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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} God Killers — Machivarius Point & Other Stories by Liam Sharp Also, I Can Kill You with My Brain Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} God Killers — Machivarius Point & Other Stories by Liam Sharp Also, I can kill you with my brain. I'll state up front that I know Liam personally, so you can read this review in light of that bias. However, I will say that my bias only extends to the point that if I thought the book was a piece of crap, I wouldn't have reviewed it at all. An ambitious first novel that succeeds more often than it fails. Sharp's Machivarius Point, the main story (at 200 pages) in the book is what might have resulted if Robert E Howard and China Mieville had produced some strange offspring through eldritch means. The main characters of Sharp's novel occupy the fictional space somewhere between David Gemmell's Druss and Ian Graham's Ballas. Much less heroic than Gemmell's flawed protagonists, Sharp's creations manage to be much more appealing than Graham's, both in terms of likability and with regard to the complexity of the characters. Never short of ideas, possibly the biggest weakness of the story is that the rich tapestry Sharp weaves is not as fully explored as it could be. On the flip side, the narrative approach he has taken forces the reader to engage with the book on a more intellectual level and to that extent what might be a flaw according to traditional storytelling is perhaps a fascinating and not unsuccessful approach to bring a different approach to constructing a heroic fantasy saga. At times a thoughtful meditation on the horrors of war, while simultaneously being a testosterone-fueled barbarian saga, the writing manages to transcend the apparent limitations of its genre and is one of the more literary approaches to this type of subject matter that I've read. Definitely not for the squeamish though, as should be expected from something with such a clear message that violence is not a pleasant business and certainly not a heroic one. The remaining stories that take up the final part of the book continue to showcase Sharp's literary ability and range from the broad comedy of Death and the Myrmidon to the M John Harrison-inspired weirdness of Metawhal Alpha. God Killers — Machivarius Point & Other Stories by Liam Sharp. Mam Tor is proud to announce the critically acclaimed debut novel by Liam Sharp! After a pre-release sell-out, a new edition will be available May 15th 2009! Erth Chronicles trailer! "The Enemy's Son" is now available in Waterstones and all good bookstores! God Killers trailer! Promo for the "effortlessly brilliant" new fantasy novel and short stories by Liam Sharp. JOIN THE MACHIVARIUS POINTS COMMUNITY FOR EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND THE CHANCE TO PRE-ORDER THE BOOK! SIGN UP NOW! Erth Chronicles in Bookstores now! We've got some big news: "The Enemy's Son" is now available in Waterstones and all good bookstores! Coming Soon: Zed Beddington and The God Killers! Coming soon from Mam Tor: "A Tribute To Zed Beddington", the 2nd novel from Nick Wray (St. Cyborgs), and "The God Killers" by our own Liam Sharp - a novella + a collection of short stories that have appeared in Event Horizon and online! Stay tuned for more info. Four Feet From A Rat #2 out now! We're happy to announce that the 2nd issue of our collaboration with Mother London and Time Out London Four Feet From A Rat is available now in the latest issue of Time Out London (issue 1977)! Once again the exclusive comic features 3 all new stories written by Mother with art provided by Liam Sharp, Dave Kendall, John McCrea, and Chris Weston who returns with part 2 of The Little Guy! Go to our Downloads section, where you can download the complete issue for FREE! NEW RELEASE: The Enemy's Son — Erth Chronicles Book I. Mam Tor™ Publishing is proud to announce the release of James Johnson's "The Enemy's Son" SF/Fantasy novel - the first release in The Erth Chronicles series. Available now at our shop for �6.99 GBP, with free worldwide shipping! Four Feet From a Rat: Exclusive Mam Tor comic in Time Out Magazine! We've got a bit of news! �Mam Tor Publishing Ltd. has collaborated with Mother (London) Advertising Ltd. to produce a 16 page quarterly comic inside the London edition of "Time Out" magazine (March 19th 2008) . Read the interview with Liam Sharp and a review of the comic in The Guardian newspaper. Four Feet From a Rat" features four London-centric stories; "The Crane Gods" illustrated by Liam Sharp, "The Little Guy" by Chris Weston, "Routemaster" by Dave Kendall, and "Don Pigeone" by Kev Crossley. �All the scripts were provided by Mother. This is a great chance to take this kind of work to a whole new audience, there are plans to collect the stories into a single book later on, and we're planning on including other big name creators in future editions. Worry Doll wins 2007 'Best Comic Book Artist' award at Rue Morgue! We are proud to announce that artist Matt Coyle has won the 2007 Rue Morgue award for 'Best Comic Book Artist' for his groundbreaking graphic novel "Worry Doll", published by Mam Tor in February 2007. Rue Morgue is one of the leading horror genre magazines in the world, and to be given an award is an amazing feat! We all congratulate Matt on his well deserved win! NEW RELEASE: St. Cyborg's! Mam Tor™ Publishing is proud to announce the release of Nick Wray's "St. Cyborg's" SF novel - 13 mindbending SF shorts of alien teachers, pregnant SuperHeroines, a caretaker who runs an after-school chain-gang for miscreants, the scariest petshop in the world and much more. Scheduled for international release in bookstores and book shops in December 2007! Available now at our shop for �5.99 GBP, with free worldwide shipping! The King is dead! Long live the King! VZE Teaser. VZE - Viking Zombie Elvis, A Mam Tor Production coming soon! Matt Coyle's Worry Doll! Mam Tor™ Publishing is proud to announce the release of Matt Coyle's "Worry Doll" graphic novel, scheduled for international release in bookstores and comic shops in February 2007! Available now at our shop for $17.95, with free worldwide shipping! Lap of the Gods! Mam Tor™ Publishing is proud to announce Lap of the Gods, published in collaboration with Kymera Comics in France. Lap of the Gods is a 32 page graphic novel collecting rare work by Liam Sharp, limited to only 500 copies. Available now at our shop for $5.00, including worldwide shipping! Event Horizon 2: Same quality, half the price! Our award-winning anthology Event Horizon 2 is now available at a 50% discount! A perfect time to dive into an astonishing world of SF, Fantasy, and Horror. Now only $19.95 $10.50 Buy Now. MACHIVARIUS POINTS ONLINE! FOUR FEET FOR FREE! MAM TOR NEWS! Join us! You can check out our new Blog at Virb or our MySpace page where you can read our latest news bits, art, and join our network! God Killers — Machivarius Point & Other Stories by Liam Sharp. A man who cannot count his years moves between worlds living the lives of other men. A soul-less ebony giantess seeks freedom in warfare but cannot escape the tragedy buried in her forgotten past. An aging mercenary and non-believer may be the unwitting saviour of his - and all - times. A blinded war-hero barters for a mythical stone in the hope that it may restore his former glory. An undead God seeks an end to his torment by bringing about and end to all things. Comic artist turns fine fantasy writer. Comic artist shifts job description to comic writer is a well-trodden path. Comic artists are, after all, visual storytellers . Comic artist becomes fantasy novelist however, is a far more unusual tangent. If you've been a fan of Liam Sharp's Frank Frazetta meets HR Giger-esque comic art – muscled barbarians mixed with Blade Runner neon and detritus-swept colour schemes - you'll know that this is a creator with a distinct vision, dedicated to creating tangible other worlds. God Killers is Sharp fleshing these fantasy landscapes out, giving them detail and life. It's something he does remarkably well. The main strength of the prose and poetry collection God Killers, and its near 200 page central story, Machivarius Point, is how fully formed Sharp's fantasy feels. The different races, the descriptions of the architecture, the history of its worlds – Sharp's commits them with great confidence. God Killers does that most difficult thing in fantasy fiction. It absorbs its influences –China Mieville (who offers a praising cover quote and gave advice on the proof), Lovecraft and M John Harrison – but feels like a personal, unaffected realisation nonetheless. Hergal, his warrior central character, travels across other worlds and inhabits other lives but can't recall why, and Sharp is skilfully economic in how he reveals the truth. When the finale comes it's suitably epic, dealing with eternity, nothingness and "vile space". It would be too easy to describe God Killers as a promising debut. Sharp writes fantasy with the assurance of an otherworld-seeing prophet. Liam Sharp. Liam Roger Sharp (born May, 1968) is a British comic book artist, writer and publisher. He loves to read, watch movies, and occasionally indulges himself as an amateur musician and some-time rock frontman. Liam Sharp was born in Derby at St. Mary's Hospital to parents Roger and Linda Sharp.
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