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Hard SF, very well executed, this book has terraforming, species uplift, generation starships as well as a plot spread out over thousands of years. Such a work is immensely hard to pull off and Adrian Tchaikovsky deserves a lot of credit for what he achieved.
There were constant plot twists and alternating chapters between species, which helped keep the pace and energy up throughout the book. The ending was also nicely handled, with a fresh take on humanity's future.
A minor quibble were the chara ...more
There were constant plot twists and alternating chapters between species, which helped keep the pace and energy up throughout the book. The ending was also nicely handled, with a fresh take on humanity's future.
A minor quibble were the chara ...more
Un-put-downable. This was such a smartly written science fiction saga. The first chapter was weird but then on, the sentient spiders came in and everything changed.
While this book can be classified as hard sci-fi space opera, there is so much underneath that make it far apart from the cookie cutter hard sci-fi pile of dirt. It deals in metaphysics, evolution, and celebrates the veracity of a rational mind over superstitious beliefs and religion.
"And now they prevent us from being all that we cou ...more
While this book can be classified as hard sci-fi space opera, there is so much underneath that make it far apart from the cookie cutter hard sci-fi pile of dirt. It deals in metaphysics, evolution, and celebrates the veracity of a rational mind over superstitious beliefs and religion.
"And now they prevent us from being all that we cou ...more
Didn't love this one; but, of course, it's hard to do generation-spanning science fiction about spiders, I suppose.
My two complaints: I didn't connect with the characters. I felt like most of the characters made poor decisions. And some were crazy.
And there was little science in this science fiction. Sure, there were science-fiction sounding ideas, but just too much of it was... a gimme. Perhaps.
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My two complaints: I didn't connect with the characters. I felt like most of the characters made poor decisions. And some were crazy.
And there was little science in this science fiction. Sure, there were science-fiction sounding ideas, but just too much of it was... a gimme. Perhaps.
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I don't read about the books prior to reading them, in this case I wish I had. I don't like spiders, granted now I may look at them differently. Book was great, the end was meh
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