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jakegalgano14's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
lapingveno's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fun, pulpy scifi novel about REVENGE. This takes the idea of a "long play" strategy to the extreme! Listen to the audiobook on YouTube; it makes it even more pleasurable!
morninglightmountain's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
loreleilee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
English Review below
Ich habe ein Faible für Vintage Science Fiction, daher kann ich auch diesem Buch viel abgewinnen, auch wenn es viele Fragen offen lässt, streckenweise unlogisch ist und am Ende viel dem Zufall überlässt bzw. darauf baut, dass alles läuft, wie geplant.
Ich will also die Kritik vieler negativer Reviews keineswegs in Frage stellen, es hängt wirklich stark davon ab, was man von einem Buch möchte.
Schade ist definitiv, dass kein Fokus auf die Bildung neuer Gesellschaftsstrukturen gelegt wurde und die Stellung der Frau sich auch über 200 Jahre nicht verändert. Hier hätte ich mir mehr gewünscht - wenn sich ein Mann in den 50/60ern schon nicht vorstellen kann, dass Frauen mehr können als Kinder kriegen, sollte es wenigstens irgendwie logisch dargestellt werden, warum 50% einer Gesellschaft, die ums Überleben kämpft, kaum dafür herangezogen wird. Es ist definitiv eine Geschichte von einem Mann für Männer und über Männer!
Trotzdem bleibe ich bei den vier Sternen - ich hatte meinen Spaß!
I have a soft spot for vintage science fiction, so I got a lot out of this book, even if it leaves a lot of questions unanswered, is illogical at times and in the end leaves a lot to chance or relies on everything going as planned.
So I don't want to question the criticism of many negative reviews, it really depends a lot on what you want from a book.
It is definitely a pity that no focus was placed on the formation of new social structures and the position of women has not changed over 200 years. I would have wished for more here - even if a man in the 50s/60s can't imagine that women can do more than have children, it should at least be shown logically in some way why 50% of a society that is struggling to survive is hardly used. It's definitely a story by a man for men and about men!
Nevertheless, I'll stick with the four stars - I had my fun!
Ich habe ein Faible für Vintage Science Fiction, daher kann ich auch diesem Buch viel abgewinnen, auch wenn es viele Fragen offen lässt, streckenweise unlogisch ist und am Ende viel dem Zufall überlässt bzw. darauf baut, dass alles läuft, wie geplant.
Ich will also die Kritik vieler negativer Reviews keineswegs in Frage stellen, es hängt wirklich stark davon ab, was man von einem Buch möchte.
Schade ist definitiv, dass kein Fokus auf die Bildung neuer Gesellschaftsstrukturen gelegt wurde und die Stellung der Frau sich auch über 200 Jahre nicht verändert. Hier hätte ich mir mehr gewünscht - wenn sich ein Mann in den 50/60ern schon nicht vorstellen kann, dass Frauen mehr können als Kinder kriegen, sollte es wenigstens irgendwie logisch dargestellt werden, warum 50% einer Gesellschaft, die ums Überleben kämpft, kaum dafür herangezogen wird. Es ist definitiv eine Geschichte von einem Mann für Männer und über Männer!
Trotzdem bleibe ich bei den vier Sternen - ich hatte meinen Spaß!
I have a soft spot for vintage science fiction, so I got a lot out of this book, even if it leaves a lot of questions unanswered, is illogical at times and in the end leaves a lot to chance or relies on everything going as planned.
So I don't want to question the criticism of many negative reviews, it really depends a lot on what you want from a book.
It is definitely a pity that no focus was placed on the formation of new social structures and the position of women has not changed over 200 years. I would have wished for more here - even if a man in the 50s/60s can't imagine that women can do more than have children, it should at least be shown logically in some way why 50% of a society that is struggling to survive is hardly used. It's definitely a story by a man for men and about men!
Nevertheless, I'll stick with the four stars - I had my fun!
dandelionking's review against another edition
4.0
Space Prison is a interesting and riveting story. I thought it was a very intriguing, gritty, and sad story.It begins with sadness and finally ends with hope. Its a story about the fall of pride, and a people that rise out of the ashes. Well done.
trike's review against another edition
3.0
I read this because the recent novel [b:Semiosis|35018907|Semiosis (Semiosis Duology, #1)|Sue Burke|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1494613337i/35018907._SY75_.jpg|56303145] reminded me of it. The weird thing is that I don’t recall having read this. I must’ve just seen the synopsis at some point and remembered that.
The two books are remarkably similar: colonists are stranded on an inhospitable world not of their choosing, where they must combat the elements, 1.5 gravity, and semi-intelligent natives in order to overcome adversity, eventually battling aliens, and the story is told over a period of about 160 years in successive generations during which brutal things happen. It makes me wonder if Burke read this book and accidentally regurgitated it years later.
The primary difference is that in Semiosis the humans do it to themselves, while here the humans are taken captive by hostile aliens and stranded to die. Despite the fact this was written in 1958 and has that era’s white male privilege all over it, I much preferred this book. The women aren’t wallflowers by any means — in fact, two of the strongest and most courageous characters are women. But they never rise to leadership positions, mostly because that just wasn’t done in the 1950s. It would be easy to simply substitute one of the male tribal leaders with a woman... which is exactly what Burke did with Semiosis.
This book is kind of thin on character but moves at a brisk clip. It’s implausible the way much older SF is, but we have 60 years of scientific and technological advances under our belt today, so some of that is excusable. After all, when Godwin wrote this, TV had only existed for about 8 years.
It’s available for free at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22549?msg=welcome_stranger
The two books are remarkably similar: colonists are stranded on an inhospitable world not of their choosing, where they must combat the elements, 1.5 gravity, and semi-intelligent natives in order to overcome adversity, eventually battling aliens, and the story is told over a period of about 160 years in successive generations during which brutal things happen. It makes me wonder if Burke read this book and accidentally regurgitated it years later.
The primary difference is that in Semiosis the humans do it to themselves, while here the humans are taken captive by hostile aliens and stranded to die. Despite the fact this was written in 1958 and has that era’s white male privilege all over it, I much preferred this book. The women aren’t wallflowers by any means — in fact, two of the strongest and most courageous characters are women. But they never rise to leadership positions, mostly because that just wasn’t done in the 1950s. It would be easy to simply substitute one of the male tribal leaders with a woman... which is exactly what Burke did with Semiosis.
This book is kind of thin on character but moves at a brisk clip. It’s implausible the way much older SF is, but we have 60 years of scientific and technological advances under our belt today, so some of that is excusable. After all, when Godwin wrote this, TV had only existed for about 8 years.
It’s available for free at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22549?msg=welcome_stranger
birdmanseven's review against another edition
3.0
Ohhhhh.... so it's a metaphorical "space prison." Gotcha. Considering that the plot revolves around a society of castoffs who were left behind on a barren planet after their world was taken over and, the original title, "Survivors," makes a whole lot more sense.
Whatever you want to call us, this was a satisfying, pulpy read. I liked it enough to check out the sequel.
Whatever you want to call us, this was a satisfying, pulpy read. I liked it enough to check out the sequel.
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