Review of 'Escapology' by Ren Warom
I had some concerns when I began reading Ren Warom’s Escapology . But I’ll get to that. For now, just know that I’m a fan of William Gibson’s Neuromancer . A big fan. It’s my favorite sci-fi novel, in fact. William Gibson’s writing moves . It’s sleek and stylish and you may not know where it’s going or even where you are when you get there, but you definitely feel the wind blowing back your hair while it’s happening. Ren Warom has a similar style which is the style of excellence incarnate. Warom’s writing style wasn’t my concern, however, it was merely its foreshadowing. In the interest of avoiding spoilers with either work, let me just say that my concerns pertained to the many and profound similarities between the two, culminating in Escapology’s first chapter appearance of a character by the name of Mim who is dead-nuts identical to Molly from Neuromancer . Dead-nuts… As I said, I had concerns. Before Mim’s nail-in-the-coffin appearance, there was always this ec