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Set on an ancient starship as big as Jupiter, Marrow is epic hard science fiction with a millennia spanning plot. A near immortal, genetically re-engineered humanity is the first to reach the derelict ship, approaching from the emptiness of intergalactic space. Taking command, the captains set the ship on a half-million year long galactic cruise, opening the vessel to thousands of races and playing host as in Babylon 5. The ship itself demands parallels with Arthur C Clarke's Rama from Rendezvous with Rama though Reed offers literally bigger surprises...
"Just tell us please... what in hell is down there?"Disaster strikes and a group of captains become trapped on the world they name "Marrow". Factions develop, leading to civil war and insurrection, coupled with labyrinthine personal intrigues played out across thousands of years. Given the immortal captains' willingness to decapitate one another, Highlander comes to mind, but while Reed's ideas are interesting he never develops his characters sufficiently to convincingly explain how they cope with the potential tedium of immortality. There are plenty of "big ideas" but it becomes increasingly hard to care about any of Reed's alienated post-humans, while the partially satisfactory ending offers as many possibilities for a sequel as it provides answers.--Gary S Dalkin
"A spherical object," she replied. And with a slow wink she added, "It's the size of Mars, about. But considerably more massive." Washen's heart began to gallop. The audience let out a low, wounded groan.
"Show them," the Master said to her AI. "Show them what we found."
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'It's an exhilarating ride, in the hands of an author whose aspiration literally knows no bounds' THE NEW YORK TIMES 'MARROW is relentless, taking on vast reaches of space and time with a giant ship like none you've ever seen. A bold work by a visionary writer' DAVID BRIN
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Some good ideas but gets lost,
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This review is from: Marrow (Paperback)
Although Robert Reed has thought of an original idea he has not really done anything very satisfactory with it. The plot lacks direction and the characterisation is weak and implausible - yes, sci-fi needs plausibility too. Plausibility of characterisation and plot are the strength of good sci-fi. The reader expects some kind of outcome or discovery but Reed merely cobbles together a hurried and unsatisfactory theory in the last few pages of the book in what amounts to a cop-out. Perhaps he started writing the book with the conviction that it would 'come to him' by the time he had finished, but it never did.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Neither as good or as bad as the reviews make out,
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This review is from: Marrow (Paperback)
Marrow seems to provoke a love/hate relationship. Its not that bad, and has some good concepts thrown together in an interesting format. Like almost all "What's the big secret?" SciFi the final revelations are something of a disappointment, but my main quibble was with the rushed and incomplete resolution, the king when a writer seems to get bored or hits a publishing deadline and wraps it all up in a few pages.So, the first 4/5 ot the book get 4 stars, the final 1/5 gets 2. Alexander Reynolds is doing the same sort of thing but better. On the big mystery ship front I would also recommend Darwinia by Rober Charles Wilson.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Milllon Year Epic,
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This review is from: Marrow (Paperback)
Marrow is set on 'The Ship', a massive (and I mean massive) starship/space station discovered and inhabited by millions of immortal humanoid, alien and artificial (AI) lifeforms. No one knows who built The Ship or why it was built but everyone lives on it in relative harmony. The tale centres around the 'Captains' - the ship's police force / crew. Originally, everyone thought that The Ship had been fully mapped but when a tunnel leading to the centre of The Ship is discovered, a team of the best Captains are sent to investigate and they find something that totally changes their lives and those of the billions of inhabitants of The Ship. The story spans millennia as people live for centuries and The Ship travels through the Galaxy and beyond. It is well written and the characters have the depth to make you care about them. Fans of Iain M. Bank's Culture novels will enjoy Marrow as both writers use hedonistic societies based on high technology. Excellent.
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