false <![CDATA[Axis]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171723750m/116410.jpg 116410 3 <div><div>Wildly praised by readers and critics alike, Robert Charles Wilson&#8217;s <i>Spin</i> won science fiction&#8217;s highest honor, the Hugo Award for Best Novel.<br> <br>Now, in <i>Spin&#8217;</i>s direct sequel, Wilson takes us to the "world next door"--the planet engineered by the mysterious Hypotheticals to support human life, and connected to Earth by way of the Arch that towers hundreds of miles over the Indian Ocean. Humans are colonizing this new world--and, predictably, fiercely exploiting its resources, chiefly large deposits of oil in the western deserts of the continent of Equatoria.<br> <br>Lise Adams is a young woman attempting to uncover the mystery of her father's disappearance ten years earlier. Turk Findley is an ex-sailor and sometimes-drifter. They come together when an infall of cometary dust seeds the planet with tiny remnant Hypothetical machines. Soon, this seemingly hospitable world will become very alien indeed--as the nature of time is once again twisted, by entities unknown.</div></div> 3364117 2007 Axis total:314|5:3|4:2|3:14|2:2|1:0| 314 1037 459 52 3 5 false false Sat Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 02:36:49 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 21:00:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 01 11:32:17 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 07:23:44 -0800 2009 I found I enjoyed this one as much as I liked the ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:53:03 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:53:03 -0800 2009 Critics enjoyed Axis as much as they did Spin—but suggested that readers embarking on the second novel in the series may wish to start with the first, which introduces Robert Charles Wilson's compelling, fully developed characters and provides a context for Earth's time warp. Be warned: this is th...

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Otherwis...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 05:52:18 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 04:22:14 -0700 2008 Spin, Axis is mostly an explanation of who the Hypotheticals are. The characters are uninteresting and flat, as is the ending. The only redeeming quality is Wilson's writing itself. As usual, it's of a very high caliber.]]> 4 1 false false Thu Oct 11 07:12:34 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 04:51:59 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 13:39:33 -0700 2007 Spin. The book is both enjoyable and interesting, but the "wow factor" from the first book has diminished somewhat.]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 21:37:07 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 09:57:04 -0800 2008 1 Spin. It blew me away.

The premise of Spin is quite simple. It's in a contemporary setting, no special tech or anything. One night all the ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 08 20:25:44 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 20:26:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 14:33:08 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 10:31:34 -0700 2008
As with the previous b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 15 12:02:07 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 26 12:12:36 -0700 2009 Spin I swore I wouldn't read this one. Spin was compelling up until the end, when it got weird. Still, I really have liked Robert Charles Wilson's other books, so, I picked this one up.

And you know what? It was pretty good.

The entire book takes place on the plan...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Apr 21 08:04:15 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 08:05:41 -0700 2008 Note: This is a copy of my review for Axis because it covers both.

I'm a big fan of science fiction which is set in the modern world. That is, instead of being set way in the future with tons of science-fictiony technology and stuff, I have found that I enjoy books which take the approa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 15:18:33 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 20:47:27 -0800 2008 Spin (which I wrote about a while ago) is a wonderful book, one I recommend regularly; Axis, the follow-up to Spin, is not so wonderful.

Axis is far from a bad book. It is entertaining and includes some well-crafted scenes, some focusing on the characters and som...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 25 12:13:50 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 01 20:15:36 -0800 2008
Wilson is a master at putting very HUMA...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 08:59:20 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 06:52:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 13 09:41:38 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 09:47:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 11:16:51 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 11:29:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Apr 19 03:43:04 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 04:02:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 11:56:58 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 16:28:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 01:20:09 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 01:28:27 -0700 2008 Spin. I liked it less too. This ended up being a bog standard "flee the bad guy". The protagonist was less interesting than her traveling companion, that we ended up seeing too little of. The bad guys, while undeniabl...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=116410