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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  jguy7500 | Jul 23, 2009 |  Everything, almost, seems to come together to cause a galactic disaster in this book. Can the long lost natives, fighting amongst themselves, survive the problems to come, and just what, exactly, is going on in a universe gone crazy? Planetary and galactic politics cause all sorts of chaos. (  ) Karlstar | Jan 25, 2009 | The final part of the second Uplift trilogy. A real space opera, developing the themes in the earlier books and set off Jijo. Interesting astrophysical ideas and clever tying together of the plot lines. Lots of loose ends at the end though - some return to an uncertain future of Jijo in Galaxy 4 now split from the other 4 galaxies. The Streaker returns to Earth and Larl gets sent beyond the known galaxies. ( ) ascapola | Sep 13, 2007 | Tasty morsel of a novel. Completes the Streaker journey. But we still don't know anything about Herbie and the Progenitors, dammit. ( ) anandrajan | Jul 13, 2007 | The universal collapse comes closer with more and more gropes races aligned against Earth and the dolphin crewed spaceship that may have answers to some ancient mysteries. AZ_Dude | Feb 4, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0553574736, Mass Market Paperback)Heaven's Reach is the final volume of the Uplift trilogy, which begins in Brightness Reef and continues in Infinity's Shore. It chronicles the adventures of a handful of primitives from the planet Jijo who have left or been taken from their homes only to be swept into the intrigues of galactic politics. The novel also continues the story of the fugitive Earth starship Streaker, pursued across the galaxy for its precious cargo of ancient artifacts. Just when it looks like things can't get worse for Streaker, the foretold Time of Changes rocks the galaxy. Devastating "space quakes" shake every planet and star, and some of the particularly unscrupulous alien races attempt to use the disaster to further their bizarre goals. There's danger and excitement on almost every page (in contrast to much of the first two books in the series) and Brin finally delivers on many of the mysteries of the Five Galaxies. The Progenitors, the Hydrogen Breathers, Streaker's cargo--these and more are explained at last. Or are they? Each seemingly ultimate truth tends to dissolve a chapter later, revealing a new and more complex truth. New adventures and mysteries await. --Brooks Peck(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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I had to re-read this book to really enjoy it - first time through I thought that it had too many new ideas, but I'm glad I read it again. It's a great conclusion to the series. It doesn't answer all the questions, but that's just like life isn't it?
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