Comments on: EVE: The Empyrean Age Review

By: St Erroneous

St Erroneous — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:45:55 +0000

I heard Tony presnetations at Fanfest, he’s a great speaker. I was really impressed by his passion for the IP, and his honestly about some of the novel’s short-comings.

It was terribly edited. Not really his fault.

It was light on character development due to the sheer volume of necessary plot crammed in there.

I think it was this character development that gave me problems with the book. Typical story elements – the amnesiac hero, the damage child – didn’t have on-page time to develop fully, so (for me) came across more as cliches rather than strong hooks to drag me into the story. Just a little more focus here and there might have swung the balance for me.

Still, however I look at it EA was a very brave first move by CCP and Tony into game-world fiction. Massive first novel, at a focal point of into an ongoing storyline, providing the rationale for a significant game feature. It’s a tribute to Tony and CCP’s commitment to EA and the IP that the book works as well as it does.

By: CrazyKinux

CrazyKinux — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:50:20 +0000

I’m also at the beginning of the novel and love it so far.

I met Tony at the Fanfest Party and the guy was surprised a bit (or very humble) that I loved the book so far. He mentioned a nasty review on Amazon.

Let’s make sure to head over to Amazon once we’re done reading EA and write a review about. Blinky, you could just COPY/PASTE this post as a review.

Let’s show Tony some love! The guy deserves it!

By: James Egan

James Egan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:46:39 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed it so far. I’m seriously only about 80 pages or so from the end, but I’ve just been too busy to finish. I may well stay up late(r) tonight and tear through the rest. I’ve got two friends who don’t even play EVE that want to borrow it once I’m through to see what it’s like. I wouldn’t mind just giving my paperback copy away in that case and getting a new hardcover for my collection.