You have to change it so that everyone is talking Kangaroos with magic powers too.īut this simply isn't true. It's as if people thing it's not enough to write an alternate history of Earth where, say, the Roman empire never collapsed. They feel like if their stories only have one piece of speculation in them, they're somehow cheaping out. They think that the more weirdness the better. In my experience, a lot of people who write speculative fiction (Sci-fi, fantasy, etc) tend to make the same mistake. It was funny, well-written, and managed one of the most difficult tricks of all, which is to be ridiculous AND realistic. No more than I could jump in and do his job and be good at it.Īll that aside, I was pleasantly surprised by the book. Just because Yahtzee can be funny, clever, and witty in a five minute review, doesn't mean that he can write a funny, clever, witty novel. It's just that brilliance is not necessarily transferable. But honestly, I didn't have high expectations. When I found out that he'd written a book as well, I was curious. Like most people, I know Yahtzee primarily through his brilliantly scathing video game reviews.
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