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Nov 19, 2022
"as time passed he went entirely weightless. he had heard it took five days to ascend. it seemed longer. he began to get bored. when he felt a jolt upward, and then light flooded the dirt and the lid disappeared, he struggled up as…
Oct 04, 2022xiaojunbpl12 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A hard sci-fi, with a brilliance of Three Bodies series plus eye opening (if not groundbreaking) details, make a fantasy morph into tangible tales. The future humanoid speciation originated from us, content or angry, seems to be torn…
Jun 23, 2022
Imaginative writer...bloated, self-indulgent writing style. The book seems to be popular, but would not recommend for those without the time to wade through thick fields of prose.
Jan 18, 2021Tony_Jeffers rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Builds heavily on ideas of Arthur C. Clarke. I was certainly tired of Science Fiction set in a Universe which takes interstellar travel for granted; where the uninhabitable planets and objects of the solar system are largely ignored in…
Oct 27, 2019kentickner rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
2 stars. Quite disappointing. Plot and character development replaced with a Cook's Tour of the Solar System. Little excitement, unlikable characters, lots of undigested ideas, and lots and lots of big words. Whole chapters that should…
Oct 27, 2018scribby rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Fascinating, though plot takes a backseat to the vividly imagined future itself. There are references to late 20th/early 21st-century art and culture that have become works of "old masters", and the moving city on Mercury is one of the…
Jul 09, 2018MWBalderstone rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This Nebula Award winning novel is a must read for Sci-fi fans . A scientifically engaged and interesting foray into what the Solar System could look like three centuries from now that involves interesting dialogues about the development…
Jul 28, 2017ikhetred rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Despite the relatively languid pace, I found this to be an engaging and interesting story. At the same time exploring technological advances that have led to AI entities, allowed humanity to easily travel throughout and colonize the solar…
May 29, 2015jservilio rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Five percent characterization, five percent plot, 30 percent sociopolitical and technological speculation, and 60% planetary masturbation.
Mar 13, 2015ioloindeseo rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
reread "Pauline on Revolution", pg 330-> "Extracts (12) pg 344 -> "Extracts (18) pg 550 -> I think many have missed the potential that those 'lists' may contain. For example, I began to feel as if those were possibly meant as a…
Jan 18, 2015tomdance rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
The author imagines a fascinating human future in a balkanized solar system from Mercury to Pluto including a dystopian earth, but the story is weakened by inadequate character development in a slow story arc, frequently interrupted by…
jamilad
Jan 15, 2015jamilad rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A really interesting look at a potential future life on various planets. I really liked the plot and creativity, but couldn‘t always follow the extracts/lists/etc.
Jun 16, 2014stewstealth rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Poor characterizations and weak thematic elements make this book tedious to read. There was little suspense with a weak plot. The author drops art, history and science references throughout with no follow up or development.The author…
Dec 05, 2013sdsqc rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Five Stars A brilliant book which generates many responses in the reader. The book is complicated and the integration of many disciplines throughout is thought provoking. A new, and in my eyes, successful format for a…
Oct 24, 2013annaambush rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I did enjoy this book and it made me think of concepts and future the way I hadn't before. I must say that it was at times a bit wordy or rather slow. My reading and interest was coming and going in waves, just like I feel this book was…
Apr 20, 2013starkradio rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book! Every page had a startling idea, the writing is evocative, the pace excellent, and the two lead characters I found quite fascinating. Swan stuck in my memory long after I finished the book. I like Robinson's…
Oct 05, 2012Patron3563 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
The author needs to have his word processor taken away and be given a manual typewriter. A good 300 page book lost in 600 pages.
pw1040
Sep 13, 2012pw1040 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Tough read due to the author's style. I liked the speculative science aspects but the environmental hysteria aspects were a bit over the top.
barrychopkins
Aug 17, 2012
Books such as 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson make this reader wish that authors could be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for 1) wasting the reader’s time and money; and, 2) trees having been cut down that the book might be…
Aug 07, 2012shadynz rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Didnt enjoy this as much as I thought I would. Didn't even get halfway through. Felt it was way too wordy!
Jul 07, 2012judywross rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
the techno part is pretty interesting, but the plot is just goofy or pointless because the characters don't really make much sense.