1634: The Ram Rebellion (Hardcover)

from pmsyyz

I enjoyed the first and last thirds but not the middle third. This anthology gives details about the administrative workings of the New United Sates, but isn't essential to follow the overall Ring of Fire storyline. It explains how control is extended over the small independent knights and lords.

from svfreeman

A collection of short stories from various contributers which hang together to create a novel. The overall writing was not as engaging as others in the Assiti Shards series because of the disjoint nature of the presentation. We see vignettes of a 'Committee' tasked to bring the Franconian--a pre-...

from enance

This was a disappointment. It's short stories tied together, not a coherent novel, so the writing is very uneven. Some of the stories were good, and relevant, which is the reason it gets 3 stars, but much of the work was substandard. I'm a bit too hooked on this series, and was expecting more. To...

from JeremyPreacher

I liked The Ram Rebellion on its own merits - I'm not at all sure I believe 17th-century European peasants would have successfully overthrown the aristocracy had they only had good printing presses, but whatever - but it's primarily interesting because of its structure. It's basically a set of sh...

from ServusLibri

The Ram Rebellion can be thought of or viewed in three different ways, with different results. It is an anthology of related fiction, containing eighteen short stories and the novella which shares the book name; in which case the quality is quite mixed, for the individual pieces range from excell...