false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg 673023 3 1136019 book 2004 Survival (Species Imperative, #1) total:157|5:38|4:77|3:36|2:6|1:0| 157 618 214 23 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 1 true Tue May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Mar 26 19:36:12 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 22 21:13:20 -0800 2008
The two biggest nitpicks are things that I saw mentioned in reader comments on Amazon.com, and with which I agree. One is that the ending is kind of...more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 1 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 22:57:10 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 23:01:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 3 0 false Thu Oct 16 19:03:33 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 19:08:54 -0700 2008 Survival is the first book in the "Species Imperative" series. It is science fiction centering around biology, which I, at least, haven't seen much of. It follows Dr. Macenzie Connor, a salmon researcher on Earth in the far future--far enough that "transect" technology exists, al...more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 3 0 false Wed May 21 06:57:24 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 06:40:21 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 06:57:24 -0700 2008
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Allow me to indulge in the nitpicker in me: it's a 'flair' for melodrama, Julie, not a 'flare'. Just star...more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 3 0 false Sun Nov 04 14:16:18 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 11:05:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 5 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jun 08 18:42:34 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 13:17:25 -0700 2007 Julie E. Czerneda, and I believe it's her best by far. (Which is not a slam on her other books, but rather a sign that she's getting better.)

In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I've sold two stories to Julie Czerneda for her anth...more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 5 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 10:28:09 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 10:34:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 1 false Wed Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 13:03:33 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 10:56:16 -0800 2009
A few logical gaps, which increase drama and only slightly decrease the fun.]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 08:37:37 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 11 04:18:32 -0800 2007 exactly the sort of book Alan Dean Foster would have written 30 years ago, except that Foster would have done it in half the length.

On the plus side, the extra pages allow for more, and better-rounded, characterization. On the minus side, there are some pas...more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 2 0 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 22:11:25 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 22:10:15 -0800 2009 I stayed for the fantastically imagined species. ]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 27 17:16:51 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 17:17:53 -0700 2009 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 08:32:59 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 08:32:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 3 0 false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 04 11:14:29 -0800 2007 Tue Oct 06 13:59:00 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 3 0 false Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 16 16:50:36 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 16:50:36 -0800 2009 http://community.livejournal.com/genrere...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 0 false Sat Jun 13 22:20:03 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 22:20:03 -0700 2009 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 18:20:21 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 22:12:30 -0800 2008
Czerneda is at her best foc...more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 0 false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 25 14:00:51 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 18:26:33 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 0 false Sat Jun 21 20:07:36 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 20:09:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 0 false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jan 21 08:48:02 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 08:54:06 -0800 2008 673023 0756402611 9780756402617 149 23 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177006335m/673023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673023.Survival 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 13 10:13:18 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 10:14:05 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=673023