Pandora's Star

The best SF ever. Like 50 novels in one. Amazing!

Turgid. Flat characters lack credibility. Counting how many pages I actually ended up reading (after deciding to skip every ~20 lines), the book could be at least halved. Lots of pointless blah detailing train or car types, is it supposed to add realism? - it doesn't. Likewise descriptions of character's external appearance. Unfortunateley I bought it over Amazon on basis of...more

Turgid. Flat characters lack credibility. Counting how many pages I actually ended up reading (after deciding to skip every ~20 lines), the book could be at least halved. Lots of pointless blah detailing train or car types, is it supposed to add realism? - it doesn't. Likewise descriptions of character's external appearance. Unfortunateley I bought it over Amazon on basis of readers reviews, if I'd read the first page I would have been immediately put off. Since then I note other people moaning about skimming it and having to buy the follow on; I wont bother.   hide

Great Story.

what an epic! 1200 pages but everyone gripping. a great page turner (which you need with a book that size). a fantastic sfi fi read. If you like this you'll love Hyperion by Dan Simmons