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K-Machines by Damien Broderick
reviewed by Greg L. Johnson
K-Machines starts off in much the same style as its prequel, mixing enigmatic conversation with literary stylings and rampaging monsters. It's when August Seebeck, whose life changed so dramatically in Godplayers, begins questioning what has happened to him that K-Machines starts to change its focus. The adventure is still there, but it now moves more to the background, and the main story becomes a series of conversations all brought about by August's questions.

K-Machines by Damien Broderick
reviewed by Rich Horton
Sequel to Godplayers, this novel continues the story of August Seebeck, an ordinary Australian man who is suddenly brought to realize that he is part of a family, all named after the months, August has been told that he and his family are "Players in the Contest of Worlds," battling foes known as the "Deformers" for -- for what?

Godplayers by Damien Broderick
reviewed by Rich Horton
The novel follows a young man from Australia named August Seebeck. His parents disappeared, presumed dead, when he was a boy, and he was raised by relatives, in particular his Aunt Miriam and later his Great-Aunt Tansy. He comes home to Tansy's house after herding cattle in the outback, to find that she claims dead bodies have been showing up in her bathtub.

Transcension by Damien Broderick
reviewed by Lisa DuMond
Living in the 22nd century, Amanda Kolby-McAllister at almost 30 years old may be an accomplished violinist and a brilliant mathematician, but she is still only a pender. Until the age of 30, she is only pending majority status, kept in an artificial state of adolescence and treated like the youngster she is. After all, if humans have the potential to live forever, what is 30 but the first steps of childhood.

The White Abacus by Damien Broderick
reviewed by Jean-Louis Trudel
The novel has style... but the story is less than compelling. The least successful parts were those patterned on the well-known plot of Hamlet. When the novel dealt with its own universe or twists on the classic premise, it felt fresher and the sheer scope of the author's future vision was exhilarating.

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