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The Life Eaters (Hardcover)

by David Brin (Author), Scott Hampton (Author)
3.2 out of 5 stars  (14 customer reviews)


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From Publishers Weekly
In 1986, science fiction writer Brin (Startide Rising; The Kiln People) published a novella, "Thor Meets Captain America," an alternate-history story in which the Nazis win WWII by enlisting the aid of the Norse gods (except for Loki, who assists the American resistance). With an understandable title change, this graphic novel expands on that story and presents a sequel to it. There are lots of imaginative details here: battles between jet fighters and gigantic Norse birds; a submarine carrying a crew of mythological dwarfs; and some clever speculation on the way that history might have turned in the past 60 years (e.g., the "Khmer Bleu"?). But there's also a certain amount of heavy-handed preachiness: an inappropriately clunky vision of ash-induced global warming; a dreadfully sappy scene in which leaders of every religion put aside their differences to defend the planet; and a climactic scene in which a human is tempted by divine power that's straight out of a mid-1960s superhero comic. Fantasy artist Hampton is at his best when he gets to illustrate larger-than-life images (such as the gods or Yggdrasil, the World Treeor even the devastation of the Asian killing fields), if a bit less adept at the book's punch-'em-up action scenes and talking-heads sequences.
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Product Details
  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Wildstorm (November 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1401200982
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401200985
  • Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #988,749 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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