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None No current Talk conversations about this book.  wildwily | May 28, 2020 |   I don’t really mind the politics. It’s a bit heavy handed, but it’s handled well. Some of the ‘humor’ is *really* heavy handed. The kind of inside jokes that don’t read well, more a way to wink and nod as if to say,”I am on the inside.” The plot is good. The SF tech is a bit handwavium, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. There is a decent amount of breadth to the scope, although Steve is clearly central and thus America. The prose is clean and there were no noticeable editing errors. There’s something missing. It’s like watching a movie on tv. You can see the action and hear the dialogue, but there is a whole level of the experience that is missing. I don’t know how to describe what’s missing except to say that it is. The easiest comparison is Ringo’s “Hot Gate”. Same basic plot with a lot of similar politics. Something about the characters reads differently, and it is that difference that makes a novel worth re-reading. It’s almost like someone analyzed the plot points and wrote to the structure rather than a more organic style. Even the action goes by without ^feeling^ the adrenaline. It felt superficial. I won’t be buying the next book. (  ) wildwily | May 28, 2020 | ) Dragget | Jul 15, 2014 | no reviews | add a review
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Earth is not alone. There is a towering civilisation out in the galaxy, far greater than anything we can imagine. But we are isolated from the galaxy ... until now.When a bunch of interstellar scavengers approach Earth, intending to abduct a few dozen humans and sell them into slavery in the darkest, they make the mistake of picking on Steve Stuart and his friends, ex-military veterans all. Unprepared for humans who can actually fight, unaware of the true capabilities of their stolen starships, the scavengers rapidly lose control of the ship - and their lives. To Steve, the captured starship represents a great opportunity, one to establish a new civilisation away from Earth and its increasingly oppressive bureaucracy. But with the aliens plotting their revenge and human factions suspicious of the new technology, it will be far from easy to create a whole new world ... No library descriptions found. |
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I don’t really mind the politics. It’s a bit heavy handed, but it’s handled well. Some of the ‘humor’ is *really* heavy handed. The kind of inside jokes that don’t read well, more a way to wink and nod as if to say,”I am on the inside.”
The plot is good. The SF tech is a bit handwavium, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. There is a decent amount of breadth to the scope, although Steve is clearly central and thus America.
The prose is clean and there were no noticeable editing errors.
There’s something missing.
It’s like watching a movie on tv. You can see the action and hear the dialogue, but there is a whole level of the experience that is missing. I don’t know how to describe what’s missing except to say that it is.
The easiest comparison is Ringo’s “Hot Gate”. Same basic plot with a lot of similar politics. Something about the characters reads differently, and it is that difference that makes a novel worth re-reading.
It’s almost like someone analyzed the plot points and wrote to the structure rather than a more organic style. Even the action goes by without ^feeling^ the adrenaline. It felt superficial.
I won’t be buying the next book. (