7th Son

Well this is really going to be more than one review.

1. This is going to be a review of the entire 7th Son Trilogy, yes Entire.
2. This is going to be a review of what J.C. has done so far with Obsidian.

1
OK people let's start off with the Trilogy. I rather like this Podcast Novel Trilogy. It was right up my ally. Yes we all know that this is in fact impossible but isn't that what makes science fiction so fun. Making the Impossible Possible in scientific manner.

There were some parts I didn't agree with. Things like the government not really knowing what the Code Phantom is. That kinda irked me I can see the reason why and that is this: The elected officials that we elect into office may not be in office next term, and with some of them, the president for example, they can only have two terms. So this means that any and all elected officials would be a security risk to something like Code Phantom. It still irked me a little thinking about there being something controlling the government not the other way around. This is of course Kilroy 2.0 wet dream for sure.

Now the writing is very high caliber and the voice acting that follows it into the audio format of these novels is also very high caliber. I think that any sci-fi lover who doesn't at least try this trilogy out is missing out on something that they won't find anywhere else. It is a very, very well put together podcast.

Believable Blie Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars.

2
OK lets move on to the 2nd point on our agenda: What J.C. has done so far with Obsidian. This is something that is completely ground breaking in podcasting. J.C. Hutchins has had people write and record stories based in his universe so that he could podcast them. This is an awesome idea. Does it have its problems? Yes, like not all these stories can be considered canonical. Is this a major problem? No, not really it is a problem for the future of the stories but not for the project that I think that J.C. is trying to bring out.

Being a little bit of an author myself I wouldn't want that but J.C. is a very, very open guy and teh stuff that is coming out is top notch stuff, but it is stories like TD-0013 would be a nightmare to me. I enjoyed it and it is a fine parody but still that would be something that I would not want to deal with. This shows the open mindedness of J.C. He is a nice guy and I appreciate all he does for the Podo/Blogosphere.

Now to tell the truth all the stories from 7th Son Obsidian have to be taken as seperate entities. There is really no way to take them as one whole (meaning a continuous entity) except for the fact that they all happen during the Black Out.

And the Voices from the Darkness epsiodes are the filling of the cake! No not the icing of the cake, the filling. These are really what make up the experience for Obsidian. When you come out of your house in tears because your lights just came on and you are sitting down at you computer what would you be thinking of? Well for those who recorded these in the 7th Son Universe that would be "post somewhere as soon as possible." That somewhere would be anywhere from sending them to the Local TV and Radio Stations to posting them in personal podcasts or on blogs. So what would the news be full of for six months after the power came back on? These audio and video bits.

So J.C. I have one bit of advice for you: Don't tell people to listen to these in the dark but in the total light as if the power just came back on because that would be the only way you would be getting these. That would make the experience even worse!

Now a couple of the concerns I have presented above and some others, which do not need to be voiced, gives me the reason for docking one star from this podcast, but over all this is an awesome anthology and really needs to be listened to.

Believable Blie Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars

Really though goto jchutchins.net and listen to these. Now!

7th Son Trilogy Pics:


Book 1


Book 2


Book 3


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B. Blie