the first two volumes worked because they had characters that were firmly engrained as part of the national consciousness who could also be defined as latter day super- or science-heroes.
Not really sure how Performance or some random Ian Sinclair novel compares to that
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Saturday, 4 January 2020 11:50 (four years ago) link
None of these are part of any LOEG team; the first two volumes feature plenty of characters that aren't super or science heroes outside of the team, too.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 4 January 2020 12:01 (four years ago) link
Fanboy faves ?
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 4 January 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
Unsurprisingly, Moore doesn't make it through Providence without a rape scene.
(The book itself is fine, the issues are a recasting of various Lovecraft short stories but it falls apart in the end.)
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Saturday, 4 January 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link
iirc Black Dossier was very badly received at the time it came out. I agree with sic though, that after the first two volumes it only really becomes about metatext and format jokes which Tempest probably does better than the preceding volumes (and I don't think the Janni books are necessarily much worse than those surrounding them).
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Saturday, 4 January 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
“Fanboy faves” = James Bond?
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 4 January 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link