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Icebones (Mammoth #3)
3000 A.D. Years ago, humans colonized Mars, bringing with them specimens of long-extinct Earth life for regeneration on this new frontier. But humankind has disappeared, and the animals have been left behind to fend for themselves. Icebones, daughter of Silverhair, had been the only adult mammoth taken to Mars. As such, she is now the only one of her kind who carries the a
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There is such a thing as 'over-description' and I believe that's what the most prominent flaw in Icebones and the Mammoth series is.
Indeed there's nothing wrong with description. It's beautiful; it forms a painted picture within our minds as the words flow lyrically together. However when it comes to the Mammoth series the one way to overwhelm your readers' minds is to stuff description down their throats, to the point where describing mammoth dung and fertilized ground can take up an entire pag...more
Indeed there's nothing wrong with description. It's beautiful; it forms a painted picture within our minds as the words flow lyrically together. However when it comes to the Mammoth series the one way to overwhelm your readers' minds is to stuff description down their throats, to the point where describing mammoth dung and fertilized ground can take up an entire pag...more
Probably the best of the uniformly excellent Mammoth trilogy by Baxter. Great characterization (especially for non-humans) and the author excels at creating a realistic mind-set of a talking, thinking and feeling mammoth. I can understand why this series isn't more popular.
This was a thrilling and fantastic conclusion to the Mammoth Trilogy.
Apr 12, 2013
Lance Schonberg
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Stephen Baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from Cambridge (mathematics) and Southampton Universities (doctorate in aeroengineering research). Baxter is the winner of the British Science Fiction Award and the Locus Award, as well as being a nominee for an Arthur C. Clarke Award, most recently for Manifold: Time. His novel Voyage won the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History Novel of the...more
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