In the Courts of the Crimson Kings Audiobook

" Great storytelling! Took an old-school Sci-Fi concept and gave it a modern feel. Lots of fun to read "

" An absolutely brilliant rollicking SF adventure tale full of humor and non-stop action. "

" Like a for TV movie, but worse, uses convoluted words to express five-or-less-letter-word meaning. For example, lifted doesn't need to be translated to raised in elevation. "

" A good fun read. This one seemed a bit more complex than the first one in the series. I suspect the author took some of the feminist critisim of book one to heart, turning the leading man into the passive love interest in this one. I appreciated the gesture, but it's still playing off tired old gender stereotypes (albeit inverted ones). I did enjoy the liguistic transliterations which provided a certain comic relief. The descritptions of the biotech were superficially interesting, but left me craving more information. A nice homage to John Carter, but really just one step up from an airport novel. "

" The best of an alternative history series in which humankind discovers that Mars, Venus, and the moons of the great gas giants all harbor intelligent life. "

" A well written book in the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars Series. Look forward to more books in this Lord of Creation Series by Mr. Stirling. "

" Reading others reviews I am not sure what exactly I missed when I read this book. It took half the book to get even interesting and then it just seemed like a slow burn the rest of the book. Just seemed like the last of the book was the whole reason Sterling wrote the book. "

" As with The Sky People I didn't care much about the characters and the story. The bits I liked most were the Encyclopedia Britannica nuggets. In fact I would have found the book more entertaining if it were a pure Silmarilion-Style description of the setting. "

" Stirling knocked it out of the park with this one. A wonderful revivial of the Sword and Planet genre, and set on Mars no less. Great action, wondeful though fantastic characters, and a powerful ending. A truly enjoyable experience. "

" difficult to get into. The language is somewhat formal at first. Takes a while to get into. "

" A rollicking adventure in the spirit of Burroughs. I enjoyed this one more than the first in the series. Perhaps because found the advanced race of beings on Mars more interesting than the neanderthal-like people of Venus. "

" I really enjoyed this. Well-written, with sympathetic characters, a fascinating-yet-believable take on an alien culture, and an ending which satisfies yet leaves room for sequels = exactly what I want from a sci-fi novel. "

" Fast, engaging read. Nice nod to classic sci-fi writers and well-done alt-universe, though a bit slow to build. Stands on its own. "

" Better than the first book in the series, but I'd like them both better overall if the weird meta-elements were toned down. This book in particular could stand on it's own without them, and be more successful for it. "

" I really want a third one.i liked the first one, but this one, being sword and planet on Mars really did it for me. "

" I had to slog through some of this but oddly didn't stop reading it. It was ok- very compelling parts, reminded me somewhat of Dune - although a 'poor man's Dune" "

" Quite an enjoyable adventure. I liked the turnaround on who the love interest was versus the rescuer. It wasn't a huge innovation but it was nice. Now I want to know more about what happens next. "

" Not as good as the first book, slow start, hard to follow at times. "

" Stopped listening. It had an interesting idea but I got lost. "

" This book took a little to really get into. Partly because of the alien dialog. Like other books I really enjoyed, I had to read the last half in one sitting. It is worth reading, especially if the sci-fi genre interests you. "

" Fast, engaging read. Nice nod to classic sci-fi writers and well-done alt-universe, though a bit slow to build. Stands on its own. "

" Quite an enjoyable adventure. I liked the turnaround on who the love interest was versus the rescuer. It wasn't a huge innovation but it was nice. Now I want to know more about what happens next. "

" A rollicking adventure in the spirit of Burroughs. I enjoyed this one more than the first in the series. Perhaps because found the advanced race of beings on Mars more interesting than the neanderthal-like people of Venus. "

" I really enjoyed this. Well-written, with sympathetic characters, a fascinating-yet-believable take on an alien culture, and an ending which satisfies yet leaves room for sequels = exactly what I want from a sci-fi novel. "

" Book started out slow but got better. Unfortunately motivations of various characters were difficult to figure out as characters, except for 1-2 main were shadowy and undefined. So book could have use more background development. Did like the touches of technical reports from earcth based research "

" The best of an alternative history series in which humankind discovers that Mars, Venus, and the moons of the great gas giants all harbor intelligent life. "