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Spin (Spin, #1)

Robert Charles Wilson

Start date: June 21, 2013

Finish date: July 20, 2013

Why we're reading this: Group Discussion Contempory Read June 2013
Hugo Award Winner 2006
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Hugo Award Winner 2006

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Mar 06, 2012 Jim rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1ebook, 2fiction, 3series, scifi

3.5 rounded up because the ideas were so big & beautiful. It truly was a work of art, but it felt both too long & too short. It also never really grabbed me. The characters seemed real enough, but none of them ever really grabbed me & they should have. They were complex & strong enough in so many ways, but I never really cared if they lived or died.

The scope of the plot was audacious & yet pulled off very well. I've been reading SF for 40 years & it wowed me. It had everything from politics & re ...more

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Mar 05, 2008 Gaijinmama rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction

I'm not a scientist but to me, this is a believable and very scary vision of the future. Simply put...one day the stars go out. Don't tell me it couldn't happen.
Excellent characters.
A pretty fast and highly engaging read. ...more

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Feb 06, 2009 Ken McDouall rated it it was amazing

I would give this five stars on the concept alone--a mind-blowing exploration of the manipulation of time and space, and some of the possible consequences thereof. Throw in some terraforming and accelerated evolution, and this book is really a trip. Fortunately, the writing is very good also, with developed characters and recurring themes of theology and epistemology.

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