Armada-sinking review
Feb. 8th, 2013 05:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluegargantuaHey,
So I just finished up Trafalgar by Angelica Gorodischer (translated by Amalia Gladhart). Ms. Gorodischer wrote Kalpa Imperial which I rather enjoyed so I thought I'd pick this up.
Trafalgar is a collection of short stories all centered around the adventures of its protagonist Trafalgar. He's a salesman and trader. Buying goods in one place and selling them elsewhere for a tidy profit. When he returns to his home in Rosario, Argentina. Then his friends are happy to see him and hear about his adventures over endless cups of black coffee. The reason is that Trafalgar doesn't just travel all over the world to make his deals, he travels off it. He's an interstellar trader and while no one has seen his ship or any of the wares from far-off worlds, people tend to believe his stories, because he's that kind of guy.
So the book is a collection of his adventures. Though most of his stories are on the quiet side. It reads a bit like the Dying Earth books by Jack Vance only without so much swordplay and wordplay. He travels to fantastic places, gets in a few scrapes and then talks about how he got out of it when he gets back.
It's probably not the greatest book I've ever read but it was a very pleasant diversion.
later
Tom
So I just finished up Trafalgar by Angelica Gorodischer (translated by Amalia Gladhart). Ms. Gorodischer wrote Kalpa Imperial which I rather enjoyed so I thought I'd pick this up.
Trafalgar is a collection of short stories all centered around the adventures of its protagonist Trafalgar. He's a salesman and trader. Buying goods in one place and selling them elsewhere for a tidy profit. When he returns to his home in Rosario, Argentina. Then his friends are happy to see him and hear about his adventures over endless cups of black coffee. The reason is that Trafalgar doesn't just travel all over the world to make his deals, he travels off it. He's an interstellar trader and while no one has seen his ship or any of the wares from far-off worlds, people tend to believe his stories, because he's that kind of guy.
So the book is a collection of his adventures. Though most of his stories are on the quiet side. It reads a bit like the Dying Earth books by Jack Vance only without so much swordplay and wordplay. He travels to fantastic places, gets in a few scrapes and then talks about how he got out of it when he gets back.
It's probably not the greatest book I've ever read but it was a very pleasant diversion.
later
Tom
