Stella Gibbons detestation of pomposity and pretence. Truss has described Gibbons as "the Jane Austen of the 20th century", a parallel which the novelist Malcolm Bradbury thought apt; Flora Poste in "Cold Comfort Farm", with her "higher common sense", is "a Jane-ite heroine transformed into a clear-eyed modern woman". Bradbury also observed that many of Gibbons's novels end in Austen-like nuptials. Truss highlights the importance that Gibbons places on detachment as a necessary adjunct to effective writing: "Like many a good doctor, she seems to have considered sympathy a peculiar and redundant emotion, and a terrible waste of time." This matter-of-fact quality
Doom (novel series) Marine Corps, although the perspective changes from character to character in the second and third novel. On February 26, 2008, the series was rebooted and restarted in the vein of "Doom 3". The first book, "", was written by Matthew Costello, the original writer for "Doom 3", and released by Pocket Star Books. The book stars Special Ops Marine Lieutenant John Kane in the year 2145. The second in the series, "", was released on March 31, 2009 and shares the same author and publisher. The primary protagonist and narrator of the series, Corporal Flynn "Fly" Taggart is a member