I really, really HATE this cold...
Oct. 19th, 2003 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darth_stitchSlept the whole weekend away as a result of this heinous head cold. Gah. Still kinda dopey with all the cold medicine and yes, I have been saved by orange juice. More or less.
And oh yes, the wonders of Kleenex.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lamardeuse, wikdsushi and hp_femme, being secret agents of this nefarious organization (K.L.E.E.N.E.X) should be right proud. *snicker*
I somehow managed, in the brief hours I was awake, to read a couple of interesting teen fiction books. No, it's not a bunch of Sweet Valley High or teen romance books. *rolls eyes* The guy who wrote it, Thomas Sniegowsky(sp?), is a writer of Buffy books. Interesting concept though - the hero is a young semi-broody teenager who happens to be a half-angel, half-human.
The Fallen is slated to be a series of books on the adventures of young Aaron Corbet, who happens to be a Nephilim. Nephilim are described as the offspring of angels and humans. So says in the Genesis book of the Bible, where the sons of heaven found the "daughters of men fair and comely, and took them to wife." If I remember this correctly, "from this union was born the heroes and gods that dominated the legends of old." Hm. Must get back to reading that book again. When you get right down to the bare bones of it, the Bible is a fascinating read. Considering the Storyteller, that's not much of a surprise. *grin*
(And no, I'm not a Bible-thumper. But I am known to take a different perspective of Certain Things at times)
Unfortunately, Nephilim are being hunted down by a choir of killer angels known as the Powers. Led by Verchiel (who reminds me an awful lot of Lucius Malfoy, which makes me loathe him on sight), the Powers are merciless and act an awful lot like your average set of religious fanatics (read: total nutcases). Except they can manifest swords of heavenly fire. Shite.
These also remind me of those Christopher Walken movies - The Prophecy 1, 2 and 3 where they deal with a similar case of fanatic angels, the decent and well-meaning angels, and of course, your regular evil ol' fallen angels.
Anyways, the Powers are after Aaron, who, in typical reluctant hero fashion, refuses to believe in his heritage. It takes a pair of "good" angels - a fallen Grigori by the name of Ezekiel (oy, Dogma!) and a Sean Connery doppelganger by the name of Camael, the Powers' former Commander turned good guy - to convince Our Hero of his divine heritage.
And then, in shades of the Matrix, there's this pesky prophecy about (gasp!) The One - a powerful Nephilim who is destined to bring about the redemption of the fallen angels and reconcile them with God. Of course, the Powers decry this as blasphemy and they have this lil' ol' plan to bring humankind back to the dark ages (which in their opinion, we belong).
There are so many hommages (intentional or not) in these books that it can either piss you off or just make you chortle. And this was just the first book.
The second one is either an obvious or unintentional hommage to Stephen King, as it takes Our Heroes next to a sleepy lil' Maine town that hides a hideous secret. We are also introduced to the Morningstar (oh no), who, in shades of Michael Moorcock, is actually on a path of repentance back to His Creator. Unfortunately, he gets captured by the Powers (of course). Verchiel refuses to acknowledge that the Divine's long refusal to speak to him or his comrades is a sign of heavenly disfavor. And even though the penitent former Prince of Darkness points this out to him, he refuses to accept that since the guy's known for being the "Prince of Lies" and all that crap.
Somewhere along the end of the book, the astute reader will figure out that Aaron's actually the son of the Morningstar, who will bring about forgiveness for the "sins of his father." Talk about a twist on "Omen." Except that this particular son of Lucifer happens to be a true good guy and yeah, his father seems to be pretty much back on, pardon the pun, the side of the good angels.
Fun read. Predictable in parts but a fun, fun read. I'd probably end up following the series, especially since there's a TV element to it and can easily translate onto the small screen.
And oh yes, the wonders of Kleenex.
lamardeuse, wikdsushi and hp_femme, being secret agents of this nefarious organization (K.L.E.E.N.E.X) should be right proud. *snicker* I somehow managed, in the brief hours I was awake, to read a couple of interesting teen fiction books. No, it's not a bunch of Sweet Valley High or teen romance books. *rolls eyes* The guy who wrote it, Thomas Sniegowsky(sp?), is a writer of Buffy books. Interesting concept though - the hero is a young semi-broody teenager who happens to be a half-angel, half-human.
The Fallen is slated to be a series of books on the adventures of young Aaron Corbet, who happens to be a Nephilim. Nephilim are described as the offspring of angels and humans. So says in the Genesis book of the Bible, where the sons of heaven found the "daughters of men fair and comely, and took them to wife." If I remember this correctly, "from this union was born the heroes and gods that dominated the legends of old." Hm. Must get back to reading that book again. When you get right down to the bare bones of it, the Bible is a fascinating read. Considering the Storyteller, that's not much of a surprise. *grin*
(And no, I'm not a Bible-thumper. But I am known to take a different perspective of Certain Things at times)
Unfortunately, Nephilim are being hunted down by a choir of killer angels known as the Powers. Led by Verchiel (who reminds me an awful lot of Lucius Malfoy, which makes me loathe him on sight), the Powers are merciless and act an awful lot like your average set of religious fanatics (read: total nutcases). Except they can manifest swords of heavenly fire. Shite.
These also remind me of those Christopher Walken movies - The Prophecy 1, 2 and 3 where they deal with a similar case of fanatic angels, the decent and well-meaning angels, and of course, your regular evil ol' fallen angels.
Anyways, the Powers are after Aaron, who, in typical reluctant hero fashion, refuses to believe in his heritage. It takes a pair of "good" angels - a fallen Grigori by the name of Ezekiel (oy, Dogma!) and a Sean Connery doppelganger by the name of Camael, the Powers' former Commander turned good guy - to convince Our Hero of his divine heritage.
And then, in shades of the Matrix, there's this pesky prophecy about (gasp!) The One - a powerful Nephilim who is destined to bring about the redemption of the fallen angels and reconcile them with God. Of course, the Powers decry this as blasphemy and they have this lil' ol' plan to bring humankind back to the dark ages (which in their opinion, we belong).
There are so many hommages (intentional or not) in these books that it can either piss you off or just make you chortle. And this was just the first book.
The second one is either an obvious or unintentional hommage to Stephen King, as it takes Our Heroes next to a sleepy lil' Maine town that hides a hideous secret. We are also introduced to the Morningstar (oh no), who, in shades of Michael Moorcock, is actually on a path of repentance back to His Creator. Unfortunately, he gets captured by the Powers (of course). Verchiel refuses to acknowledge that the Divine's long refusal to speak to him or his comrades is a sign of heavenly disfavor. And even though the penitent former Prince of Darkness points this out to him, he refuses to accept that since the guy's known for being the "Prince of Lies" and all that crap.
Somewhere along the end of the book, the astute reader will figure out that Aaron's actually the son of the Morningstar, who will bring about forgiveness for the "sins of his father." Talk about a twist on "Omen." Except that this particular son of Lucifer happens to be a true good guy and yeah, his father seems to be pretty much back on, pardon the pun, the side of the good angels.
Fun read. Predictable in parts but a fun, fun read. I'd probably end up following the series, especially since there's a TV element to it and can easily translate onto the small screen.
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Date: 2003-10-19 10:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-20 12:22 am (UTC)As for His Snootiness, he's being adorably cute. (He's gonna kill me for calling him that but beeeeeh!!!!! ;p ) I want to TWHAP His Snarkiness upside the head though. Gah, I'm happy for Draco but I'm afraid for the poor sap at the same time.
Meet me here later after we check out their LJs, okay?
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Date: 2003-10-19 03:37 pm (UTC)*ahem* Sorry, don't mind me. :) (So, yeah, worth a read, then? *eyes gleam over Nephilfic*)
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Date: 2003-10-20 12:19 am (UTC)Don't expect too much from the books. It's aimed at teens. It also reads like the premise of yet another cult TV series (a la Buffy). It's all right, though. Not deep literature but worth the hour or so you'll spend going through the things.
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Date: 2003-10-20 12:29 am (UTC)Oh, my, yes. "Nephilim" is actually very weirdly transliterated Hebrew (I can't remember the more accurate spelling, and my Hebrew is still too poor to readily read it). The "im" is a masculine (or mixed) pluraliser, whereas I believe "ot" is feminine. I think it technically goes:
Nephil: one male
Nephilim: several males, or a mixed group
Nephilah: one female
Nephilot: several females (this might be Nephilahot)
But don't quote me.
Bah. I'm getting WAAAAYYYYYY too obsessed with this stuff. *grin*