Deebster
Tchaikovsky is not the kind of author to give you an alien that's just a human in green makeup - he's great at presenting you with minds that think fundamentally differently, and that come from an unfamiliar yet internally consistent worldview. This book continues this, although (mild spoilers ahead) we also meet a bunch of old-school ark ship humans.
This book is a little strange: I was enjoying this a lot, then I was confused (by design), then I was unhappy by how I thought the story would be resolved, but the actual ending was satisfying to me.
It was a lot more philosophical than I was expecting, even for him; this has left a lot of people feeling cold, judging by reviews I've read. We spend a lot of time investigating the nature of intelligence and sentience, and the cast of species we have from the previous books plus the newly introduced are so ideal for this that I wonder if he's planned this instalment from the start.
I found this book frustrating at times, but definitely rewarding to finish.
Tchaikovsky is not the kind of author to give you an alien that's just a human in green makeup - he's great at presenting you with minds that think fundamentally differently, and that come from an unfamiliar yet internally consistent worldview. This book continues this, although (mild spoilers ahead) we also meet a bunch of old-school ark ship humans.
This book is a little strange: I was enjoying this a lot, then I was confused (by design), then I was unhappy by how I thought the story would be resolved, but the actual ending was satisfying to me.
It was a lot more philosophical than I was expecting, even for him; this has left a lot of people feeling cold, judging by reviews I've read. We spend a lot of time investigating the nature of intelligence and sentience, and the cast of species we have from the previous books plus the newly introduced are so ideal for this that I wonder if he's planned this instalment from the start.
I found this book frustrating at times, but definitely rewarding to finish.
