- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Ace Books (1 Jan 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0441008933
- ISBN-13: 978-0441008933
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 391,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read all Russo's previous work, I did not know what to expect as he translates from near-future San Francisco of previous Carlucci novels to Space at an indeterminate time. Although the book starts benignly, in a simple style compared to, say Gibson's Chanleresque prose, its content becomes gripping. Expect the unexpected. Russo expresses some interesting concepts with far deeper meaning than their superficial use in dialogue. He is now my favourite SF author, after Gibson. Russo makes recent Iain M Banks work look insubstantial and weak.
A must.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a fantastic book this is! I have always loved science fiction, but over the last 20 years or so have become increasingly disenchanted with the genre's obsession with fantasy and mega-hitech futures. This book is like a breath of fresh air, combining one of my favourite themes (the 'generation' ship) with traditional sci-fi.
Russo writes very well, and the book is a joy to read. I really didn't want to put it down and read it very quickly, which, as I have two young children and a full-time job, is the acid test for any book! The characters are well drawn and engagingly human. The horrors they witness on Antioch are also very moving, but a reminder of just what humanity can never escape from, although, ironically, this violence was inflicted by 'aliens'. The encounter with the alien ship is also wonderful, reminiscent of a cross between 'Alien' and 'The Cube', but much better.
The book's ending is well crafted, providing us with hope, but also the realisation that that hope could be dashed at any time. And, we wonder, what happened to Captain Nikos? We know really, but we hope that the Argonos may have survived!
If you love traditional sci-fi get a copy of this book, it's marvelous. I hope Russo writes something else like this.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The tension mounts from early on to a dramatic ending which because of the authors style, you wont know if its going to work out OK for the characters until the very end. And I'm not telling, you'll have to read the book.
Good characters, including the lead character who takes decisions for the right motives but things somehow dont always work out for the best.
And the scariest and cruelist (is that a word?) aliens you've ever encountered. Their presence is always unsettlingly in the background or just around the next corner, and once you know what they do ....
Good characters, including the lead character who takes decisions for the right motives but things somehow dont always work out for the best.
And the scariest and cruelist (is that a word?) aliens you've ever encountered. Their presence is always unsettlingly in the background or just around the next corner, and once you know what they do ....
Joe
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