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Title: Smoke and Mirrors (X-Men (New York, N.Y. ).) by Eluki Bes Shahar, Roger Cruz, Eluki Bes Shahar ISBN: 1-57297-291-2 Publisher: Boulevard (Mass Market) Pub. Date: September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.16 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Best comic-based novel I've read...
Comment: I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I wouldn't ordinarily read a book based on comics characters (I read the comics for that), but I read this (and a number of similar books) during my big X-Men phase when I couldn't get enough of the mutants. This was by far the best. I think this was due to the fact that fighting was de-emphasized, which was a good choice since fighting doesn't translate well to prose. I enjoyed the team's interaction, and I loved the Ohio Mutant Conspiracy (especially rewind). The ending was surprisingly downbeat, but appropriate. Check this out if you like the X-Men, but are leary of the X-Men novels.
Rating: 5
Summary: Loved the book, all but the end
Comment: I thought Smoke and Mirrors was an excellent book, the characters were well described and the author was able to go into it more than the comics do. It kept me on the edge of my seat and it just left me hanging, I hated the "ending". If you have to have closure in a book, you probably don't want to read it.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Great Novel for Fans of the Comic
Comment: This novel brings the magic of the comic to simple words. While some of the action moments loose from having no pictures, the gains of only words make for great reading.
Proffessor Arnold Bocklin has discovered the specific gene for mutation, and a way to remove it, albeit with a high mortality rate. Now, with the probable passing of a bill that calls for forcing medical procedures, the X-Men have to do something, before they are all forcibly changed to humans or dead. Of course, becoming human isn't such a bad thing to some mutants, especially Rogue, who is torn between desperately wanting to lead a normal life and kiss Gambit, and staying a mutant with the joys of family the X-Men bring. However, the choice is torn from her as a plan to locate the labs goes awry.
An excellent sub-plot follows a group of kids, as they try to escape from agents planning to test the process on them.
This novel is excellent, especially for fans of the Gambit-Rogue romance. Scenes of the two of the together abound, including Remy distraught over his lady-love.
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Title: Salvation (X-Men Mutant Empire , No 3) by Christopher Golden, Rick Leonardi, Terry Austin ISBN: 1572972475 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: X-Men Mutant Empire : Book 1 - Siege by Christopher Golden ISBN: 1572971142 Publisher: Boulevard (Mass Market) Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: X-Men: Empire's End by Diane Duane, Ron Lim, Bob McLeod ISBN: 0399143343 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: X-Men: Soul Killer (Marvel Comics) by Richard Lee Byers, Richard Lee Byars ISBN: 0425167372 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Sanctuary by Christopher Golden ISBN: 1572971800 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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