- Hardcover: 367 pages
- Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.; First edition (27 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0765301709
- ISBN-13: 978-0765301703
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 14.5 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 266,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Nancy Kress made her reputation in the early 90's with her multiple award-winning novella BEGGARS IN SPAIN, which became the basis of her extremely successful Beggars Trilogy. Now she brings us PROBABILITY SPACE, the conclusion of her trilogy that began with PROBABILITY MOON and PROBABILITY SUN. Centred on the same world as Kress's Nebula Award-winning novelette, Flowers of Aulit Prison, the Probability Trilogy has already been recognised as her next great work by critics and readers alike. In PROBABILITY SPACE, humanity is losing the war with the alien Fallers. As the action moves from the Earth to Mars to the farthest reaches of known space, four humans-armed with little more than an unproven theory-try to enter the Fallers' home star system. It's a desperate gamble, and the fate of the entire universe may hang in the balance.
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2.8 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)
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exciting climax to a strong series, 14 Sep 2002
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Probability Space (Probability Trilogy) (Hardcover)
The war between mankind and the Fallers goes unabated as humanity's enemy still ignores any transmissions from their opponents. If anything, the hostilities are turning worse at least for humans as it looks inevitable that the Fallers are going to win. An alien victory means the end of humanity because no one survives a battle let alone a war with the enigmatic Fallers.The taste of defeat leads to an earthly coup with the new leader apparently willing to use a "not of this earth" doomsday machine (that the Fallers also possess) to annihilate the enemy. However, not everyone agrees with the wisdom of deploying a device not fully understood as to its ramifications and most likely will also rip the space-time continuum. Physicist Capelo, Major Kaufman, and sensitive Grant try a Hail Mary ploy to communicate with the Fallers before the galaxy as it is relatively known is ripped asunder forever.
The final novel in the "Probability" trilogy (see Probability Sun and Probability Moon) is an exciting climax to a strong series. The story line of Probability Space can stand alone yet brings closure that will please fans of the series and coax newcomers to seek out the previous books. Though the probability of some of the events occurring as written seems statistically unreliable, Nancy Kress furbishes a strong climax to a delightfully intelligent triad.
Harriet Klausner
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Tedious and poorly crafted, 10 Mar 2005
By David Hunter - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Probability Space (Paperback)
I was so enthralled with the previous two Probability books that I read each of them in a single sitting, which is very rare for me. I also really enjoyed "Crossfire". But this book I almost didn't finish at all. The characters in the previous two books were solidly drawn and acted with intelligent and interesting motivations. Here, they seem almost random. The plot is strung together from coincidences and blatant contrivances. Like reviewer Sparks, I too became convinced that the author had no idea what this book was supposed to be about. Furthermore, it seemed to me that key background information about the story was repeated almost verbatim every few chapters, making the author look like a student trying to hit a page count. This is a bad book and wholly unworthy of a writer of Kress's obvious talent.
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Not a satisfying finish to the trilogy, 22 Jan 2004
By David W Sparks - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Probability Space (Paperback)
While I thoroughly enjoyed the previous two books in this trilogy, I feel that the third volume falls somewhat flat. Kress alternates between two main storylines (one following Amanda Capelo, and the other following Lyle Kaufman) both of which are at best reactionary and at worst aimless. The absurdity of the plot devices in the Amanda storyline are only outdone by the impossibility of the plot devices in the Kaufman storyline. Motivations for the characters are often unclear.Halfway through the book, I was convinced that even the author had no idea where it was going. Somewhat late in the game (about page 200) the book does find its pacing and races to finish things off, but I found the conclusion unsatisfying.
I would only recommend this book to fans of the first two books who are obsessive compulsive completists. Casual fans would be better off reading Kress' short fiction.
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