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A review by bfls
Homeworld by Evan Currie
3.0
In my review of the first book in this series I noted that about 50% of the book was spent describing battles. The percentage has upped significantly in this installment - it is closer to 80% now. However, I found the descriptions thoroughly exciting and enjoyed it.
I particularly liked how the author has thought about the difficulties of such battles when distances are measured in significant amounts of the speed of light - seconds, minutes, hours, even days. How do you fight when your only measurements of your opponent are an hour old and you won't know what has happened as a result of your actions for several hours more? I can't claim the physics are correct (I dropped physics after high school) but it is one of the few SF books I've read that actually attempts to tackle this issue.
The results of parallel evolution is once again well handled, as is the difficulties (both political and technical) of adopting another race's technology.
In my review of the first book, I commented there was something of a cast of thousands and as a result the characterisation was a little flat. The cast list has been much reduced here and the novel is all the better for it.
I did notice a new stylistic quirk which rather set my teeth on edge. The author is very fond of the word "literally" in this book. Fortunately, he generally uses it correctly.
One final comment - write faster. I want to know how it ends.
I particularly liked how the author has thought about the difficulties of such battles when distances are measured in significant amounts of the speed of light - seconds, minutes, hours, even days. How do you fight when your only measurements of your opponent are an hour old and you won't know what has happened as a result of your actions for several hours more? I can't claim the physics are correct (I dropped physics after high school) but it is one of the few SF books I've read that actually attempts to tackle this issue.
The results of parallel evolution is once again well handled, as is the difficulties (both political and technical) of adopting another race's technology.
In my review of the first book, I commented there was something of a cast of thousands and as a result the characterisation was a little flat. The cast list has been much reduced here and the novel is all the better for it.
I did notice a new stylistic quirk which rather set my teeth on edge. The author is very fond of the word "literally" in this book. Fortunately, he generally uses it correctly.
One final comment - write faster. I want to know how it ends.