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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
La reseña completa en https://inthenevernever.blogspot.com/2024/02/space-opera-de-catherynne-m-valente.html
«¿Hay suficiente bondad en tu mundo para dejar que suene la música?
¿Tienes alma?».
Imaginen despertar un día y descubrir que no estamos solos en el universo, que hay muchas otras especies sintientes y que tenemos que pasar una prueba para demostrar que merecemos vivir y que se nos considere como tales.¿Qué ocurriría si el destino de toda la humanidad estuviese en tus manos? Si de la noche a la mañana te ves arrancado de la Tierra para que cantes en el escenario más grande de la galaxia y de tu actuación dependiera la supervivencia de todos los seres humanos. Hoy quiero hablarles de Space Opera, de Catherynne M. Valente. Una novela de fantasía galáctica, musical y queer que es un cruce entre La guía del autoestopista galáctico con el glamour y la purpurina de Eurovisión.
«¿Hay suficiente bondad en tu mundo para dejar que suene la música?
¿Tienes alma?».
Imaginen despertar un día y descubrir que no estamos solos en el universo, que hay muchas otras especies sintientes y que tenemos que pasar una prueba para demostrar que merecemos vivir y que se nos considere como tales.¿Qué ocurriría si el destino de toda la humanidad estuviese en tus manos? Si de la noche a la mañana te ves arrancado de la Tierra para que cantes en el escenario más grande de la galaxia y de tu actuación dependiera la supervivencia de todos los seres humanos. Hoy quiero hablarles de Space Opera, de Catherynne M. Valente. Una novela de fantasía galáctica, musical y queer que es un cruce entre La guía del autoestopista galáctico con el glamour y la purpurina de Eurovisión.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
3.5 stars! A very enjoyable read, but the overwritten style that often verged on nonsensical was almost too much for me. I loved the characters and how imaginative the book was as a whole, it felt like a Futurama episode. I wasn't as keen on how long it took the plot to get going. Overall, I did need this kind of light hearted and fun book so it came at a good time!
Very Douglas Adams both thematically and stylistically.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was really fun and interesting. I can see a lot of people didn’t like the tangential quality of some of the asides, but I found them endearing and imaginative. Valente last carefully crafted voice is what holds this whole story together. I’d very much recommend this book to fans of Welcome to Nightvale and Rick & Morty.
DNF.
I saw someone else say overwritten. I agree. Sentences shouldn’t always last a whole paragraph. Descriptions don’t need to be so wordy that you forgot the start and what it actually is you’re trying to picture.
Friends whose reading preferences are usually pretty similar to my own recommended - so perhaps just not for me.
I saw someone else say overwritten. I agree. Sentences shouldn’t always last a whole paragraph. Descriptions don’t need to be so wordy that you forgot the start and what it actually is you’re trying to picture.
Friends whose reading preferences are usually pretty similar to my own recommended - so perhaps just not for me.
I have read other books by this author and enjoyed them, so when I saw her new one up on Scalzi's "Big Idea" post the week it was released, I took a closer look. Science fiction as a space opera, when the decision of a species' sentience depends on their performance in a giant talent competition? Oh hell yes, sign me up.
This book delivered. It is glorious, and glittery, and slightly insane, and funny as hell. There's a lot there under the sparkles and guitar riffs, however, and I think I'd benefit from a re-read especially when the history of Decibel Jones and his bandmates is explored in more detail in scenes throughout the overarching story. The story is set in the near future, with several topics that are big deals right now touched upon, and they were handled deftly. The most obvious one is that alien contact was handled to each person on earth, in person, directly, because the aliens had already figured out that contacting heads of state would end up in absolute bullshit. TRUTH.
I particularly enjoyed the incredibly wide variety of alien life that the author came up with, comprising some very interesting and entertaining ideas that further explored the idea of sentience and who decides "what is people and what is meat" which is really the main theme of the book. Arguably, I'd say the human race at this point is definitely meat...unfortunately. I also like how she mentioned and handled the Fermi paradox, which was a nice touch.
Give this book a read. I'm sure many will compare it to the venerable Douglas Adams, and I say that it certainly sits proudly beside those beloved stories, while still being something of its very own.
This book delivered. It is glorious, and glittery, and slightly insane, and funny as hell. There's a lot there under the sparkles and guitar riffs, however, and I think I'd benefit from a re-read especially when the history of Decibel Jones and his bandmates is explored in more detail in scenes throughout the overarching story. The story is set in the near future, with several topics that are big deals right now touched upon, and they were handled deftly. The most obvious one is that alien contact was handled to each person on earth, in person, directly, because the aliens had already figured out that contacting heads of state would end up in absolute bullshit. TRUTH.
I particularly enjoyed the incredibly wide variety of alien life that the author came up with, comprising some very interesting and entertaining ideas that further explored the idea of sentience and who decides "what is people and what is meat" which is really the main theme of the book. Arguably, I'd say the human race at this point is definitely meat...unfortunately. I also like how she mentioned and handled the Fermi paradox, which was a nice touch.
Give this book a read. I'm sure many will compare it to the venerable Douglas Adams, and I say that it certainly sits proudly beside those beloved stories, while still being something of its very own.
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
It was pretty good I guess, a bit derivative. Picked it up at the library based on a Tor staffer recommendation. I think I expected more Scalzi spoof than Adams absurdity, and I would have appreciated the former more.