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Title: Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds ISBN: 0-441-01058-X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (13 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: strong science but anti-climactic
Comment: This is the third book by Alastair Reynolds that I've read. I've read them all in sequence, and I was very excited to learn of this book, Redemption Ark, especially after I was somewhat disappointed by his second book, Chasm City, but very impressed with his first book, Revelation Space.
Redemption Ark IS very spell-binding. The science fiction is edgy (bording on evil) and remarkable, and the character development is quite good. I especially like the stuff about inertia supression technology. But the book is very anti-climactic at the end, just like Chasm City, which is why I was disappointed. The whole issue with the "wolves" was gone over too fast in the end, and you don't hear anything more about the Exordium (sp?) experiments and inertia suppression technology, and you don't really get to know what the weapons cache is really capable of. It seems like the author was in a hurry to finish the book, that's all. I have a feeling there must be another sequel to this book the way it ended (I hope so). Wait until it comes out in paperback, or check it out of the library.
Rating: 5
Summary: If you like top notch Space Opera this is for you...
Comment: Redemption Ark is a 'can't put it down' read. Make sure that you have read both Revelation Space and Chasm City prior to this one to get the full effect.
Reynolds writes with a breadth of story that compares to Iain Banks or Vernor Vinge in terms of pace and characters. The story line sucks you in and the only bad thing about this book is that is leaves you wanting more...right now.
I guess I'll just have to wait for the next one.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Read
Comment: Alastair Reynold's strength comes from the fact that he has crafted a truly remarkable world, with extraordinarily imaginative beings. His greatest triumph, however, is that he has brought back what the sci-fi genre truly needs: REAL SCIENCE. This novel is for those of us who love Robert Heinlen, Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke.
Too many people were brought up with Star Wars and Star Trek which are 95% fantasy and 5% melodrama. As good as they may be, they have NOTHING to do with science fiction. Reynolds uses both fantasy elements and science elements to create a strange and horrific, yet alluring vision of the future. A place where humans have reshaped themselves into things almost unrecognizable, where you can travel to other worlds only if you're willing to forever leave behind your family and friends.
Redemption Ark is not as good as Revelation Space. Part of the attraction I found to Revelation Space was the feeling of a vast history that is merely referred to by the characters but never shown the reader. I found the mystery of this undiscovered knowledge to be attractive. Redemption Ark reveals the answers to many questions, and though it brings up many questions of its own, it takes away from that alluring mystery.
Again, the book contains multiple plot lines just like Chasm City and Revelation Space. The style is relatively the same, lacking in characterization but very strong in style, science, and intelligence. I highly recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys REAL science fiction, not dumbed down nonsense that condenses easily into a 1 hour tv program (hint hint: star trek).
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Title: Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds ISBN: 0441010644 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds ISBN: 0441009425 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan ISBN: 0345457684 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Ilium by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0380978938 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Golden Age by John C. Wright ISBN: 0812579844 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 14 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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