Darwin's Children
by Greg Bear
Darwin's Children
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Read in July, 2008
::spoilers:: I felt this book an unsatisfying follow-up to the first book, Darwin's Radio. I enjoy his narrative technique of jumping between character/location for each successive chapter -- it leaves the reader guessing and waiting for that moment when the 3 subplots will intersect (Kaye, Mitch, and Dicken). The first book satisfies that anticipation, while Darwin's Children strangely leaves one plot thread hanging and unconnected (what does ever happen to Dicken and the Shevite he rescues?). ...more
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Read in June, 2008
Darwin’s Children by Greg Bear is a satisfying but imperfect follow-up to Darwin’s Radio that reaches too far outside the scientific realm and into politics and religion. Bear is a gifted storyteller with a knack for building great suspense. Bear uses a scientific framework to create interesting characters and places them in situations that compel you to read on to find out what happens next. Darwin’s Children is no different.
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Read in June, 2008
Continuación a Darwin's Radio.
Sigue la paranoia ante los nuevos niños. Ahora los llaman "niños virus".
Estuvo bueno, pero algunas de los pasajes del libro eran muy densos por el uso de términos científicos (de genética especialmente).
Es interesante la referencia a que los "niños virus" eran mal tratados en USA, mientras que en otros países había una mayor receptibilidad a la nueva especie. Creo que el libro dice mucho de la paranoia existente en la sociedad no...more
Sigue la paranoia ante los nuevos niños. Ahora los llaman "niños virus".
Estuvo bueno, pero algunas de los pasajes del libro eran muy densos por el uso de términos científicos (de genética especialmente).
Es interesante la referencia a que los "niños virus" eran mal tratados en USA, mientras que en otros países había una mayor receptibilidad a la nueva especie. Creo que el libro dice mucho de la paranoia existente en la sociedad no...more
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Ha ha! Well since I'm on my spree of pointing out negative uses of the word "anarchy" or "anarchist" or whatever: On page 410, Bear writes: ""This whole camp is on the knife edge of anarchy," the other woamn said." That's not a particularly stupid usage given that he's just having a character say it instead of using it as an authorial philosophical statement, but it's worth mentioning.
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Read in March, 2008
This was an interesting book about a civilization in the future. A virus has affected a generation of babies to make them different, and society doesn't accept these children as normal. This is a thought provoking book,and well written. Something different.
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Read in January, 2005
The sequel to the equally good Darwin's Radio, this book delves further into the human race's response to a sudden evolutionary event among newborn children. Greg Bear has a dark, eerie quality to his stories, but his books are hard to put down.
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a good sequel to the first, delves into the human side of the new type of "children" and does some very good character development, I guess it is a sign that it is a good story as like other readers I wish there was more to the story to come
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Read in December, 2007
The book (and the first one, Darwin's Radio) is based upon an interesting and original precept. The characters are very well developed, and the pace is good. I found the book impossible to put down.
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Read in January, 2006
I enjoyed this sequel a lot. I thought the new children were very intriguing. I want to read this one again sometime as well. I really wish there was another book to the story.
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One of the best science fiction books I've read in years. Greg Bear is a really smart author. I'd rank it up there with "A Stranger in a Strange Land"
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
Sci-fi buffs
Virus mutates unborn children to new species. World is in hysterics. "New" children have enhanced pheromone scenting capabilities... Fascinating.
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Read in December, 2007
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Not as good as Darwin's Radio. This one follows some of those evolutionary jump ups as they age...
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Read in September, 2006
This book sequels Darwin's Radio; however, I did not like it as much as its predecessor.
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Read in July, 2007
Pretty standard sci-fi - what have we done with genetic engineering type thing. An ok read.
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Read in October, 2007
So far it is quite interesting, but it is just in the building stage.
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mostly disappointing sequel to the much better Darwin's Radio
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Read in October, 2006
recommends it for:
nobody
As bad as "Radio" was good. Don't waste your time.
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