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A review by jamesarosen
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
2.0
Aidan's review says most of what I want to: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/106820648-aidan
Either the book didn't have an editor or KSR refused to listen to them. There are many times where a phrase gets repeated awkwardly in each of two or three subsequent paragraphs:
"They watched the wolverine family eat. It was a somewhat grisly business. The kits were playful in the usual style of youngsters."
and then in the next paragraph:
"Then these animals brought her back. The kits harassed their mom, played in the usual style of the young."
The anthropomorphized particle chapters read like the homework assignment of a sixth-grader who's really into science but has to write some poetry.
Who are the interviewer and interviewee we hear from a few times starting in chapter 17?
Why does the Janus Athena character exist? They contribute no ideas to the discussions.
Either the book didn't have an editor or KSR refused to listen to them. There are many times where a phrase gets repeated awkwardly in each of two or three subsequent paragraphs:
"They watched the wolverine family eat. It was a somewhat grisly business. The kits were playful in the usual style of youngsters."
and then in the next paragraph:
"Then these animals brought her back. The kits harassed their mom, played in the usual style of the young."
The anthropomorphized particle chapters read like the homework assignment of a sixth-grader who's really into science but has to write some poetry.
Who are the interviewer and interviewee we hear from a few times starting in chapter 17?
Why does the Janus Athena character exist? They contribute no ideas to the discussions.