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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
I thought it had some really good moments, a little confusing at times with all the clones and who was who. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series.
I believe this passed the Bechdel test, long before it even existed. So 5 stars just for that.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This hard SF tale is packed with Big Ideas about a future solar system in which mankind has been forced off Earth. As the dolphins might say, "So long, and thanks for all the fish!" It opens with a condemned Enemy of Humanity facing execution by black hole and never stops running.
The superb world-building and the themes of cloning, "copping", first contact and more make for an interesting read.
The superb world-building and the themes of cloning, "copping", first contact and more make for an interesting read.
adventurous
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
A very interesting book, but it took me a while to get into it, because of the disjointed way the story is told. In the context of the story it of course makes sense to tell it this way, but it's not really my preferred narrative.
Otherwise a very interesting outlook on the future of humanity - and once again it surprised me how open-minded books from the 70s can be about sexuality and gender issues when even today so many people still struggle to at least accept that there's something besides heterosexuality and gender binary - and that it's perfectly normal.
Am rather thankful to whoever it was who recommended this book to me.
Otherwise a very interesting outlook on the future of humanity - and once again it surprised me how open-minded books from the 70s can be about sexuality and gender issues when even today so many people still struggle to at least accept that there's something besides heterosexuality and gender binary - and that it's perfectly normal.
Am rather thankful to whoever it was who recommended this book to me.
Some neat ideas, but I only okay prose. Still, made me laugh at parts and very creative ideas of a post conquest solar system.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
They don't make them like they used to - only 240 pages and I will need a re-read to be sure I know what was going on! Varley & Zelazny are always good for that! The current doorstop books are not half as wonderfully obtuse and take 5x the page count to get halfway there LOL! But the writing was superb, and even though it was (intentionally) disorienting, there was enough real information to keep you coming back to find out what happened next (even if you weren't quite sure which Lilo it was happening to...).