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simone_cw's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
engrossedreader's review
4.0
Who Goes Here? takes you on an exhilarating adventure with Warren Peace to fantastical and well realised worlds, where we meet new foes, hope to not lose any more comrades and find out more about amnesiac Warren.
This is a funny book that had me laughing out loud on several occassions. If you are a fan of space opera, good dialogue and witty observations then give this classic tale a read.
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This is a funny book that had me laughing out loud on several occassions. If you are a fan of space opera, good dialogue and witty observations then give this classic tale a read.
Full review on blog here
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ninj's review
4.0
Humor worked well, and for some reason I thought this story was going to be something like Philip K Dick, and it entirely wasn't.
wyrmbergmalcolm's review
5.0
Bob Shaw, usually associated with ‘straight’ science fiction delves into the genre of satirical science fiction with this hilarious and entertaining anti-war romp.
A man joins the Space Legion to forget (they use a machine to do this) and wakes up as Warren Peace and no knowledge at all of his previous life. Normally people have forgotten the events of the past few days or weeks or a specific episode that they can’t bear to live with anymore, but Warren has no memory of anything at all. He also finds that his former self has just enlisted in the Space Legion for the next several decades and after surviving the first couple of suicidal missions, doesn’t think he’s likely to last a year. So, he hatches a plan to go AWOL and find out just what sort of despicable man he must have been to want to scrub out his entire life.
What follows is a somewhat farcical series of unfortunate escapades that the poor and accident-prone Warren plunges heedlessly into. I read this aloud to my wife and on a few occasions had to take a few moments to recollect myself from laughing in order to proceed.
The character of Warren himself is a little basic, he is someone who is having to react to the various situations he finds himself in but I can’t help but like him a lot. There aren’t many other characters who feature for very long as Warren’s encounters see them come and go pretty quickly, but there is certainly and interesting cast there nonetheless.
This was written in the late seventies and so some of the attitudes have dated a little, but there was nothing plot-related and they were very few and far between.
The humour was certainly more on the slapstick side of things, not that there’s anything wrong with that, and this slapstick was executed effectively.
The ending was a little bit abrupt as Bob Shaw’s signature big revelation came into play. It was a really good one, but the story did end very shortly afterwards.
In the end, this was a great read. For me, it was a reread, but I had forgotten most of it apart from the big revelations at the end. Also a very quick read.
A man joins the Space Legion to forget (they use a machine to do this) and wakes up as Warren Peace and no knowledge at all of his previous life. Normally people have forgotten the events of the past few days or weeks or a specific episode that they can’t bear to live with anymore, but Warren has no memory of anything at all. He also finds that his former self has just enlisted in the Space Legion for the next several decades and after surviving the first couple of suicidal missions, doesn’t think he’s likely to last a year. So, he hatches a plan to go AWOL and find out just what sort of despicable man he must have been to want to scrub out his entire life.
What follows is a somewhat farcical series of unfortunate escapades that the poor and accident-prone Warren plunges heedlessly into. I read this aloud to my wife and on a few occasions had to take a few moments to recollect myself from laughing in order to proceed.
The character of Warren himself is a little basic, he is someone who is having to react to the various situations he finds himself in but I can’t help but like him a lot. There aren’t many other characters who feature for very long as Warren’s encounters see them come and go pretty quickly, but there is certainly and interesting cast there nonetheless.
This was written in the late seventies and so some of the attitudes have dated a little, but there was nothing plot-related and they were very few and far between.
The humour was certainly more on the slapstick side of things, not that there’s anything wrong with that, and this slapstick was executed effectively.
The ending was a little bit abrupt as Bob Shaw’s signature big revelation came into play. It was a really good one, but the story did end very shortly afterwards.
In the end, this was a great read. For me, it was a reread, but I had forgotten most of it apart from the big revelations at the end. Also a very quick read.
bibliomaniac2021's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
dthndk's review
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
wyrmbergsabrina's review
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia
A very funny, outrageous tale of one man's journey to find out who he is. Involving time travel, duel cinema, and the stupidity of war, Warren Peace journeys from one disaster to another.
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