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A review by davecapp
Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
5.0
If you’re a fan of classic world building then this book is definitely worth your while. Better yet, Elizabeth Bear takes the idea of world building and pushes it to a whole new level. She creates complex personalities, very detailed background stories that blend together seamlessly, and weaves in enough tension to keep you turning pages well past bedtime. Oh, and this is accomplished while interjecting humor from the character (not arbitrarily thrown in by the author) that helps build and flesh out their personality.
And on top of all this, its a damned good story. Her vision of our evolution, and the cultural integration with alien cultures is fascinating, and she seamlessly brings in new technologies we’ve never considered.
This is a stand alone book - but I can easily see Ms. Bear expanding the fascinating universe shes created into many other story lines. One can only hope!
And on top of all this, its a damned good story. Her vision of our evolution, and the cultural integration with alien cultures is fascinating, and she seamlessly brings in new technologies we’ve never considered.
This is a stand alone book - but I can easily see Ms. Bear expanding the fascinating universe shes created into many other story lines. One can only hope!