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Heaven's Reach (The Uplift Saga, Book 6) (edition 1999)

by David Brin

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The Jijoans, under attack by the terrifying Jophur, make their escape in the Earthship Streaker, and must learn once again to overcome their differences and work together as they race toward an uncertain future.
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Title:Heaven's Reach (The Uplift Saga, Book 6)
Authors:David Brin
Info:Spectra (1999), Mass Market Paperback, 576 pages
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Rating:****
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This book goes so far over the top Voyager would be jealous.

It's hard to believe a story line that begins on placid Jijo can end up here.

A wild ride that ends with a million loose ends. I'm not sure if the authour is planning a dozen more books to tidy things up, or (more likely) he's as dazed by the results as the rest of us.

Read this book, but buckle your seatbelts first! ( )
  furicle | Aug 5, 2023 |
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
Very good conclusion, leaving me wanting more. At the same time I sure would have liked to have known how some of the other characters that Brin had introduced us to in the previous trilogy had fared ( )
  Eternal.Optimist | Aug 22, 2018 |
Brin's concluding book in his Uplift series continues the story of the escape of the spaceship Streaker from the fanatic Jophur, told from the many diverse points of view of the characters we've grown to love. However, in this book Brin chooses to expose another layer of his mysterious universe, writing for the first time about how various orders of life interact (both humans and Jophur are of the same order), providing a much wider perspective on just how significant or insignificant humanity's toils may be. This made for a very interesting read, as we discovered a lot more about how the universe works beyond the level of the "great galactic civilization" that is so impressive in previous books. While the multi-book plot of the voyage of the Streaker does finally come to and end, and Brin does address some of the series-long plotlines and mysteries, much still remains unexplained, and his introduction of a new, higher level of order poses even more questions. Despite this, I found the book to be a satisfactory conclusion to the long-running story, as most of the primary characters have found a level of peace. ( )
  Phrim | Feb 9, 2016 |
Ties up most of the loose ends - just in case you'd wondered what happened after _Startide Rising_. ( )
  dbsovereign | Jan 26, 2016 |
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Feist, R.Author photosecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gambino, FredCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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