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A review by larsdradrach
Titan by John Varley
3.0
Strange how a preconceived idea of what a book is about can influence the reading experience.
For a long time i thought this was a "Big-Dumb-Object" book like [b:Rendezvous with Rama|112537|Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)|Arthur C. Clarke|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405456427s/112537.jpg|1882772] and fully expected detailed (and understandable) descriptions of how Gaea worked and I was somewhat disappointed and underwhelmed.
Half way through I realized that this was more an adventure of a quest like [b:Riverworld: To Your Scattered Bodies Go/The Fabulous Riverboat|6665903|Riverworld To Your Scattered Bodies Go/The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld, #1-2)|Philip José Farmer|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390169564s/6665903.jpg|6860772] and i began to enjoy the story somewhat.
We are following the Female! captain of a exploration spaceship that's captured by the artificial world Gaea and follow her and her companions eksploration though the hollow world though some interesting and at times outright silly surroundings.
There a fair bit of sex in the story, but kudos for giving our Female captain a lesbian love interest and limit the male characters to adolescent acting minor figures.
After reading this i realized that it's part 1 of a trilogy, but i will not be reading the rest.
For a long time i thought this was a "Big-Dumb-Object" book like [b:Rendezvous with Rama|112537|Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)|Arthur C. Clarke|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405456427s/112537.jpg|1882772] and fully expected detailed (and understandable) descriptions of how Gaea worked and I was somewhat disappointed and underwhelmed.
Half way through I realized that this was more an adventure of a quest like [b:Riverworld: To Your Scattered Bodies Go/The Fabulous Riverboat|6665903|Riverworld To Your Scattered Bodies Go/The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld, #1-2)|Philip José Farmer|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390169564s/6665903.jpg|6860772] and i began to enjoy the story somewhat.
We are following the Female! captain of a exploration spaceship that's captured by the artificial world Gaea and follow her and her companions eksploration though the hollow world though some interesting and at times outright silly surroundings.
There a fair bit of sex in the story, but kudos for giving our Female captain a lesbian love interest and limit the male characters to adolescent acting minor figures.
After reading this i realized that it's part 1 of a trilogy, but i will not be reading the rest.