The Magnetron Chronicles is the title of the overall story. This first episode:
The Last Adventure of Dr. Yngve Hogalum
This is a self-published offering which I mostly tend to avoid, however the idea intrigued me and being free on Amazon and Barnes & Noble (still the case at the time of writing this review) and with some fair reviews on Goodreads and only 60 odd pages, I thought it worth a go.
It is a light-hearted tribute to Victorian heroic writing; notably authors like H G Wells, Jules Verne and maybe Conan Doyle’s Professor Challenger books with a seasoning of Twainesque humour. Steampunk meets Wells meets post civil war America. As I understand it this is the first episode in a ‘trilogy of 12 parts’ and, though not brilliant, it was a surprisingly good read. Mackenzie captures the period voice quite well and with it tells a suitably ludicrous story of derring-do filled with ridiculous plot turns and absurd science that all add up to a pleasant evening’s entertainment.
Worth a look if you enjoy the old classics mixed up with a bit of steampunk humour. The full priced episodes are still cheap and I suspect I will continue with them and see where he takes it.
The Last Adventure of Dr. Yngve Hogalum
This is a self-published offering which I mostly tend to avoid, however the idea intrigued me and being free on Amazon and Barnes & Noble (still the case at the time of writing this review) and with some fair reviews on Goodreads and only 60 odd pages, I thought it worth a go.
It is a light-hearted tribute to Victorian heroic writing; notably authors like H G Wells, Jules Verne and maybe Conan Doyle’s Professor Challenger books with a seasoning of Twainesque humour. Steampunk meets Wells meets post civil war America. As I understand it this is the first episode in a ‘trilogy of 12 parts’ and, though not brilliant, it was a surprisingly good read. Mackenzie captures the period voice quite well and with it tells a suitably ludicrous story of derring-do filled with ridiculous plot turns and absurd science that all add up to a pleasant evening’s entertainment.
Worth a look if you enjoy the old classics mixed up with a bit of steampunk humour. The full priced episodes are still cheap and I suspect I will continue with them and see where he takes it.
