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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. alejandropolo | Jun 14, 2009 |   This is the first book I've read by this author - he was recommended to me by a colleague and I'm delighted to have 'found' him - I thought the quality of writing, story, and characterization were excellent. This book kept me interested all the way through - my only complaint is the ending (and specifically, I'm talking about the last two paragraphs here). I really didn't like it. (  )ivirago | Mar 19, 2009 | I enjoyed this book, granted it's not as good as Revelation Space. I few things I disliked was that it seemed to drag a little at the end after leaving E2, and then the story was wrapped up a little to quickly for my liking, but it was good to see Reynolds move into another 'universe'. I enjoyed some of the original elements which generated the plot. It is refreshing to read some speculative fiction in which the story line doesn't follow the same old patterns. Wolf594 | Feb 27, 2009 | Has some interesting invention-y ideas and a reasonably solid plot, but partially ruins both by resorting to dire b-movie/film noir dialogue at times and rarely making the characters very full. (  )RachDan | May 4, 2008 | If you haven't read any Alastair Reynolds books go and read Revelation Space, one of the best science fiction novels ever. That frankly is the main problem with this novel; after his amazing debut novels, the move away to a new topic was always going to be a bit in shadow. This is still an excellent read, with some odd and (typically) seemingly disjointed story lines. It is a sinister tale with some horrific gothic moments, but nonetheless didn't grip me as other Reynolds novels have done. (  )daniel.links | Sep 30, 2007 | 0.046 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0441012906, Hardcover)Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space trilogy is "one of the most impressive serial space operas of recent times" (Locus). The award-winning author continues to forge the future of science fiction with Century Rain.In the far future, the technological disaster known as the Nanocaust left Earth uninhabitable. Archaeologist Verity Auger continues to explore the remnants of the planet's environment. But Verity is needed to examine something far more important-the discovery of mid-twentieth century Earth at the far end of a wormhole. And on this alternate world is a device capable of destroying both Earths if Verity cannot find the man preparing to detonate it in time. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:56 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Nonetheless, it was a good read. (