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The Eternity Artifact (Hardcover)

by L.E. Modesitt (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books (28 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0765314649
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765314642
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 642,070 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Five thousand years in the future, humankind has spread across thousands of worlds, and more than a dozen different governments exist in an uneasy truce. But human beings have found no signs of other life that approaches human intelligence. This changes when scientists discover a sunless planet they name Danann, travelling the void just beyond the edge of the Galaxy at such a high speed that it cannot be natural. Its continents and oceans have been sculpted and shaped. There is only a single megaplex upon it - close to perfectly preserved - with tens of thousands of near-identical metallic-silver-blue towers set along curved canals. Danann has been abandoned for so long that even the atmosphere has frozen solid. Within a few years Danann will approach an area of singularities that will make exploration and investigation impossible. Orbital shuttle pilot Jiendra Chang, artist Chendor Barna, and history professor Liam Fitzhugh are recruited by the Comity government and its Deep Space Service, along with scores of other experts, as part of an unprecedented and unique expedition to unravel Danann's secrets. And there are forces that will stop at nothing to prevent them, even if it means interstellar war.

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5.0 out of 5 stars his most intellectual book to date, 5 April 2006
By Colin Mccrae (scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Eternity Artifact (Mass Market Paperback)
This is his most ambitious book yet with lots of intelligent characters. With more than one main character if you like hard sci fi or the ecolitan envoy series buy this book you will love it. The blurb on the back cover sounds incredably dull and ungripping. The book is certainly not Modesitt paints the picture of rivaling theocracies and the speed of future communication technology and treachery and space combat vividly and with finesse.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Underwhelming, 12 Feb 2009
By Kenny F (Scotland) - See all my reviews
I think there are several major issues with this book. For starters, the first person style is fine when the is a single character and the action follows their experiences. Here, an attempt has been made to marry the first person style with the multi character viewpoint of third person. I think this approach is clunky and often confusing. I also found it frustrating to read about the same events repeatedly from only very slightly different viewpoints.
Modesitt also repeats dialogue constantly and describes the same items constantly. I lost count of the number of times I was treated to the truly gripping description of the 'blue skin-tights and grey vest and shorts of the DSS'.
*yawn*
Finally... the character of Liam Fitzhugh has incredibly awkward dialogue. This is deliberate... it's supposed to be an idiosyncrasy... but it's just stupid.

Oh and the space battles are spectacularly uninteresting.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellant hard sci-fi adventure, 25 Aug 2008
By Ken Fowler (Leeds uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Eternity Artifact (Mass Market Paperback)
My first try of this author. I enjoyed reading the book although it left me wanting a bit more at the end. However I don't think this is likely to generate a new series.
It deals with a galaxy populated by humans with no sign of other intelligent life anywhere, until a new planet is found in the void between galaxies made by others billions of years earlier, and the impact of this on the various cultures and beliefs, with many similarities to todays issues.
Written in an unusual style, all in the first person and the story is told in a series of short chapters from varying viewpoints, even the enemies. This leads to some overlap with some events covered several times from different angles, but on the whole a different and successful approach.
Recommended
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