Cowl (novel): Difference between revisions

Critical reception to ''Cowl'' was mostly positive.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sheehan|first=Bill|title=You can take the past with you in these futuristic tales.|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/852663991.html?dids=852663991:852663991&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+12%2C+2005&author=Bill+Sheehan&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=You+can+take+the+past+with+you+in+these+futuristic+tales.+Bill+Sheehan&pqatl=google|accessdate=8 August 2012|newspaper=Washington Post|date=Jun 12, 2005}}</ref> SFRevu praised the novel, citing it as "fast moving".<ref>{{cite web|last=Berlyne|first=John|title=Cowl by Neal Asher|url=http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=1411|publisher=SF Revu|accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref> [[U-T San Diego]] and the [[Denver Post]] both gave positive reviews, with U-T San Diego calling it a "whopping good story".<ref>{{cite news|last=Cleaver|first=Fred|title=A twist on travel in time|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10A49953169BEDA6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=8 August 2012|newspaper=Denver Post|date=May 22, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hopper|first=Jim|title=Someone comes, someone goes, and the neighborhood gets more and more peculiar ...|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050508/news_lz1v08orbits.html|accessdate=8 August 2012|newspaper=U-T San Diego|date=May 8, 2005}}</ref> [[SF Site]] wrote that while the book was "satisfying simply as an adventure story, Asher's ambition and obvious knowledge of the field suggest that with a little more time for character-development and exploring individual motivations, Cowl could have set new standards for the time-travel novel, instead of settling for being an entertaining up-date of a classic tradition."<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Greg|title=Cowl by Neal Asher|url=http://www.sfsite.com/08b/co206.htm|accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref> [[Kirkus Reviews]] cited that while the "time-travel rationale holds up ... it’s impossible to understand the motivations of the movers and shakers", which kept them from caring about what happened next.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cowl by Neal Asher|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-asher/cowl/|publisher=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref>