Reviews FanficRecs / EmperorsWard

FanficRecs Almost perfect

There are a few minor problems, notably the fact that Jurgen is carrying, all at once, a melta, a lasgun, a bolter and a flamer. The bolter alone can only wielded by Power Armor-wearing troops.

Other than that, this is indeed a story that tries, and succeeds, to capture the feel of a Ciaphas Cain memory.

FanficRecs Almost Original Flavor

So, so close... funny, realistic scenario, spot-on use of the Great Enemy... But it's missing a bit of the subtlety of snark, especially with Amberley (bordering on Don't Explain the Joke). Beyond that, though, I could have easily seen this as one of Mitchell's own short stories.

FanficRecs op's review

• Comments: One of the better Original Flavour fics out there, the author having captured the style nicely.
  • Specialist290: Seconding this so very much. The guy even captures the spirit of the little Shout Outs to other science fiction series, and I'll swear from his mention of "added alliterative appeal" that the author's a troper himself.
  • Jboy: Thirded with a vengeance. The footnotes are in exactly the same dry style as the originals, and the last couple of setences provoked genuine laughter out loud.