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by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog
You can't beat The Second Law of Thermodynamics. ***************************************** Okay, it's really tempting to leave the above as the complete review but... KSR has been something of a hit-or-miss author in my experience but this isn't so much hitting the nail on the head as firing a s...
Cynically Speaking
Cynically Speaking rated it 9 years ago
"Aurora" is the Sword & Laser book for May 2016. This is my first Kim Stanley Robinson novel and it focuses on the impact of interstellar space travel at sub-speed-of-light (10% of c), no 'hibernation' and several 'biomes' with a variety of life and agriculture to sustain life during the trip and to...
Can't Stop the Signal
Can't Stop the Signal rated it 9 years ago
Possibly the best from Robinson in a very long time (though I skipped Shaman, for now.) This one surprised me halfway by going off in a totally different direction than expected, but the main themes are the same as always. Ecology, human physiology and psychology, sociology. I was looking for a a mo...
Tyson Adams Reviews
Tyson Adams Reviews rated it 9 years ago
This book annoyed me. It started off with a scene that seemed odd for a story about a generation ship. Then it started to get a bit interesting for a chapter or two. Then it entered heavy handed exposition town and proceeded to go as far as listing stuff on the ship. I've got better things to do wit...
bookaneer
bookaneer rated it 9 years ago
**Note: This is a reaction--a few ill-considered opinions not backed up by textual evidence-- rather than a review.** Hard scifi and I have a rocky relationship. No matter how many series I try, I never seem to find one that really genuinely clicks with me enough to actually pursue the series. Unfor...
Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 9 years ago
After having listened to this book, I probably should relax my mostly non-fiction only rule. I would say this was probably the best book I've listened to all year.In the future when they decide to build a spaceship to travel across space to a faraway distant earth like planet for possible colonizati...
Laura Allen
Laura Allen rated it 9 years ago
This book...let's just say I have a lengthy review to write at some point, but for now, I'll condense my mixed feelings as best I can. In some ways, this book was five stars all the way: it has a refreshingly strong engineering focus; in the first half, at least, it details the challenges of terra- ...
Yzabel
Yzabel rated it 9 years ago
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.]I haven't read anything by Kim Stanley Robinson since 2003 or so, back when I read (and loved!) his Mars trilogy. So I was really excited and hopeful when it came to this one, and... unfortunately, it didn't work fo...
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