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tyunglebower 's review for:
Neptune
by Ben Bova
Yeah, I didn't finish this, even though it was short. I picked it up because it was short, and I wanted a quick sci-fi read.
I give every book 40-50 pages to be interesting, and if it's not, DNF. In this books case, that number of pages is almost a 5th of the whole thing. Though it was fast reading per se, the story was nothing. A bunch of talk among stock characters.
If anyone is curious, I pretty much knew I would find nothing to redeem this by page 40 once I read something along the lines of, "She fantasized...what would it be like if both men were attracted to her?"
Is this 14 year old fan fiction? The guy was in in late 80s when he wrote this, I mean come on. I want quick sci-fi and I get Three Company: The Next Generation.
This is the second, (and I do believe final) time I tried Ben Bova, the first being many years ago. My review for that experience is among my posts here on Goodreads, but to summarize, I wasn't impressed then either.
I give every book 40-50 pages to be interesting, and if it's not, DNF. In this books case, that number of pages is almost a 5th of the whole thing. Though it was fast reading per se, the story was nothing. A bunch of talk among stock characters.
If anyone is curious, I pretty much knew I would find nothing to redeem this by page 40 once I read something along the lines of, "She fantasized...what would it be like if both men were attracted to her?"
Is this 14 year old fan fiction? The guy was in in late 80s when he wrote this, I mean come on. I want quick sci-fi and I get Three Company: The Next Generation.
This is the second, (and I do believe final) time I tried Ben Bova, the first being many years ago. My review for that experience is among my posts here on Goodreads, but to summarize, I wasn't impressed then either.