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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
As seen on film and TV, the Phantom Zone where Superman's enemies are exiled is insubstantial and two-dimensional, much like this chronicle of the death of the cape-clad hero's home planet. Best known for sweeping space opera (the Seven Suns series; Sandworms of Dune), Anderson briskly and blandly narrates these events as if voicing a news documentary, completely removing the tension from otherwise dramatic turns of fate. After young artist Lara rescues gifted scientist Jor-El from the Zone, their courtship is lost among a host of fragmentary subplots and minor characters with names pulled straight from the acknowledgments page. Would-be dictator Zod, who twirls his mustache in mostly solitary musings for nearly half the book, disconcertingly insists on conducting the wedding before descending into tiresome megalomania. Frustrated Superman fans will wish that Anderson had instead expanded on Lara's brief private account of Zod's ascendance and Krypton's destruction. (Oct.)
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From AudioFile
Everyone knows the story of how Superman came to Earth, but only comic fans know the rest of the story--the background of Superman Ôs mom and dad and life on Krypton. Anderson takes on the task of fleshing out the doomed world in THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON. Such a story begs for a cinematic-style audio treatment to bring it vividly to life, and William Dufris puts everything into his performance--including getting a little hammy with the dialogue of the villains. Anderson relied more on the Superman films than the comics for inspiration, a strategy that may drive comic fans nuts because of the many violations of established continuity. But if one accepts this as a stand-alone story, it works. M.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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As seen on film and TV, the Phantom Zone where Superman's enemies are exiled is insubstantial and two-dimensional, much like this chronicle of the death of the cape-clad hero's home planet. Best known for sweeping space opera (the Seven Suns series; Sandworms of Dune), Anderson briskly and blandly narrates these events as if voicing a news documentary, completely removing the tension from otherwise dramatic turns of fate. After young artist Lara rescues gifted scientist Jor-El from the Zone, their courtship is lost among a host of fragmentary subplots and minor characters with names pulled straight from the acknowledgments page. Would-be dictator Zod, who twirls his mustache in mostly solitary musings for nearly half the book, disconcertingly insists on conducting the wedding before descending into tiresome megalomania. Frustrated Superman fans will wish that Anderson had instead expanded on Lara's brief private account of Zod's ascendance and Krypton's destruction. (Oct.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From AudioFile
Everyone knows the story of how Superman came to Earth, but only comic fans know the rest of the story--the background of Superman Ôs mom and dad and life on Krypton. Anderson takes on the task of fleshing out the doomed world in THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON. Such a story begs for a cinematic-style audio treatment to bring it vividly to life, and William Dufris puts everything into his performance--including getting a little hammy with the dialogue of the villains. Anderson relied more on the Superman films than the comics for inspiration, a strategy that may drive comic fans nuts because of the many violations of established continuity. But if one accepts this as a stand-alone story, it works. M.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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