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fancybone 's review for:
The Last Theorem
by Frederik Pohl, Arthur C. Clarke
Not their best work. I feel like I can spot the parts that Pohl wrote, because a lot of the descriptions of what's happening off-earth reminds me of the Gateway books.
There was just too much happening off-stage. Bledsoe was introduced, then ignored, then mentioned a few times, and finally written out of the plot with barely a nod in his general direction. Huge parts of the interaction with the aliens were skipped, and the ending - where the stranger comes to visit Ranjit and tells him Humanity's new responsibility comes totally out of left field.
I would definitely not recommend this to someone as an introduction to either Pohl or Clarke; they've written much better novels, and probably will again.
There was just too much happening off-stage. Bledsoe was introduced, then ignored, then mentioned a few times, and finally written out of the plot with barely a nod in his general direction. Huge parts of the interaction with the aliens were skipped, and the ending - where the stranger comes to visit Ranjit and tells him Humanity's new responsibility comes totally out of left field.
I would definitely not recommend this to someone as an introduction to either Pohl or Clarke; they've written much better novels, and probably will again.