![]() ![]() In short: the main point is the same, but the particulars not. I won't say what is the mistery he resolves, because understanding it one chapter at the time is part of the magic of the book. Even the way Murphy solves the case is not quite straightforward - there are clues he discovers when is quite late for them to be useful, and there are even some things he does not resolve at all. That thing doesn't come from nowhere, but is coherent and logical (probably it was even mentioned a dozen chapters before). Everything that happens is possible - I mean, let's say there's a moment where Tex Murphy is on the verge of dying and something happens that saves him. The whole frame is correct, and you don't see any "jump", or a "deus ex machina". This is not a easy thing to do - usually authors use those secondary characters as means of covering plot deficiencies, but not here. Even when a character seems at first glance to be another cliche (the beautiful secretary, the evil antagonist), they are not Conners does not use them as usual, even tricking you and keeping the focus on the story. I must praise Aaron Conners for not using your tried-and-true stock characters that abound in detective (and other fictional) stories. ![]() The secondary characters are colorful and meaningful. The pace is quite adequate, without things rushing up or getting long and boring. Those things are done in a very sucessful way. Clues are discovered one by one, secondary characters come to help or fight against our hero, we known some things about his past, etc. We have a traditional detective story, no doubt about it. ![]() Suddenly, a new job appears that will put him in route of something bigger than he ever dreamed. Tex Murphy, "the last of the old-time P.I.s", even though is a "normal", lives in a decadent part of the city.Īfter his marriage broke up, he spends his days sleeping and drinking bourbon. San Francisco, 2042 - after the Third World War people are divided between normal people and mutants - sons and grandsons of people whose DNA was unrevocably changed during the war. I have no reason to praise a book I didn't like, mainly because I would be quite angry after spending some bucks buying it.Īnyway, what we have here? In short: a old-school detective story set in a dystopian future. If you check my other reviews, you will see I'm quite harsh on my ratings, even rating very low books from authors I really admire. I have made every effort in reading UaKM without positive preconceptions, as I would read a book from an unknown author. So, my review of Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon may be biased, but if this is the case, it's unintentional. They all are very meaningful to me, even today as I don't play computer games anymore. The Pandora Directive is my favorite game of all times. I am a Tex Murphy fan and I regard the series as an amazing accomplishment, and the games rank high in my list - i.e. Unexpectedly, I have enjoyed this book quite a lot. If anyone can recommend a good cyberpunk novel, comment below. dystopia-like city settings, Tokyo rain neon vibe (which you don't get much here), Gibson and PK Dick.Īnyway, the book has its moments, fairly exciting ending, but overall not much cop. different groups clashing over "augs" and mutants and normals etc, big corporations running the cities, high tech, implants etc. Seen this kind of thing a hundred times in cyberpunk type games, novels, movies. But the main story revolves around the mystery of a missing statue and Tex's involvement in it. Tex, our oddly celibate protagonist, drives a flying vehicle and there are terrorist activity and riots because of clashes between Mutants and Norms. It reads like a Maltese Falcon rip off and there is very little cyber or punk in it, just a mention that it's set in the future. But ended up reading this looking for something cyberpunk. Don't do novelizations and definitely not ones based on games. ![]()
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