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A review by leventmolla
Darwin's Children by Greg Bear
3.0
Darwin's Children takes the story up 11 years after the first book (Darwin's Radio). There are many Shevite children who have been held in camps or special educational institutions. As Kay and Mitch work with Washington insiders to try to prove that the children constitute no health risk, different actors are moving to take more totalitarian actions to establish their kingdoms within the government. The Shevite children are growing up and they are reaching puberty, with complications of their own.
As the tyrants move to strengthen their powers, Kay, Mitch and other parents are trying to make sure that the new children can form their own societies and develop the skills (that many people are afraid of) to establish the future of mankind.
The second book did not provide too much of a hint into how the Shevite society would actually develop, although it touches some of the collective practices the children apply in a group. I have a suspicion that we will see a third book which looks into the future, describing how the new human species is transforming the society they have bene recluctantly accepted into.
Greg Bear is certainly on of the authors I will be watching very carefully, since I do favor "hard science" books with minimal fantasy elements.
As the tyrants move to strengthen their powers, Kay, Mitch and other parents are trying to make sure that the new children can form their own societies and develop the skills (that many people are afraid of) to establish the future of mankind.
The second book did not provide too much of a hint into how the Shevite society would actually develop, although it touches some of the collective practices the children apply in a group. I have a suspicion that we will see a third book which looks into the future, describing how the new human species is transforming the society they have bene recluctantly accepted into.
Greg Bear is certainly on of the authors I will be watching very carefully, since I do favor "hard science" books with minimal fantasy elements.