Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding

Bastard said:
The Iron Jackal was the last book I read in 2011, and I have to say that I couldn't have closed the year with a better book. It was awesome, probably my favorite read of the year.
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That sounds good, man. I believe I'm about to start in with this series. The KJ Bandwagon.
 
That's cool, TV/Movie projects for KJ?
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That would be awesome, but I think Chris was talking about other TV/film projects in general.

Though I think a Ketty Jay TV series would be awesome :)
 
Though I think a Ketty Jay TV series would be awesome
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Didn't they already do one of those? :rolleyes:

Just getting in the Firefly digs before anybody else does :p

Yeah, I meant other stuff. But it's all secret until anything gets firmed up.
 
Chris Wooding said:
Didn't they already do one of those? :rolleyes:

Just getting in the Firefly digs before anybody else does :p

Yeah, I meant other stuff. But it's all secret until anything gets firmed up.
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Firely KJ: The Adventures of Captain Darian Frey
 
Chris Wooding said:
Didn't they already do one of those? :rolleyes:

Just getting in the Firefly digs before anybody else does :p

Yeah, I meant other stuff. But it's all secret until anything gets firmed up.
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Cool, secrets are made for breaking.

The Adventures of the Delirium Trigger.
 
I recently finished up the second in this series, The Black Lung Captain. Oh man, so good. I loved it. This series is one of the best on the shelves. Here's a bit from my review:

Aside from being ridiculously fun and entertaining, the most amazing quality of The Black Lung Captain is that it is an even better book than Retribution Falls. Chris Wooding has taken pretty much every element that made the first novel great and kicked it up a notch. An impressive feat.

The characters that populate this novel have definitely reached that point where they stop feeling like characters and more like old friends. Wooding wasn't content to just rest on the character development he had in the first novel. Instead he added more layers to each member of the crew, and further fleshed out their past, and their inner feelings and demons. Wooding also develops a few side characters as well, which makes the story feel bigger, and gives the reader the sense that the events will have ramifications that spread beyond Frey and his crew.

Another quality of The Black Lung Captain that I love, and the same goes for Retribution Falls, is how much fun these books are. Wooding has found the perfect balance between action, characters, plot, humor, and drama. It all magically comes together to make one fantastically great read. I really think a book this fun and this engaging is a rare find, yet Wooding has written two gems so far.

I do however, have one gripe. Maybe it's the fantasy lover in me, but I really wish there was a map included here. Only because I struggle with the scale and distance of places. I don't know how fast the airships can travel, so it is hard to judge how far away places are or how big the land is they are covering. This little gripe doesn't really do anything to decrease my enjoyment, I just wonder about the mechanics.
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I got your back man. Frey getting my vote now. But we need your help good sir. Kellhus (Bakker) is just barely ahead of Ray freakin Lilly. Go vote for Kellhus man!
 
Emperor Abercrombie just wandered in. A few words on that blog of his could certainly send a couple hundred votes your way ;)
 
3rdI said:
Emperor Abercrombie just wandered in. A few words on that blog of his could certainly send a couple hundred votes your way ;)
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Yeah, but then he'd never let me forget it at Eastercon. I'd rather Frey died and I still had my pride :p
 
Chris, still have BLC to read, and also pick up The Iron Jackal, but just a quick question: as a lover of maps, one thing I'd love to see is a map of the world as the characters know it.

In any case, love your books, very glad I happened upon them!
 
I thought about it, but maps are sort of useless in the Ketty Jay books. They don't go to major cities in Vardia that often, and many of the locations in the book are too small to put on a map. Plus the vast majority of Samarla is entirely unknown to Vards. So you'd at best get a crappy overview map of Vardia and Yortland, and then spend half the time looking for places that aren't marked on it because they're poky little backwater towns. Plus, since everyone flies, it's not like there are that many roads to follow, and different craft travel at different speeds/fuel consumptions so distances wouldn't mean that much either.

I have a map, but as to putting a definitive one in the books: all in all, it's more trouble than it's worth for all concerned ;)
 
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