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by Nancy Kress (Author) "When Enli came outside at sunrise, her flower beds had been destroyed ..." (more)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Forge (30 May 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312875835
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312875831
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Shared Reality, 25 Jan 2004
By Patrick Shepherd "hyperpat" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Probability Moon (Probability Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)
Probability Moon introduces a neat idea: along with the standard forces of gravity, strong and weak nuclear forces, and electromagnetism, there is a fifth force, probability, which can be controlled (in this case, via a left-over artifact of a long vanished civilization). The major effect: the ability to make almost any element radioactive (after all, the fission of an atom, proton, meson, etc, is all described as a probability of decay in a given time period). At a different 'power' setting, it can used to affect how the human brain works, by changing the probability of which (and how) neurons fire. It's this latter item that forms the basis for this novel: an entire world, under the artifact’s influence for several thousand years, has developed a society that has 'shared reality', where quite literally people can feel another's pain, where there is only one view of the world, and new and different ideas can cause serious 'head pain'. As such, it paints a picture of a type of utopia, with never the less some warts, some people who don't quite fit, or who have performed some action beyond the pale that gets them labeled 'unreal' (and therefore not just stigmatized but almost literally unseeable). Into this world come the Terrans, at war with a truly alien species, and most anxious to grab and understand the ancient's artifacts, which includes not only the ‘small’ device affecting the world, but the entire moon of the planet.

The good things about this book are decent hard science concepts and competent characterization. What drags it down is an almost stereotypical plot in terms of both the Terran war and the changes caused in the society by Terran interference. I felt that her depicted society could have used a lot more exposition; in too many places how it really works is only briefly sketched. And the near mindless depiction of the Terran military is poor, a prop used to bring ‘action’ to the plot. But her prose is very readable, and the story flow is smooth, with a net result of a quick read with some excitation of the reader’s ‘sense of wonder’, a prime ingredient in a ‘hard’ SF work..

This is my first introduction to Kress at novel length - she has been a rapidly rising star at shorter lengths as evidenced by her Hugo and Nebula awards. From the evidence here, she will be a fine addition to the limited stable of ‘hard' SF writers as her story telling ability at longer lengths improves.

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