Willful Child: Volume 1

· Willful Child Book 1 · Sold by Tor Books
4.2
30 reviews
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352
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From the New York Times Bestselling author Steven Erikson comes a new science fiction novel of devil-may-care, near calamitous and downright chaotic adventures through the infinite vastness of interstellar space.

These are the voyages of the starship A.S.F. Willful Child. Its ongoing mission: to seek out strange new worlds on which to plant the Terran flag, to subjugate and if necessary obliterate new life-forms, to boldly blow the...

And so we join the not-terribly-bright but exceedingly cock-sure Captain Hadrian Sawback and his motley crew on board the Starship Willful Child for a series of devil-may-care, near-calamitous and downright chaotic adventures through ‘the infinite vastness of interstellar space.'

The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen sequence has taken his lifelong passion for Star Trek and transformed it into a smart, inventive, and hugely entertaining spoof on the whole mankind-exploring-space-for-the-good-of-all-species-but-trashing-stuff-with-a-lot-of-high-tech-gadgets-along-the-way, overblown adventure. The result is an SF novel that deftly parodies the genre while also paying fond homage to it.


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4.2
30 reviews
jack goros
April 15, 2018
This book was brilliant. It shows a love for science fiction and a devious sinse of humour. Telling terrible jokes to drive home how ridiculous those same said show could be; while simultaneously paying tribute to them. Showing why we loved them in the fist place. This book is more then a parody. Built around a core of actual scientific theory that any true sci phy nerd will love.
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Nickolas Herod
November 2, 2017
Definitely a good read, just expect some stupidity, because it's there, it's damn hilarious and very very silly.
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Collin Schipper
January 1, 2015
Constant tongue in cheek fun.
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About the author

Steven Erikson is an archaeologist and anthropologist and a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His Malazan Book of the Fallen series, including The Crippled God, Dust of Dreams, Toll the Hounds, and Reaper's Gale, have met with widespread international acclaim and established him as a major voice in the world of fantasy fiction. The first book in the series, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. The second novel, Deadhouse Gates, was voted one of the ten best fantasy novels of 2000 by SF Site. He lives in Canada.

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