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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
Couldn't get into it and stopped early on in the book
4 stars - It was great. I loved it.
I could definitely see where Cameron used this as inspiration for Avatar, yet it was a completely different story.
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Favorite Quote: You cannot live with a world by taking when and where it suits only you, or eventually, your world dies and you with it.
First Sentence: World with no name.
I could definitely see where Cameron used this as inspiration for Avatar, yet it was a completely different story.
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Favorite Quote: You cannot live with a world by taking when and where it suits only you, or eventually, your world dies and you with it.
First Sentence: World with no name.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A fun and wondrous adventure through one of the coolest concepts for an alien world that I've ever read. Foster describes so many species of flora and fauna that I was overwhelmed with his imagination and ingenuity. It has a killer ending that makes the book better than it has any right to be. As someone interested in botany, I found myself being drawn into the world easily, and enjoyed my time there a lot.
That being said, it's not like this book is some piece of high literary mastery. The characters and their motivations are dull and forgettable. The prose is average at best most of the time. But the good things is that Foster understands the goal of the book, and doesn't try to make it anything it doesn't need to be. It's a great bite sized adventure, perfect for a quick read.
That being said, it's not like this book is some piece of high literary mastery. The characters and their motivations are dull and forgettable. The prose is average at best most of the time. But the good things is that Foster understands the goal of the book, and doesn't try to make it anything it doesn't need to be. It's a great bite sized adventure, perfect for a quick read.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
it’s cool to read fun descriptions of fantastical plants, fungus, animals, and blends thereof that reside in this seven story rain forest. I wish there were more descriptions of these creatures outside of how they’re used for the plot, many species are introduced with how the hunters use them for their own means, which seems to partially go against the big idea behind “emfol” a means of pseudo-communication or respect between human and plant. reading about these cool new creatures is sadly the most this book has going for it, you have to trudge through anti-Indigenous primitivism, slurs from the bad guys<spoiler/> and sexist fighting over a girl tension to reach anything interesting about this planet’s ecosystem and society. the ending fight is kind of good in how characters are pitted against eachother. minor spoiler about the history of people on the planet: it is no mistake that the group of “Natives” arrived to the planet 400 years ago and already forgot all that history in their oral tradition<spoiler/>
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, War
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not a Flinx novel. Takes place centuries before Flinx visits the planet Midworld. One of the original colony ships was forced to land its people and many died but a few adapted and bred and over time evolved to fit the world. It was found again by members of the Commonwealth that landed illegally to exploit the planet's bio diversity. Born, the mad man, the black sheep of his tribe finds one of their downed skimmers with two people still alive and brings them to his tribe and offers to help them traverse the dangerous distance back to their station. When he gets them there and sees what they are doing with the plants and the planet he uses the planet to destroy the station including the two humans he had saved. Born had done many brave things hoping for applause which never came, hoping for the love of a woman who in the end didn't choose him. This trip changed him, he no longer needed the praise and adulation he had striven for all his life and no longer cared that the woman did not choose him. He had found himself.
Interesting concept and nice story. Feels like there is much more here to be explored. I would like to read more books in the series...
Somewhat reminiscent of Aldiss’s HOTHOUSE, and reputedly an inspiration for Cameron’s AVATAR, this is a very atmospheric and engaging novel. The writing is fairly workmanlike, but the tale is a good one and the pace never flags. I thoroughly enjoyed it.