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The Amalgam spans nearly the entire galaxy, and is composed of innumerable beings from a wild variety of races, some …
"Intensely well researched and an un-put-down-able read, Tina Brown's extraordinary book parts the brocaded velvet and allows us an unprecedented …
Die Oankali, reisende galaktische Genhaendler, haben die menschliche Spezies als genetische Fehlentwicklung und als Gefahr …
Such a beautiful trilogy. An absolute must-read for anyone interested in the idea of the alien, the other, and alien relations with nature, biology, and humanity.
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, …
Second reading - so rich that as I start re-reading it feels like the first time again.
The Algebraist is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, published in …
A fantastic book if you've finished the Culture series and are looking for a little bit more. Epic, complex, alien, immersive.
Hollis Henry worked for global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend once before. She never meant to …
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I finally finished the Blue Ant books, aka the Bigend books. Pattern Recognition remains my favourite. I got through Spook Country, and I was really enjoying Zero History until my favourite character from the first book showed up. I was thinking that was what he was going to do, but hoping he wasn't, and it was even worse than I imagined - she wasn't herself anymore. Not a fan of that choice at all. Would have loved for her to return but as herself. And much like Spook Country I didn't enjoy the last 1/3 of the book which devolved into a lot of pointless conversations. Overall, I would suggest everyone read Pattern Recognition, but stop there, just don't bother with the other two in the series. In my view they only lead to disappointment in the end. I'll probably re-read Pattern Recognition now though. It's a world I love and miss.
