{"id":941,"date":"2017-04-04T20:39:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T19:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/?p=941"},"modified":"2017-04-04T20:39:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T19:39:31","slug":"books-waking-gods-by-sylvain-neuvel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/?p=941","title":{"rendered":"Books! Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Waking-Gods_ecard_pull-quote-3_on-sale.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"&lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0718181700\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0718181700&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=scifiville-21&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http:\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0718181700&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=scifiville-21&quot; &gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=scifiville-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0718181700&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&quot; \/&gt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-942 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Waking-Gods_ecard_pull-quote-3_on-sale-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Waking-Gods_ecard_pull-quote-3_on-sale-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Waking-Gods_ecard_pull-quote-3_on-sale-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Waking-Gods_ecard_pull-quote-3_on-sale-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Waking-Gods_ecard_pull-quote-3_on-sale-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Waking-Gods_ecard_pull-quote-3_on-sale-144x144.jpg 144w, http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Waking-Gods_ecard_pull-quote-3_on-sale-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Waking-Gods_ecard_pull-quote-3_on-sale.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I first heard of Sylvain Neuvel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s novel\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1405921889\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1405921889&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=scifiville-21\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sleeping Giants: Themis Files Book 1 (Themis Files 1)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=scifiville-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=1405921889\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0I was wary of all the hype surrounding it. It couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be THAT good, could it? When I eventually picked it up I was swept away by the twists and turns and unanswered questions of the book. It was an action packed reading experience. Today I can easily say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Giant Robots! What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not to like?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The sequel \u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0718181700\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0718181700&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=scifiville-21\" rel=\"nofollow\">Waking Gods: Themis Files Book 2<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=scifiville-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0718181700\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0takes place ten years later when an even bigger robot materialises in London with devastating consequences. Dr Rose Franklin is still coming to terms with the events of the previous novel and the mysterious unnamed interviewer is still there asking questions. Soon more robots arrive\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to give much away here, especially in case you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve not read the previous book, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0718181700\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0718181700&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=scifiville-21\" rel=\"nofollow\">Waking Gods: Themis Files Book 2<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=scifiville-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0718181700\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0is even better than Sleeping Giants. There is a third book on the way, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unboundworlds.com\/2017\/03\/read-sylvain-neuvels-lost-themis-file\/\">two<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instafreebie.com\/free\/GDG0r\">other<\/a> stories from the Themis Files. I only hope I have enough patience to wait for the next book!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1405921889\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1405921889&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=scifiville-21\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1405921889&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=scifiville-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=scifiville-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=1405921889\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0718181700\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0718181700&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=scifiville-21\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0718181700&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=scifiville-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=scifiville-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0718181700\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; When I first heard of Sylvain Neuvel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s novel\u00c2\u00a0Sleeping Giants: Themis Files Book 1 (Themis Files 1)\u00c2\u00a0I was wary of all the hype surrounding it. It couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be THAT good, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/?p=941\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[476,469,171,479,336,448,480,477,481,478],"class_list":["post-941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-book","tag-book-review","tag-books-2","tag-giant-robots","tag-robots","tag-sci-fi","tag-science-fiction","tag-sleeping-giants","tag-sylvain-neuvel","tag-waking-gods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}