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Feb 02, 2021justincmyatt rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
what can I say, this is the dog's bollocks!
Jul 10, 2020
1992 - 4.14
Sep 10, 2018ChrisMcMil rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is classic SF by one of the best authors around (who was a professor of math and computer science when he wrote this): highly original, solid plot line, good character development, lots of action and suspense, thought provoking…
May 26, 2015JihadiConservative rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This stands as one of the best damn space operas ever created, standing shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Hyperion. It’s packed with incredible ideas and interesting characters and wrapped around with high adventure. Folks, it doesn’t…
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Apr 11, 2015mvkramer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book has everything - a compelling story, cool aliens and characters I liked. The story was so exciting that I found myself almost shouting at the book at times; Vinge is great at creating situations where the reader knows what's…
Feb 06, 2015jsl rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Enjoyed this book so much that I re-read it in 2014. There are few books that get that honor.
Sep 30, 20141998Green rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Just finished reading. One of those books you pull all nighters to finish. The plot follows a couple humans thousands of years in the future, stranded on an alien world that is roughly in our middle ages. With a futuristic space ship…
Jan 18, 2013gstark123 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Fantastic! Imaginative to the extreme and grounded enough to feel real. The pack life form is well developed and explored in depth, the story is gripping, the characters real, the tension non-stop, a great great read. Followed by…
Jun 16, 2012StephenB rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Classic early '90s Hugo -winning sf novel, which I had never read. Pure old fashioned science fiction, with spaceships, aliens, imagined cosmology, etc. It was interesting to see the narrative advanced by quoted interstellar communications…
Feb 14, 2012brianernst rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Excellent big-idea science fiction. Great characters, aliens, storyline.
Feb 26, 2011josephhhendrickson rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I found this a very interesting book with a lot of new and, to me, novel ideas. I had never heard of Venge before finding this book in a used book free pile somewhere, but have gone on to read many of his books. This is still my…
Dec 19, 2010DruOH rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of my very favorite science fiction novels. Also try Deepness in the Sky by Vinge, and there is a third book hopefully being released in 2011.
Dec 15, 2010stuvw27 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A cracking good yarn! Space Opera at its best! Top Notch!
Apr 24, 2010erigami rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is a perfect storm of awesomeness. Everything works: the writing is good, the aliens are excellent, the plot is rip-roaring fun, and the setting is fantastic (if only for the idea of "applied theology"). I can't recommend it…