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A review by outcolder
Saturn by Ben Bova
3.0
The writing is juvenile, the plot is telegraphed, the characters are flat, the politics are suspect, but... it does have two female characters who talk to each other about something other than men.
I don't know why I continue to read his "Grand Tour" books. I think I like the optimism, that humanity just keeps going, expanding through space, inventing cool new technologies, making amazing discoveries. Back on Earth everyone is miserable and ruled by despotic fundamentalist theocracies that emerged to keep order through the environmental catastrophes, so it is not all rainbows and unicorns. I guess so much of what I normally read is the "earth groans..." part without the "... but on the outer space habitat it's a libertarian socialist utopia where people drink home brewed beer" bit.
So, I see a bunch of SF heads here gave this, like, one star, but my attitude is, it's better than the crap SF on TV.
I don't know why I continue to read his "Grand Tour" books. I think I like the optimism, that humanity just keeps going, expanding through space, inventing cool new technologies, making amazing discoveries. Back on Earth everyone is miserable and ruled by despotic fundamentalist theocracies that emerged to keep order through the environmental catastrophes, so it is not all rainbows and unicorns. I guess so much of what I normally read is the "earth groans..." part without the "... but on the outer space habitat it's a libertarian socialist utopia where people drink home brewed beer" bit.
So, I see a bunch of SF heads here gave this, like, one star, but my attitude is, it's better than the crap SF on TV.