tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25675853.post3402477879657600944..comments2024-01-21T09:25:55.810+00:00Comments on Civilian Reader: “God of Clocks”, by Alan Campbell (Tor/Macmillan)Civilian Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978134983999101494noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25675853.post-36925159285554439082015-11-26T22:34:25.943+00:002015-11-26T22:34:25.943+00:00A little late to the party here (well, I read it w...A little late to the party here (well, I read it when it came out, but late to this blog). My impression of the ending was that Campbell wanted it to be far, far darker but the publishers took one look at it and went "Nope. No way." And so this was his "screw you then" response, a half-arsed 'happy' ending, that they still went with over the original.<br /><br />I've no idea if that's true, but it's the only way I could reconcile the tone of the ending with what came before.Mike Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057616865335424796noreply@blogger.com