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Deepsix is concerned with the motivating force that drives all scientists--the quest for truth, for expanding the limits of human knowledge. How much are we willing to risk for that moment of discovery, of knowing what no other soul yet knows? Our time? Our reputations? Our careers? Our lives? The premise is this: just weeks before the planet Deepsix will be destroyed by a collision with a gas giant, ruins are detected on its surface, suggesting the presence of civilization. The Academy diverts scientists from the nearest spaceship to go down and explore, and they are joined by their century's Ellsworth Toohey: a misogynistic, sanctimonious gadfly who has never before been off of Earth's surface. The party's landers are destroyed in an earthquake induced by the approaching gas giant, so now they must find a way to get off of Deepsix before it is destroyed by the collision. Needless to say, their excavations are placed on the back burner. The physics describing the space travel and the archeology used to reconstruct the lost culture of Deepsix are interesting and explained well. There is plenty of action and suspense--will the party survive? And the evolving characters and group dynamics are more complex than those usually found in science fiction books, making Deepsix a worthwhile read. --Diana Gitig

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New to Jack McDevitt? McDevitt is NOT a cheap science fiction writer. He puts a lot of work into the science behind his novels and it shows. H...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 20:32:38 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 15:08:30 -0800 2009 Engines of the Gods, the first in the Priscilla Hutchins series. I'll reread the next book, Chindi, before tackling the last few ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 07:31:24 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 07:33:14 -0700 2008 Chindi, this book is half sci fi adventure quest and half engineering porn. Part of the "Indiana Jones in space, no Nazis" series which, despite the pithy description, is worth the reader's time, this book follows a group of scientists on a planet that is a few days away ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 16:34:05 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 16:36:53 -0700 2009
I believe the series brought up an interesting topic of science and wha...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 08 08:19:04 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:23:01 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 08:19:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 15:09:24 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 18:21:28 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 14:13:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 12:30:04 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri May 15 06:00:49 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 06:03:32 -0700 2009
could have used more terraforming.
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Uses alot of the same characters, but has alot less exposition than TEoG (since it's not the first book), and jumps into things rather quickly. Als...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 16:19:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:57:30 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=352780