Superluminal

Awesome, complicated and largely believable. Very enjoyable with a lot going on.
It's just a bit too much of a 'book two of three' when I haven't read book one, and I gather book three will never happen. Read and enjoy, just don't expect too much out of the ending.

Superluminal is a reasonable continuation from Metaplanetary. Some of my criticisms also continue.

This book may be even more choppy. The war scenes are the least interesting parts. Not that they aren't handled well but they are not the, um, spectacle of the story. The plot itself isn't quite as mind-blowing as the first book, perhaps because we've seen the underpinnings of Daniel's vision before. There are some passages that felt repetitive.

I know he's trying not to lose readers who start with this book but that is inevitable, given his plot evolution. Read book one or don't complain, lol. Given that, if I read one more description of how cloudships use the Casimir effect I'm going to scream.

We still get no explanation how masochist show more Ames turned clearly sadist, though it was satisfying to hear the original Ames program talk a little about his view of what happened.

Loved the introduction of the Jeep and more discussion of the Glory effect.

I'm hoping I'll see book three because the plot is entertaining enough and the cliff hangers are even bigger. I still want to know more about Ames super-spy and why he is critical to the rebellion, why he is worth Leo's amazing journey to deliver him. show less