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Warm, satisfying, couples-friendly science fiction with the right and proper mixture of derring-do (i.e., fancy action), romance and humor. And soaring high above everything else in this tale are the characters...Awwww, the characters...these people will endear themselves to you so completely that you’ll return to visit them time and again like a stalking voyeur ignoring a retraining order. For cozy, comforting, romantical, happylicious SF, this is about as good as it gets.
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An old-school, slightly cheesy science fiction romance. He’s a super spy, she’s a feisty mercenary. His superpower is calculating survival odds; hers is... bad grammar, I suppose. They fall in love while fleeing from people who want to kill them for vaguely explained reasons.
There are several shoot-outs, during which they take turns rescuing each other. There’s a trip on a psychedelic spaceship owned by big turtle aliens. I rather liked the turtles, and I wish my edition had this cover, which pe ...more
There are several shoot-outs, during which they take turns rescuing each other. There’s a trip on a psychedelic spaceship owned by big turtle aliens. I rather liked the turtles, and I wish my edition had this cover, which pe ...more
While it certainly wasn't as good as some of the sci-fi romance I've read recently, it wasn't the worst either. However, the big problems were the plot (not too much there) and the weird vibe the book gave off. It was very much like the Ecolitan books, where the main characters seemed to be surrounded by a lot of white paper. Is it that they are just too cool? Do they not have enough inner conflict? I don't know, but it definitely is a problem. Since this was the first book, though, I'm willing
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A fun Space opera kind of story, with a little romance thrown in. Val and Mira are fun characters and easy to root for. The Clutch are an interesting race of aliens that are called turtles due to a shell on their back, and their adopting of Val and Mira as kin save their skin, at least partly.
I really liked this story. It made it onto my re-read shelf. It was my first foray into the Laiden Universe. I've since been slowly adding more and more of the books.
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The 1988 first publication of this story predated cell phones so this intergalactic agent needing hardwired pay phones is awkward.
A very thoughtful story with plenty of action. Not for me but others will enjoy it I think. =)
Jun 29, 2009
Tonia
marked it as to-read
