Flawed Gods by Mrs Angela B Mortimer (My Goodreads Review)

Flawed Gods by Mrs Angela B Mortimer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A very entertaining sci-fi/fantasy story. It all starts off in the city of London. We are introduced to an office worker named Doella. She looks human and acts human. She is also drop dead gorgeous! She is really a supernatural Godlike being who lives among us incognito. She is long-lived and knows of many times. Her race is known as the Varans. They are engineers and build civilizations and help steer evolution. The Varan project planets are Earth-like. Humans are their children to be guided. These project/colonies are scattered across the universe. The Varans can travel to them swiftly and can move within a protective bubble when needed.

The story quickly moves to Doella being abducted and then eloping with an escaped Varan prisoner from another world and dimension. They embark on a pilgrimage of adventure and we visit other humanoid worlds in various stages of evolution and decay. They are being pursued by other Varans who wish to bring them back to the homeworld and answer for wrongdoings etc.

The story becomes more colourful and mildly erotic as the capricious crusade progresses. One adventure turns into another as our super titan god people meet other super races. There are Humans developing in all types of strange society and another super-being known as Sark. He is a Hyclos. Before long, Doella has a selection of devoted male concubines that adore her as she does them. Some can control their jealousy while others can’t. Doella always seems to have a way of mollifying them as they can communicate feelings telepathically.

Dragons come into the story too. It is very entertaining and splendid science fiction with telepathy often used to communicate and mind melding to explain experiences. Some of the worlds are like fantasy landscapes with grand castles etc. It all makes for some splendid escapism. For me, Doella is an unflawed Goddess in Flawed Gods.

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Treebeard's Little Brother was not in The Lord of the Rings

Today was a beautiful day. Hopefully a taste of what is to come as we work our way through the spring towards summer. I was working in the historic Fenland town of Chatteris and after a few hours, I decided to stop for a cup of tea and a cheese roll.

I picked a spot on the outskirts of town close to a bypass that heads towards Ely. I was enjoying the sunny weather and sipping my tea. Well, I'm sure many of you would sometimes drift and think about things. You might see something and it flicks a little memory and off you go on a little trip.

As I was surveying the field before me, there was this single young tree in the middle of the meadow. It was a very odd shaped tree indeed and I could not help but imagine it was walking towards me. Perhaps to steal my cheese roll. I grinned as I indulged the silly thought. 

Then I was reminded of The Lord of the Rings story. I had read it many years ago and it blew my mind. I've also seen the movie adaptations since reading the wonderful story.

The little lone tree in the meadow made me think of the Ent creatures of the forest. In the story, two of the Hobbit characters meet a giant tree-man called Treebeard. This gigantic walking tree man tells the little Hobbits that he is an Ent. A tree that can walk.

This little tree in the meadow looked as though it was walking, but it was rather small for an Ent. Perhaps it was Treebeard's much young brother and had not grown up yet.

    

Titus Groan - My Review from Goodreads.

I loved this story set in a fantasy world, almost like a prehistoric England trapped in a vast crumbling castle of nooks and crannies, where everyone has minor functions to serve the household of the vast Castle estate of Gormanghast.

We have Steerpike, our conniving and wretched youngster who learns how to immerse himself into the fabric of the castle's day to day running, gate crashing into the time held and futile traditions of the decadent society. Flay the head servant to the Earl and Countess of Groan, Swelter the repulsive bully and head cook of the castle.

Then there are the envious twins and Nanny Slag the devoted servant to the young infant and future Earl of Groan - not to mention Doctor Prunsqualer and his ropey old spinster sister, who is prone to all sorts of flattery from the scheming young Steerpike.

The climatic confrontation between Flay and Swelter is a fabulous duel with all the atmospheric trimmings. I loved every page of this story.

This is the first book of a trilogy and it is a glorious read. I would recommend this to anyone.