Dark Side of the Sun

I'm not sure exactly where in the series this book takes place; I'm guessing sometime in Season 2. Crichton's toothache manages to infest Moya, and of course it all goes downhill from there. Some of the writing got a bit repetitive, especially in the physical descriptions of Moya and the other characters, but the story was decent. Each main character gets a healthy dose of backstory, so if you couldn't get enough of the television series, you'll enjoy revisiting it through this book.

You have to watch the show in order to be able to write a book that seems like the show.

For those of you who don't know about the author's past, two important things you should learn: 1) Andrew Dymond is apparently a pen name for Jim Mortimore, if Amazon.co.uk is correct (which I believe it is, based on the similarity in the writing styles); and 2) Mr. Mortimore wrote the fourth Babylon 5 novel. The book was decent on its own, but the characterizations were lightyears off. It should be noted that this is because Mr. Mortimore had never seen the show; he wrote the novel based only on scripts.

Mr. Mortimore repeats the same sins with Dark Side of the Sun. The characters seem like they only share the same name and appearances at times. Now, show more I don't know whether he has seen any episodes of Farscape—but I doubt it. Even "Premiere" would have given him at least something of an insight into their characters.

Overall, a decent read; but don't come into it expecting something which should be titled Farscape. show less

Muddled action, inconsistent characterization, unmotivated actions, shaky descriptions and questionable writing all around.

There's an interesting core in here, but it's a mess.

F/SF