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The Quiet War

by: Paul J. McAuley (author)

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Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780575079328 (0575079320)

Publish date: October 16th 2008

Publisher: Gollancz

Pages no: 439

Edition language: English

Category:

Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, European Literature, British Literature, Book Club, Space, War, Space Opera, Hard Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction

Series: The Quiet War (#1)

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N.A. Ratnayake rated it

11 years ago

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Well deserving of its many accolades and awards, The Quiet War is a novel among those on the new hard science fiction frontier. McAuley artfully blends genetic engineering, artificial ecosystems, political intrigue, sociology, environment, economics, and space travel. The prose is direct and well cr...

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Datepalm rated it

12 years ago

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Really, really enjoyed this book, though i'm not sure if it's really because it's outstandingly good (it's definitely plenty good though) or because it hits all my favorite space opera buttons - lots of extra terrestrial geography, fleets of spaceships, varied quasi posthuman space colonization, etc...

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spocksbro rated it

14 years ago

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Paul McAuley’s The Quiet War was the second course in my “Presidents’ Day Brain Candy” Weekend (see my review of The Caryatids: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3398430), and I wound up liking it more than The Caryatids. That despite the fact that it suffered from a very slow beginning – I almost ...

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