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Loading... Geodesica: Ascent (edition 2005)by Sean Williams, Shane Dix
Work InformationGeodesica: Ascent by Sean Williams
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The year is 2438. Humanity has migrated to the stars in discrete waves, driven by evolving technologies and new ways of being human. The far-flung Arc Systems struggle under the yoke of their newest rulers--Exarchs from Sol, whose monopoly on faster-than-light communication gives them absolute control of a growing interstellar empire. But humans weren't the first to conquer the stars, and the discovery of an alien artifact promising transport between systems threatens to undermine the Exarchs' power. Revolutionary leader Melilah Awad seeks an alliance to unlock Geodesica's secrets with VOIDship pilot Palmer Eogan, a lover she lost to the Dark more than two centuries earlier. What they find could be more dangerous than anyone--human or more than human--could imagine.... No library descriptions found. |
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This book did not win my attention, and as I wonder why I keep coming back to the idea of a 200 year old love interrupted love affair as the central theme in a science fiction novel, and wondering why. The author has many opportunities to make this an interesting tale, but only lightly touches on the idea of colonial society controlled by a dictator who's rule is sanctioned by a greater dictator from “sol.” The dictator's motives were never really explained in a coherent manner consistent with the supremely logical beings the dictators were supposedly and in short, you are left at the conclusion of the tale wondering why the big boss had to destroy the whole colony, while the star-crossed lovers escape down a rabbit hole. In short, it is science fiction, I'd expect the technology to be explained, but it never really was – at least not like other writers. My take is that the author has some good ideas but his editor does not read Sci-Fy, or like it, so did not keep the writer to the story, whatever they decided it was. Pick something else to invest your time in, you can do better.