Review: Uncovering secrets in an apocalyptic waste...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2011
Last to Fall: The Travels of Joseph Dean #1Glynn James' weird, interconnected stories have really only been getting better and better with each new story, and with the third installment, Last to Fall: The Travels of Joseph Dean #1, there is also a sense of the beginning of a resolution.The last strong reference to the Texan Joe Dean in Chasing Spirits is to the noose Reg finds hanging from the ceiling of their old cafe, though Reg is oddly certain that Joe didn't hang himself. Instead, we open on Joe, many years from the discovery of the noose, and on a different world, telling his son about how he came to be in his new home, and what he'd been doing there before he settled. This short story* installment of the Diary of the Displaced series, continues to answer questions (and add a few) while taking a decidedly dark science fiction turn.Other than a few typos, the need for a bit more character development or interaction scenes (particularly with Bailey), and maybe the need to back a bit off the American country boy patter, I really enjoyed this, and am awaiting the next installment.Overall rating: 4 stars* I say short story, but this is more like a section of a larger work/novel.