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Communion of Dreams
by
James Downey (Goodreads Author)
The year is 2052, and the human race is still struggling to recover from a massive pandemic flu some 40 years previously. When an independent prospector on Saturn’s moon Titan discovers an alien artifact, assumptions that we are alone in the universe are called into question.
Knowing that news of such a discovery could prompt chaos on Earth, a small team is sent to investig...more
Knowing that news of such a discovery could prompt chaos on Earth, a small team is sent to investig...more
Kindle Edition, 348 pages
Published
January 17th 2012
by Artifact Imprints
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In a post-crisis Earth, a discovery on another planet leads to the formation of a diverse team of people from various specialties to explore it. Membership includes scientists and geniuses of various stripes, an artist, soldiers, and a child prodigy, of diverse genders, ethnic backgrounds, and temperaments.
Communion of Dreams engaged my attention all along, with enough variation in the themes discussed, shifting of emphasis and suspicion among the various characters, and a rapidly developing con...more
Communion of Dreams engaged my attention all along, with enough variation in the themes discussed, shifting of emphasis and suspicion among the various characters, and a rapidly developing con...more
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I was really, and I mean REALLY loving this book right up till the end. That's when it left me with all sorts of questions and cryptic descriptions, inadequate closure and a general feeling of confusion. What the hell just happened, is what I want to know!
(Sigh)
The book had great potential. The writing was intricate and suspenseful. Characterisation was sufficient. And there were enough breadcrumbs along the trail for the reader to follow. Everything seemed to be going well in the middle. I was...more
(Sigh)
The book had great potential. The writing was intricate and suspenseful. Characterisation was sufficient. And there were enough breadcrumbs along the trail for the reader to follow. Everything seemed to be going well in the middle. I was...more
The writing flows along nicely enough. I was quite happy until abut a third of the way through. The story had been developing and was on the lines of '2001 Space Odyssey' (even gets a mention with regard to the monolith) and the team selection and activity of 'Sphere'. But then I felt the story got a shade bogged down with not really enough happening to justify the length. The idea is sound and the technical detail convincing but the desire to know what happened next gradually faded away. Maybe...more
This book is why e-publishing isn't all bad. I'm really glad that it was available, and it was a thoroughly enjoyably read. It suffered from some pacing issues, and there was so much going on (thematically and action-wise) that I didn't really sink into getting to know the characters as well as I would have liked, but overall, it was a thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking read. I also really liked the fact that it was set in a dystopian future, but clearly about how dystopias don't have to...more
I had to stretch a bit to remember how this book ended. Not a good sign.... An interesting take on the evolution of computers. But the story seemed to get bogged down in a lot of meeting(!) dialog, and the main character was no compellingly sympathetic.
Interesting sci-fi that isn't a shallow all action space opera. Good characters, interesting plot. I've never read 2012 A Space Odyssey, but from what I've heard and from having seen the moving, I agree with those who have compared it to that work.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable book, full of intriguing ideas, appealing characters (some of whom really are characters) and a well-crafted plot. That it is also a debut novel surprised me, and I hopefully look forward to more. James Downey can write!
The concept of this book was good but I found myself very confused in many parts of the book. I think that it was missing some descriptive text to explain more what was going on.
Started off with some interesting ideas, but quickly devolved into a lecture on scientific method with characters sketched, rather than fleshed out.
Pretty good characters. Plot was not always clear, easy to follow. Like it couldn't decide if it was mystical or sci fi.
Totally awesome good read. Something for most everyone. Sci- fi. Human nature. Generational relations. Mystery. Conspiracy theory. Comment on spirituality. Alien existence. Xenophobia.
This was a good read. Inventive and kept me interested till the end.
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Though this kept me reading, in the end I kind of wondered why. Insubstantial for me.
The first 1/3 of this book was intolerably slow. Full of process and theorizing and "what ifs".
I stuck it through to the end and things kicked up.
I stuck it through to the end and things kicked up.
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