2312 in Reading with Style

Apr 10, 2021 ☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ rated it it was amazing

Now, this is quite the space travelogue to enjoy! I only wish it was longer since I totally didn't want the book to end.

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Saint George, a social terrarium in which the men think they are living in a Mormon polygamy, while the women consider it a lesbian world with a small percentage of male lesbians. (c)
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“So you have a sequence of thoughts that wander from one thought to the next in a more or less continuous flow, free associating from one topic to the next, across all the possible thoughts you ...more

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Apr 25, 2013 Tanya Patrice rated it did not like it

Shelves: quit-early

2312 has been nominated for MANY science fiction book awards, and it's also my FIRST "did not finish" book of the year, and my first in more than 2 years. I really hate to quit book - HATE it - but at page 193 of 561, I'm calling it. I just ... can't.

The future world of 2312 is one where people are now living all over the solar system, and I feel like so far, the entire book has been devoted to building this world ... asteroid by asteroid, page after page. Where is the plot? I mean, someone has ...more

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Mar 25, 2013 Snowtulip rated it it was ok

Shelves: sci-fi

This book is filled with interesting concepts of systems dynamics and the melding of nature and technology, which kept me reading throughout this book. However, when I read a work of fiction, I need something more than science...I need characters that drive me to care about the story and the world they live in. This is where the book left me high and dry, somewhat interesting ideas, but absolutely no interest in the characters or an emotional connection. Just didn't work for me, but should be of ...more

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