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My chaotic filing system has recently unearthed “The
Runcible Tales”. This chapbook contains stories that are very relevant to
Ian Cormac's universe. I am not quite sure why I did not review them when
I first got hold of them - I think that my first impression was that these
stories were not as good as those in Neal Asher's sublime collection The Engineer. However,
now that Gridlinked and
The Line of
Polity have been released, their context is so much clearer - what
with their early mentions of Dragon, Horace Blegg, and Ian Cormac, I very much
more enjoyed them this time around. I am also sure that Neal Asher now
has a much more healthy view of "the financial directors and accountants
of all the large publishing houses" - well, the ones at Macmillan should
be able to sleep well at night, if not the others. Here are reviews of
each of the five tales in the order in which they were published in the
chapbook:
Always with you -
Webster engages on a mission to destroy a Prador planet breaker. It
helps if you have Horace Blegg on your side, and an internal medic, but are
these enough to overcome overwhelming odds?
Blue Holes
and Bloody Waters - marine biologist Karl finds that humans haven't
quite adapted enough - or have they? Features the first mention of the retro
Anti-Grav cars featured in “Gridlinked” that I have come across
Dragon in
the Flower - Ian Cormac's first encounter with Dragon - this is
printed word-for-word in “Gridlinked”, so this should be the Runcible Tale most
familiar to Neal Asher readers
The Gire and
the Bibrat - Telepath John Tennyson is given more than a helping hand
by Agent Prime Cause in his search for the location of a scream
Walking John
and Bird - John Walker consults Horace Blegg and Dragon with questions
concerning his link with Bird, a seemingly invincible entity. Trouble is,
especially where Dragon is concerned, he may not like the answers
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