I think it's a great book though... incredibly interesting xenobiology with the spiders really interesting plotting between the two rival factions of humans.
Ranking Every 500+ Page Science Fiction Book I've Read
- Ranking · 17 books
It's the finest Space Opera I've ever read it's the most sophisticated the most complicated the most dazzling and unique... I just think it's a masterpiece.
I tried consider fliebus and I couldn't do it.
Dune is very good so that's my take it's good doing is good.
Pretty derivative of rendezvous with Rama but good book especially the first two-thirds of it feels like reading big budget James Cameron movie that was never made and then it sort of falls apart in the last section.
It is a very good book it is a very uneven book... sections of it like the priest's tale and the father with the daughter The Scholar those are wonderful.
It is to me the definition of bloat it is over a thousand pages long and it is only the first half of a diptych there is one highlight which is chapter 18 which is the Morning Light Mountain chapter.
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the few hard science fiction books that I found thrilling it is the first in a Trilogy and some of the best character work I have read in a book like this.
I didn't love Revelation space it was not a chore to finish though I think it had flaws but there is an interesting Ambiance to the book.
The first half of it I liked... otherwise I found it kind of a little purile at spots and just kind of bloated not that interesting and the plot is incoherent.
The book is incredibly strong in its World building elements it's portrayal of social issues and certain elements of Technology it's a cautionary tale about overpopulation and a wonderful dystopia that really is pretty vividly recognizable.
I think it's one of the most sophisticated works of Science Fiction that I've read certainly for When It Was Written... beautifully written book.
I don't hate fall of Hyperion fall of Hyperion should probably be on this list too because it is over 500 pages.
One of the most competent space operas that I have read... perfectly plotted the alien biology and alien culture extremely smart interesting well realized well written there's very little fat on the bones with this.
I found it utterly bloated and trite and poor the main cardinal sin of this book the worst one that isn't a Jesuit joke the worst part of the book is the quippy ass dialogue.
It's a really dark cynical look at history as kind of this unbroken chain of violence and ignorance and the resolution of it is interesting... it was the first Paul Anderson that I've read and it put him on my radar as an intelligent person.
I did finish player of games it was fine it was too long it was bloated it takes over 100 pages even to get underway with the main plot.
















