of Ransom City' is an surprising and excellent book. It's a sequel, but would read well as a stand-alone, and goes in a rather different direction than one might expect from the first book; I charmed again by the fast-talking protagonist of this story, a believer in progress and invention caught between two great Powers that would grind the world to dust in their fighting/5(48).
Felix Gilman's two vaguely steampunkish novels, "The Half-Made World" and the just-published "The Rise of Ransom City," come closer than many previous efforts to nailing America's conflicted. The Rise of Ransom City. Felix Gilman. • 10 Ratings; $; $; Publisher Description. This is the story of Harry Ransom. If you know his name it's most likely as the inventor of the Ransom Process, a stroke of genius that changed the world. If you're reading this in the future, Ransom City must be a great and glittering. The Rise of Ransom City. by Felix Gilman. The Half-Made World (Book 2) Share your thoughts Complete your review. Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. Rate it * You Rated it *.
'The Rise of Ransom City' is an surprising and excellent book. It's a sequel, but would read well as a stand-alone, and goes in a rather different direction than one might expect from the first book; I charmed again by the fast-talking protagonist of this story, a believer in progress and invention caught between two great Powers that would grind the world to dust in their fighting. The Rise of Ransom City is a sequel of sorts, following Felix Gilman’s The Half-Made World—a wonderful, genre-bending novel released some two years ago. That book concluded with a satisfying ending, but the story definitely didn’t end there. The Rise of Ransom City is a sequel of sorts, following Felix Gilman’s The Half-Made World—a wonderful, genre-bending novel released some two years ago. That book concluded with a satisfying ending, but the story definitely didn’t end there. In The Rise of Ransom City, Gilman returns to the half-made world from a completely new perspective.
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