Loves scifi, especially space opera.
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In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, …
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I'll say, Reynolds never failed to make me realise how vast the universe and time when space is involved. My mind is still reeling from the possibility that the timespan told in this story is more than tens of thousands of years, possibly millions. But damn, i can't stop reading it. I'll update again later.
In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic …
Took me way too long to finish it. But it was worth it though. Maybe the curse of the middle of a trilogy.
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
This novel viewpoint is weird. The characters are weird. The languages are weird. The psychology is also weird. In short, you will find things you would find normal in short supply.
Yet, i went reading it like a hot knife through a butter. It's fun, maybe because it is different, because it is weird, my curiosity piqued.
Not hard sci-fi like i used to, but the storyline is really promising.
Recommended.
Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. It follows …
Okay, this is way longer than I expected. A fun journey though!
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Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. It follows …
Taking another taste of Kim Stanley Robinson's best selling series.
Corre el año 2312. Los avances científicos y tecnológicos han abierto una puerta a un …
After reading Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space book, i expected a space opera where the focus is on the event on hand. But 2312 surprised me with its personal touch, where each characters have their own traits and reasoning.
Of course, there is an important event that set the plot, but in my opinion it is a secondary role.
Recommended for those puritans who are into hard scifi, and those who likes the differing personalities and relationships that this book covers.
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Reynolds always seems to incorporate new concepts in each new books. This time it involves identity again, just like Chasm City but in a different perspective.
Set some tens of years after the event of Hela in Absolution Gap, it begins in a somber tone when the Inhibitors have managed to reduce humanity to the fringe of space where threat of extinction loomed wide.
The journey of Clavain and Glass through space in search of a fabled weapon able to beat the Inhibitors back will took them to several worlds.
The story pace is actually quite slow (discounting the interstellar journey which took decades), compared to the previous books. It is easier to digest than the three separate stories as seen in Absolution Gap. A good spot in my opinion, though honestly i'm not picky with my taste of good books.
Highly recommended if you have been through the whole series. Surprisingly, i will still recommend them to new readers, since it is not heavy on reference from previous books.