My biggest worldbuilding problem in Mockingjay was, towards the end there's all this talk about how Katniss basically has to save humanity and they all have to repopulate the earth (I'm paraphrasing but that was the definite sense I got) -- which made me wonder, are there no other countries left on earth?? Is Panem all that remains, not just of America, but of the whole WORLD? It's the kind of thing a writer can get away with in sci-fi that's set on an entirely different planet, but if this is meant to be Earth a few hundred years in our future... what the hell happened? And why did it take until book 3 to find that out?
She growls?! You made her so she growls?!
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kate P. - Dec 10, 2010 8:42:14 am PST #13216 of 28276
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Consuela - Dec 10, 2010 8:59:03 am PST #13217 of 28276
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kate, yes, that too.
I really much preferred Scott Westerfeld's dystopian future in the Uglies series, which slowly unfold to show the world is, in fact, a much bigger place than the lead character understands. And he writes kickass action sequences, too.
Steph L. - Dec 10, 2010 9:00:31 am PST #13218 of 28276
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I really much preferred Scott Westerfeld's dystopian future in the Uglies series
Definitely.
Polter-Cow - Dec 10, 2010 9:01:59 am PST #13219 of 28276
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's also on my List. It's a trilogy, but then there's some book called Extras ? Should I read that too?
Steph L. - Dec 10, 2010 9:03:53 am PST #13220 of 28276
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Extras is...okay. I'm glad I read it for completion's sake, but I didn't like it as much as the first 3.
I also really like Westerfeld's Midnighters trilogy, although it's not dystopia like Uglies or Hunger Games.
Laga - Dec 10, 2010 9:24:52 am PST #13221 of 28276
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I thought the (third book spoilers) pods were designed so they could be activated remotely but also I didn't think the Capitol was too worried that a few citizens might get blown up by mistake .
Consuela - Dec 10, 2010 9:29:48 am PST #13222 of 28276
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I didn't like it as much as the first 3
Me, neither. The first three were the best of that sequence.
Polter-Cow - Dec 10, 2010 9:40:18 am PST #13223 of 28276
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm a completist, so I'll probably read it. Maybe I'll do them in January.
Polter-Cow - Dec 10, 2010 10:44:19 am PST #13224 of 28276
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
HOLY CRAP. ZOMG. WHAT THE FUCK. JESUS CHRIST, SHIT, STOP GETTING SO REAL.
AMY FINISH THE BOOK NOW.
Steph L. - Dec 10, 2010 10:49:33 am PST #13225 of 28276
I look more rad than Lutheranism
HOLY CRAP. ZOMG. WHAT THE FUCK. JESUS CHRIST, SHIT, STOP GETTING SO REAL.
It was one hell of an ending.