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jaironside's review
5.0
Robinson just goes from strength to strength with this series. I think this might be my favourite so far and that's despite having a serious aversion to tentacular creatures... I absolutely love Vic as a character. It's utterly enthralling watching her propel the story forward. Much as I identify with Doc Vandal himself - in the being constantly on a different wavelength to everyone else sense not the superior being of rare intellect sense - I am coming back to this series as much for Vic. This is a great adventure. The author has really settled into his style and the depictions of the frozen wastes are as real and shiver inducing as under ground labs. What's especially brilliant about Doc Vandal as a series is that it's fun. Remember those Saturday afternoon movies you watched with your dad or your older sibling when you were a kid? The mix of camaraderie and investment? That's what this series brings back to you. I've likened it to offerings by Ryder Haggard but that does it a disservice because at it's core Doc Vandal is it's own thing. (And without any of the problematic elements of Ryder Haggard or Edgar Rice Burroughs while still invoking that sense of adventure) Fabulous sci-fi adventure with lots of laughs. Plus each one is a self-contained story. You don't have to read them in order - although why you wouldn't just download them and polish off the lot I can't imagine. Finally, Ming. More awesomeness. I will go down with that ship, people, I swear.
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