Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
Usually when I do a Chapter By Chapter installment I wait until after I write the intro to do the review. It adds a bit of authenticity to my wonderings as to what’s to come, whether it’s a book I read once and don’t remember all the details or a book I’ve never read before. I have read TekWar once after getting it and remember enjoying it. And that was before all the spin-off media I mentioned in the reveal. Looking over the chapters however, chapter 2 was so short, about three pages to chapter 1’s six, that I added it to the chapter 1 review and it looks like a good idea. Chapter 2 might has well have been part of chapter 1 and now I’m curious how often that’s going to happen.
For the record, my copy of the book is not the original 1989 Phantasia Press hardback but the first paperback, published by Ace Books the following year. The credits claim it uses all the text of the hardback but reset for easier reading and from new film. (Printing was different back then.) So if you’re reading a long (which would be a nice change for this series) I’m curious what changes exist in your copy as well as what you think thus far. Again, no spoilers for new readers or those using this series to decide if they want to read the book themselves. The only thing “spoiled” is the latest chapter we’re up to, which at this point is only the first two.
So it’s time to meet Jake Cardigan…next time. Instead we’re meeting a robot named Winger…which is odd because that was also the name of a character in my failed webcomic. I don’t think that was an inspiration though. There are too many years between when I read this book and when I started my comic. I don’t have enough to pad out the intro as much as I’d like for the homepage since I said everything about this franchise in the reveal post I already linked to, so let’s dive into Billy S’s fusion of James T, Kirk and T.J. Hooker and unfreeze us a sweater.
No, I don’t plan to make fun of Jake’s last name all through this book.
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