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Read in April, 2008
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The Sky People starts out with an interesting concept, that Venus and Mars are inhabitable planets and teaming with life. I liked the alternate history view of space exploration by the US and Russians to explore these new worlds in the 1980s . It makes you think about what kind of space exploration really could have been done by now if we hadn't wasted 30 years messing around with the space shuttle...
But I am only giving this book 2 stars because by the middle of the book the plot, for me,...more
But I am only giving this book 2 stars because by the middle of the book the plot, for me,...more
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anyone who enjoys the pulp SF of old.
Great premise, blah execution. The idea of extending the space race in an alternative future in which Mars and Venus are habitable, pulp-style worlds is a great one, but the book lacked the sense of adventure and wonder I was hoping for. The book seemed to struggle to adjust to its own premise, not sure if it wanted to embrace pulp or hard sf, and ended up failing at both. It was an ok read, but not an inspired one.
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fans of Burroughs, Moorcock, Wells
Imagine the Cold War transposed over Edgar Rice Burroughs, Larry Niven and a little bit H.G. Wells, and you have the milieu of the SKY PEOPLE. I'll be honest, I have never been very impressed with Stirling's work in the past-- they start off well, for the most part, but he has (historically, in my experience) dove into some fairly cheesy directions, possibly because he thought that was what his (mostly male) audience wanted (start a Draka novel some time, you'll see.. you'lllll seeeeeeeee). St...more
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Great reimagining of the pulp fiction books from the "golden age" of sci-fi.
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