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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Despite a one dimensional main hero and a poor choice in names (a pirate named Scarlett Riviera, really?) the world building, aliens and the space-operatic mind candy is top-notch, with some chapters (usually those which abandon the hero for the protagonists) even reminding me of Iain M. Banks at his best. The Venus-like planet never really comes off as threatening, and neither do the space zombies, who do most of their destruction off-camera, but all in all you could do worse for light summer reading. ( )It was interesting at first, but then I got bored and never finished. True, I was v. busy at the time, but there have been many books that have kept my interest despite time limits. I was excited at the prospect of space zombies, but disappointed when it got dull. I may try it again in the future when I have more time to devote to it. Spacedive floating city zombie war politics. It appears that Pepper is now the lynchpin of this particular future history - and has the main role in this novel. He isn't happy, either, as conflict between the Ragamuffins, their human opponents and the odd alien leftover continues. This time on a planet that is a little Venusian - so the upper atmosphere is the safer place to be. As long as he can survive a swan dive out of a spaceship to the planet, pirates, and a war. He picks up a sidekick in one of the local lads who proves to be pretty handy. With the alien presence diminishing the technology level of the humans is getting lower - and here you see squads of militia desperately fighting infected zombie people with homemade polearms, as an example of this sort of thing. So this book hearkens back a little to some of the low tech fighting of the first in the series, but in a significantly different setting, and for bigger stakes. At the end there is a setup for a potentially different style of book next, with shenanigans in a different arena. Unlikely to happen without spaceships or blowing things up though, I'd imagine, but likely far fewer zombies. I'll call this one 3.5 and a bit. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2008/12... Spacedive floating city zombie war politics. It appears that Pepper is now the lynchpin of this particular future history - and has the main role in this novel. He isn't happy, either, as conflict between the Ragamuffins, their human opponents and the odd alien leftover continues. This time on a planet that is a little Venusian - so the upper atmosphere is the safer place to be. As long as he can survive a swan dive out of a spaceship to the planet, pirates, and a war. He picks up a sidekick in one of the local lads who proves to be pretty handy. With the alien presence diminishing the technology level of the humans is getting lower - and here you see squads of militia desperately fighting infected zombie people with homemade polearms, as an example of this sort of thing. So this book hearkens back a little to some of the low tech fighting of the first in the series, but in a significantly different setting, and for bigger stakes. At the end there is a setup for a potentially different style of book next, with shenanigans in a different arena. Unlikely to happen without spaceships or blowing things up though, I'd imagine, but likely far fewer zombies. I'll call this one 3.5 and a bit. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2008/12... no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0765319209, Hardcover)Welcome to Chilo, a planet with corrosive rain, crushing pressure, and deadly heat. Fortunately, fourteen-year-old Timas lives in one of the domed cities that float 100,000 feet above the surface, circling near the edge of a monstrous perpetual storm. Above the acidic clouds the temperature and pressure are normal. But to make a living, Timas like many other young men, is lowered to the surface in an armored suit to scavenge what he can. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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