Book Log 16/2014 - Steven Erikson: Willful Child

[jacey]

I really *really* wanted to like this book. The blurb was superb and it sounded like immense fun, especially  "bravely going where they really shouldn't...". As it turned out there was much to recommend it, with Captain Hadrian Sawback plunging into a series of ever more improbable and impossible Trekkie-type situations and trying to sleep his way around every female member of his crew. (This guy has no concept of what constitutes sexual harassment.)  It was, however, relentless, and I found I could only read it in small chunks. It works excellently on the level of a Star Trek spoof, but less well in its own right. I know I'm not comparing apples with apples, but as Star Trek spoofs go it doesn't generate the affection that Galaxy Quest manages so effortlessly.