Sunstorm (2005)

by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter

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Series: A Time Odyssey (book 2)

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Excellent read. Even better than Book 1. (

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rondoctor | Sep 7, 2010 |

Much better and more exciting plot than the first book in the series however still develops at a painfully slow pace and requires a few suspension of disbeliefs (i.e. why would two key characters fail to meet for most of the book). Also, so say that it is anticlimactic would be an understatement as the slow build culminated into an intense event that is never brought to closure- just skipped over in the next chapter. I mellowly enjoyed the story but not excited about the style. (

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dvulcano | May 14, 2010 |

The second book of the Time Odyssey continues to deliver. Lots of references to the Space Odyssey books. Very heavy on hard science topics. I.e., what happens when a gas giant 15 times the mass of Jupiter crashes into our sun?
Characters are a bit one dimensional.
Looking forward to reading the 3rd book of the cycle. (

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PrairieProgressive | Jun 8, 2007 |

The sequel to Time's Eye was pretty dissapointing in all it's aspects. While Time's Eye had an interesting concept at it's core, Sunstorm has a fairly standard disaster plot - the sun is going to go blooey and wipe out life on earth. The cause of this potential disaster are laughably ridiculous and the solution to the problem is completely predicatable. Bubbling underneath the dumb B-movie disaster plot are some vaguely interesting ideas and sf concepts, but no effort is ever really put in to developing them. The characters are straight out of the cliche pile and I can't think of a single time in the book I was surprised by anything. I guess it's an ok b-movie style disaster story, but I expect much better from these authors. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Arthur C. Clarke	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Baxter, Stephen	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Schroeder, Julie	Designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Stevenson, David	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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A Time Odyssey (book 2)

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Sunstorm

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Bisesa Dutt

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Bisesa Dutt gasped, and staggered.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345452518, Mass Market Paperback)

When Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the greatest science fiction writer ever, teams up with award-winning author Stephen Baxter, who shares Clarke’s bold vision of a future where technology and humanism advance hand in hand, the result is bound to be a book of stellar ambition and accomplishment. Such was the case with Time’s Eye. Now, in the highly anticipated sequel, Clarke and Baxter draw their epic to a triumphant conclusion that is as mind-blowing as anything in Clarke’s famous Space Odyssey series.

SUNSTORM

Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of lands and people cut out of different eras of Earth’s history. Why did the Firstborn create Mir? Why was Bisesa taken there and then brought back on the day after her original disappearance?

Bisesa’s questions receive a chilling answer when scientists discover an anomaly in the sun’s core–an anomaly that has no natural cause is evidence of alien intervention over two thousand years before. Now plans set in motion millennia ago by inscrutable watchers light-years away are coming to fruition in a sunstorm designed to scour the Earth of all life in a bombardment of deadly radiation.

Thus commences a furious race against a ticking solar time bomb. But even now, as apocalypse looms, cooperation is not easy for the peoples and nations of the Earth. Religious and political differences threaten to undermine every effort.

And all the while, the Firstborn are watching...

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"Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of lands and people cut out of different eras of Earth's history. Why did the Firstborn create Mir? Why was Bisesa taken there and then brought back on the day after her original disappearance?" "Bisesa's questions receive a chilling answer when scientists discover an anomaly in the sun's core - an anomaly that has no natural cause is evidence of alien intervention over two thousand years before. Now plans set in motion millennia ago by inscrutable watchers light-years away are coming to fruition in a sunstorm designed to scour the Earth of all life in a bombardment of deadly radiation.". "Thus commences a furious race against a ticking solar time bomb. But even now, as apocalypse looms, cooperation is not easy for the peoples and nations of the Earth. Religious and political differences threaten to undermine every effort. And all the while, the Firstborn are watching."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)

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