James Maxey: Opinions? Thoughts?

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i recently came across this name. does anyone know this author and has read his books?
 
I haven't heard of him, but after seeing your thread, I checked out some of his recent books on Amazon (published by Solaris). They seem interesting enough, but I won't be buying until I see some reviews.
 
Orson Scott Card loved his books. I thought they were an interesting mix of science fiction mixed with traditional fantasy elements, but ultimately, it wasn't for me. The story takes place in the future, after Humanity has mucked around with all sorts of animals and eventually created sentient dragons. There was some unexplained conflict, and most of the humans left on Earth became slaves to the dragons. High technology is still present, and there are Humans who live in high tech communes on the Moon, and even on the Earth. I thought the premise was interesting, and I enjoyed the first book a lot, but something was missing for me in the second book. It slowed down quite a bit, and at some point, I grew tired of the new species and mysteries that were introduced. I slugged on to the end, and thankfully, the last 1/3 picks up the pace quite a bit. I may re-visit his world when book 3 comes out, but not immediately.
 
Radone said:
Orson Scott Card loved his books. I thought they were an interesting mix of science fiction mixed with traditional fantasy elements, but ultimately, it wasn't for me. The story takes place in the future, after Humanity has mucked around with all sorts of animals and eventually created sentient dragons. There was some unexplained conflict, and most of the humans left on Earth became slaves to the dragons. High technology is still present, and there are Humans who live in high tech communes on the Moon, and even on the Earth. I thought the premise was interesting, and I enjoyed the first book a lot, but something was missing for me in the second book. It slowed down quite a bit, and at some point, I grew tired of the new species and mysteries that were introduced. I slugged on to the end, and thankfully, the last 1/3 picks up the pace quite a bit. I may re-visit his world when book 3 comes out, but not immediately.
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thanks for the info. so may be it's something to keep on hold until the 'must read pile' decreases...
 
I read Bitterwood, and it was okay. There were some elements I really liked, but it really felt a bit strained overall. I haven't really decided whether or not I'll pick up the 2nd.
 
James Maxey is the author of Bitterwood and Dragonforge. Basically he's taken the universal rule of humans being the top species and reversed it to where Dragons are the dominant species. Whereas humans are seen as pets... basically less then dirt by most dragons.

They have their hierarchy and all the other goodies that we normally see in the fantasy genre as a whole. They're alright books, but they're not going to make it to my top 10 any time soon.

Hoped that helped some.
 
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