Libby Carter wanted to get away from it all, so she took a job mining asteroids as far out into the inky blackness as possible. However, her escape...
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Jul 10, 2011
Marva
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I liked this hard scifi about asteroid miners because it felt so authentic to me. I read a lot of SF, so I've got enough book learning to appreciate how a person gets around in zero gravity, and the effects of even small amounts of gravity. The mining methods and equipment certainly rang true.
I'd say this is actually two books, but that's not a complaint. There's a quite satisfying climax and potential ending about halfway through. I almost expected to turn the page and find another More...
I'd say this is actually two books, but that's not a complaint. There's a quite satisfying climax and potential ending about halfway through. I almost expected to turn the page and find another More...
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Feb 26, 2011
David
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I purchased the Nook version of this novel.
There was a time when most science fiction on television was referred to as "westerns in space". Brand Gamblin's "Tumbler" falls in a similar vein, but does a better job of including a modern understanding of life in outer space.
Tumbler tells the story of Elizabeth "Libby" Carter, a woman tricked into taking a job as a deep-space miner in exchange for a chance to work an asteroid of her own. Naturally, w More...
There was a time when most science fiction on television was referred to as "westerns in space". Brand Gamblin's "Tumbler" falls in a similar vein, but does a better job of including a modern understanding of life in outer space.
Tumbler tells the story of Elizabeth "Libby" Carter, a woman tricked into taking a job as a deep-space miner in exchange for a chance to work an asteroid of her own. Naturally, w More...
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Dec 14, 2010
Kate
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Like Heinlein's juveniles before it, and also like pal Nathan Lowell's excellent Solar Clipper series, Brand Gamblin's TUMBLER is not so much an action tale as a story of a young person learning her place in the world -- or in this case, in the Solar System. Libby Carter comes out to the Asteroid Belt to make her fortune as a miner, but is quickly disillusioned as to how easy it is *not* to go about doing so. Quickly exiled to a tiny shack on a tiny asteroid that spins so rapidly that her home l
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Jul 19, 2011
Jessica
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Another case of my year of harsh judgments. But quality is the idea here and I'm sticking with it.
I didn't hate the book. (I save that for 1 star reviews.) But I felt like it was seriously repetitive. Our heroine, Libby, who wants to make her fortune but has no way to do it, learns the same lesson about 85 times in this book. She also suffers from that syndrome common in YA of protagonists who just happen to be astonishingly brilliant at the very thing they happen to be doing.
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I didn't hate the book. (I save that for 1 star reviews.) But I felt like it was seriously repetitive. Our heroine, Libby, who wants to make her fortune but has no way to do it, learns the same lesson about 85 times in this book. She also suffers from that syndrome common in YA of protagonists who just happen to be astonishingly brilliant at the very thing they happen to be doing.
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Jan 20, 2011
Rosaleen
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What a gem! Lovely writing, plenty of adventure and action - but nothing to worry parents by way of attitudes, activity, language or morality. I've been unwell and needed some relaxing escapism and this is PERFECT. I'm currently most of the way through Podiobooks.com's audio version - which is beautifully read and produced.
I discovered Tumbler via a recommendation from Nathan Lowell (author/reader of the Trader's Tale series). Brand Gamblin's style is pretty similar and readers who like N More...
I discovered Tumbler via a recommendation from Nathan Lowell (author/reader of the Trader's Tale series). Brand Gamblin's style is pretty similar and readers who like N More...
May 23, 2011
Kelly
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What a fun book. I seriously don't remember the last time I read a straight sci-fi book (you know, one without sexy shenanigans in the cockpit of a spaceship) and this one was pretty darn fabulous. Brand Gamblin built an interesting, compelling world full of characters that you'd expect to meet while walking down the street.
I really can't think of any part of the book that lagged or lost my interest. I was glued to the book from Libby's first experience after arriving at her new h More...
I really can't think of any part of the book that lagged or lost my interest. I was glued to the book from Libby's first experience after arriving at her new h More...
Oct 30, 2010
DDog
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This book was a real treat. At less than 200 pages, I breezed through it in a few hours, my attention completely focused on it the whole time I was reading. The pace is perfect—as soon as Libby thinks she might have a handle on her life, something crashes and she is forced to reevaluate and find a solution. I had to keep turning pages to find out what would happen next, and I really came to care about the characters by the end. The only thing that was a little confusing was the time jumps betwee
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Jul 14, 2011
David
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Full review can be found on my blog : http://killie-booktalk.blogspot.com/
Brand Gamblin's "Tumbler" is an enjoyable light Sci-Fi adventure that is fundamentally about a young character facing struggles as she attempts to find her place in the Universe.
The first thing that came to mind as I read this book was the Sci-Fi TV series called "Firefly". Not because of the space ships or anything like that, but because this book really grabbed that "weste More...
Brand Gamblin's "Tumbler" is an enjoyable light Sci-Fi adventure that is fundamentally about a young character facing struggles as she attempts to find her place in the Universe.
The first thing that came to mind as I read this book was the Sci-Fi TV series called "Firefly". Not because of the space ships or anything like that, but because this book really grabbed that "weste More...
Dec 02, 2011
Paulette
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Tumbler is the kind of sci-fi novel that makes you wonder what living and working in outer space would really be like. The chances of mankind having any grand space battles anytime soon aren't likely, but the sort of future author Brand Gamblin paints in Tumbler is within our grasp if we but choose to reach for it.
Not that life for main character Libby Carter is all that rosy. Lured into space by big corporate promises of free land and easy riches, she soon discovers that only hard w More...
Not that life for main character Libby Carter is all that rosy. Lured into space by big corporate promises of free land and easy riches, she soon discovers that only hard w More...
Oct 27, 2010
Allison
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Tumbler is a scifi novel that is very Heinlein-esque. Small time main character works through struggles and makes good encapsulates the plot. But the story itself, while excellent, is not as exciting as watching the characters.
Libby, the heroine, is a young girl who has no idea how the world works. She loses her mother and then jumps head long into a deep space mining conglomerate hoping to somehow make good through hard work alone. Unfortunately, what she doesn't know just might ki More...
Libby, the heroine, is a young girl who has no idea how the world works. She loses her mother and then jumps head long into a deep space mining conglomerate hoping to somehow make good through hard work alone. Unfortunately, what she doesn't know just might ki More...
Jun 16, 2010
James
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Tumbler by Brand Gamblin is a very good read. It is well-paced and (like most good science fiction) is more about people handling a situation than the technology and gadgetry. I plan to get a hard copy for my wife and daughter. "Heinlein-esque" is a good description, as it echoes his admiration for strong, independent characters, but offers better insights on communities.
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Jan 12, 2011
Skipincincy
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A wonderful YA SF novel of an orphaned young girl venturing into the high frontier of asteroid mining, finding hardship, heartbreak, and in the end, the richest strike of all. Brand Gamblin's TUMBLER brings back memories of reading some of Heinlein's juvies, and proves that SF is not a dead genre.
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Jun 06, 2010
Nathan
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I really like this book. I should disclose that I helped edit it and have been involved with it for a while. There *are* some problems with the physics but the story of Libby and how she deals with the reality of her situation.
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Jun 03, 2011
Niles
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Quite an enjoyable listen (I listened to the podcast). I found this through Nathan Lowell's blog.
Dec 09, 2010
Jeffrey
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When Libby Carter finds herself stranded in indentured servitude she finds that hard work and a willingness to do what is right is just the remedy she needs. I listened this book first when I downloaded it from podiobooks.com. But as soon as I was done I knew it was a book my kids would really enjoy. It had all the elements that they love in a book dad is going to read them at bed time.
The story itself is fast paced and easy to follow, perfect for a wide range of readers including moms o More...
The story itself is fast paced and easy to follow, perfect for a wide range of readers including moms o More...
Mar 28, 2011
This is the first book of a friend, Brand. He writes sci-fi now, and used to do radio shows, among other things.
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Jun 24, 2011
Johnna
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fun juvenile space adventure. Too bad my kids don't enjoy science fiction as I do.
Jan 03, 2012
Dave
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A heartwarming story of a prospector in a future asteroid belt mining community.
Jul 11, 2010
Ashley
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I really liked this book. It is a good fun read. Highly recommended
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Sep 19, 2011
Lahni
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I really didn't have high expectations for this book. It filled a reading challenge for me and I honestly thought I would end up skimming parts of it. But I actually enjoyed it. A nice surprise that I recommended to my kids.
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