- Hardcover: 360 pages
- Publisher: Ace Books (Nov 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0441013295
- ISBN-13: 978-0441013296
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,222,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have been a fan of Jack McDevitt ever since reading Slow Lightning and this book does not disappoint. The story focuses on Alex and Chase going on a trail to locate The Seeker, a ship that was carrying humans to a new life. The story is like a who-dun-it but more in the sense of what-happened and why. Like many of Jack McDevitt's books this is intriguing and enticing. If you like the previous books with Alex and Chase you will like this, however you don't need to have read the previous books to appreciate this one.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is another classic McDevitt. Strong on story, strong on science themes, strong on twists. A great read for Mcdevitt fans.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book to see if it lived up to the cover hype: "The logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C Clarke". Sadly not I'm afraid. Heinlein in his "Space Family Stone" phase perhaps would be closer. Plenty of pace, but the characters hardly get past 1 dimensional and would be ideal if they existed in a comic book. Lack of proper characters would be OK if the science was solid, but the main "event" has so many holes it is frankly unbelievable on several counts. I'll avoid spoilers, but come on, (50/9000) years * 0.5 lightyears is next to nowhere. It was right on top of them, and in the ecliptic too.
The real killer for me though is the sociology. Why, in 10,000 years time and with hundreds of settled worlds, would anyone remember Winston Churchill ? English has supposedly been forgotten but the "Queen Charlottes" are remembered? The oldest coin comes from 2006: why not dig up any Roman site you'd care to mention ? None of the little details make any sense when questioned.
Unintentionally hilarious in places though. The Hap scene: how cliched is that bit ? Later, an identical persona (with a different name of course) with a laser. Kept me thinking of the Rocky Horror scene when Riff Raff appears as the commander and shoots Frank for some reason. "That's a laser".
This is weak science and poor fiction. Ideal if you are on a long flight and the only alternative is Dan Brown, but otherwise perhaps trying some proper science fiction would be an idea.
The real killer for me though is the sociology. Why, in 10,000 years time and with hundreds of settled worlds, would anyone remember Winston Churchill ? English has supposedly been forgotten but the "Queen Charlottes" are remembered? The oldest coin comes from 2006: why not dig up any Roman site you'd care to mention ? None of the little details make any sense when questioned.
Unintentionally hilarious in places though. The Hap scene: how cliched is that bit ? Later, an identical persona (with a different name of course) with a laser. Kept me thinking of the Rocky Horror scene when Riff Raff appears as the commander and shoots Frank for some reason. "That's a laser".
This is weak science and poor fiction. Ideal if you are on a long flight and the only alternative is Dan Brown, but otherwise perhaps trying some proper science fiction would be an idea.
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