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geonuc 's review for:
A Fire Upon The Deep
by Vernor Vinge
I wanted to like this book more than I did. Some of the story-lines and aspects of the universe are great, even brilliant. The Tine's pack persona concept and execution is wonderfully creative. Less so were the Riders - I never got a good sense of who they were. The concept of the Transcend, Beyond and Slow Zone is similarly brilliant.
But the books suffers from being a bit tedious and drawn out. And well into the book, I was getting quite annoyed by the lack of explanations for the various regions (Transcend, Beyond, Slow) as well as what exactly the Powers were (I still don't have a good idea of the Powers). All that could have been made clearer much earlier so you could better grasp what and the characters were doing, and why.
But the books suffers from being a bit tedious and drawn out. And well into the book, I was getting quite annoyed by the lack of explanations for the various regions (Transcend, Beyond, Slow) as well as what exactly the Powers were (I still don't have a good idea of the Powers). All that could have been made clearer much earlier so you could better grasp what and the characters were doing, and why.