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Eater (Paperback)

by Gregory Benford (Author)
3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 386 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit; paperback / softback edition (4 Jan 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841490172
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841490175
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 643,040 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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`...writes with verve and insight not only about black holes and cosmic strings but about human desires and fears.'

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'EATER is the best of Benford's hard SF thrillers to date'

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not literature, but superb hard SF, 7 April 2001
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A fascinating book that gives a new spin to a rarely-explored plot idea. Apart from the satisfaction of knowing that all the details have been checked and are consistent with science as we know it, there are some fascinating insights into the nature and likely behaviour of an immensely intelligent but wholly non-human mind. The book starts rather slowly but builds steadily up to a thrilling climax.

Aficionados can amuse themselves by spotting the parallels with Fred Hoyle's brilliantly original novel "The Black Cloud", published in the early 1960s. The name of the dominant scientist is one, but there are at least half a dozen more. However, "Eater" is also very different from "The Black Cloud" - in its setting, its people, and above all in the nature of the visiting alien.

Gregory Benford can be relied on to take leading-edge scientific ideas and build them into exciting stories. Unlike some SF writers, he makes a distinct effort to build characters, and his people are far more rounded and believable than those of some "literary" authors. The plot revolves around scientific ideas and events rather than people's feelings and relationships, but then this is SF.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down., 13 Jan 2001
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I read it cover to cover in about a day - another one of those books where you just want to see what happens next.

It's no classic, but well worth a read.

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3.0 out of 5 stars fretful plagiary, 17 May 2008
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The similarities between this book and Fred Hoyle's "The Black Cloud" are so many and so striking and so detailed (e.g. the name of the lead character) that I think some acknowledgement might be called for. However, none is given.
Apart from that, it is a probably a better book, certainly better written. (Fred does tend to plod.)
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