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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
Complicado explicarlo... Los dos primeros tercios no terminaban de engancharme, pero el último ha sido un no parar. Si bien no ha sido el tipo de libro que más me pueda gustar, reconozco que como cifi es muy completo. No sé hasta qué punto es «hard», pero resulta muy fácil asumir un futuro así. Miedito...
https://paperwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/luna-new-moon-by-ian-mcdonald/
I like hard science fiction books. This seemed to fit the bill of families building business empires on the moon. It portrays a possible future, one where the laws of Earth do not apply to the Moon. As long as the Helium-3 and other raw materials flow, no one really cares.
There is a list of characters at the beginning of the book. I needed it. A lot. There are five families and a slew of other organizations to keep track of. The families all inter-marry, all are scheming while the Moon is a harsh mistress. There is a tinge of Heinlein here, especially around the marriage contracts and marriage groups.
But I had a hard time getting into the book. For me, it seemed to stutter step from one scene to the next. Character perspective changes from page to page. I didn't find the characters all that interesting. The ones I did were more background, like Wagner. He's cool, has senses like Sherlock Holmes. Or the quantum computers hovering in the background. Or the semi-secret societies. Lots of overlapping loyalties. It never clicked.
In the end it felt like The Sopranos on the Moon. The blurb on the back says The Godfather. I'd vote Sopranos.
There is a list of characters at the beginning of the book. I needed it. A lot. There are five families and a slew of other organizations to keep track of. The families all inter-marry, all are scheming while the Moon is a harsh mistress. There is a tinge of Heinlein here, especially around the marriage contracts and marriage groups.
But I had a hard time getting into the book. For me, it seemed to stutter step from one scene to the next. Character perspective changes from page to page. I didn't find the characters all that interesting. The ones I did were more background, like Wagner. He's cool, has senses like Sherlock Holmes. Or the quantum computers hovering in the background. Or the semi-secret societies. Lots of overlapping loyalties. It never clicked.
In the end it felt like The Sopranos on the Moon. The blurb on the back says The Godfather. I'd vote Sopranos.
This is a DNF for me.
The start was intriguing and I was hopeful that I had found a new, well written, thoughtful sci-fi novel. Alas, no. I gave up at 50% after several pages dedicated to describing a woman "self-pleasuring". I hope the author enjoyed himself writing that, because it was painful to read.
The start was intriguing and I was hopeful that I had found a new, well written, thoughtful sci-fi novel. Alas, no. I gave up at 50% after several pages dedicated to describing a woman "self-pleasuring". I hope the author enjoyed himself writing that, because it was painful to read.
This one started out really rough for me, there are a lot of a quick cuts and a lot of characters to introduce. Marina was the only one that even I had a sense of. After 100 pages or so it started coming together and making sense. After that it started rolling and into the end brought this from a low 3 to a decent 4. I'll be reading the next book.
Ariel is a goddess brought to her knees. Rafa the heir apparent who is there mostly cause he was born first. Lucas, the schemer, planner, do I like him or not?! Lucasinho, the petulant child. Adriana the empire builder...
The Mackenzies, are they as bad as they seem or are they just a pawn in grand scheme?
Ariel is a goddess brought to her knees. Rafa the heir apparent who is there mostly cause he was born first. Lucas, the schemer, planner, do I like him or not?! Lucasinho, the petulant child. Adriana the empire builder...
The Mackenzies, are they as bad as they seem or are they just a pawn in grand scheme?
I got to 5% and there was a line about a protagonist and her vape skills and I was done.
too much science fiction, too many characters
An amazing piece of SF. It's got the sciencey complexity of something like Seveneves, plus the political, factional complexity of Ada Palmer's Terra Incognito books, but with both of those aspects dialled down so they're less in your face but somehow still fully featured and convincing... it's very deftly done. (I like that stuff to be in your face and I don't mind if it leads to excesses, but I can admire this approach, too.) It's also a business thriller! Set on the moon, if you can believe that.