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"A hundred millennia has passed since the events of Iron Gods. The Spin is dying, and its few inhabitants live unknowingly in the relative paradise of one of hundreds of Virtual Realities--'vrealities'--or they scrape a living out of remains of the real world. As the vrealities drain the last resources of the Spin, a rebellion which could kill millions sparks and gains momentum. In a remote star system, an ancient insectoid called Skarbo the Horologist has studied The Spin for several show more lifetimes. Himself near to death, he makes a final journey to look his last on the object of his studies. There he learns of the artificial system's past, the real nature of the vrealities--and the part he has to play in their future..."--Amazon.com. show lessTags
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Worthy of Your Attention: A Space Opera!
I was kindly given a copy of Stone Clock from author, Andrew Bannister (AB), in exchange for a review. From my perspective the timing could not have been better as I was just starting the first book in the trilogy, Creation Machine.
This trilogy is big picture space opera. I hate to compare an author's work with others, but it did have some flavour of Bank's Culture books and AB does convey the ideas of the current world's is based upon what has gone before. Although there were one or two times I was not quite sure what was going on (I genrally had an idea), the trilogy is very readable and with an interesting cast of characters. I especially liked The Bird.
Stone Trilogy was the best of the three show more books, with some great concepts, especially those relating to virtual realities, the speeds at which they run and huge timescales. All books have a host of landscapes which varied from the beautiful to the weird and I can only imagine that AB's imagination was in overdrive. The Spin itself is a great idea and in the end there is even logic to it's madness
In summary this is a fast-paced, accessible and fun conclusion to a great big universe of a space opera trilogy. There may even be room for a little more Spinning. show less
I was kindly given a copy of Stone Clock from author, Andrew Bannister (AB), in exchange for a review. From my perspective the timing could not have been better as I was just starting the first book in the trilogy, Creation Machine.
This trilogy is big picture space opera. I hate to compare an author's work with others, but it did have some flavour of Bank's Culture books and AB does convey the ideas of the current world's is based upon what has gone before. Although there were one or two times I was not quite sure what was going on (I genrally had an idea), the trilogy is very readable and with an interesting cast of characters. I especially liked The Bird.
Stone Trilogy was the best of the three show more books, with some great concepts, especially those relating to virtual realities, the speeds at which they run and huge timescales. All books have a host of landscapes which varied from the beautiful to the weird and I can only imagine that AB's imagination was in overdrive. The Spin itself is a great idea and in the end there is even logic to it's madness
In summary this is a fast-paced, accessible and fun conclusion to a great big universe of a space opera trilogy. There may even be room for a little more Spinning. show less
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