john holst

This series was very excellent. I first heard about it on The Giant Beastcast podcast, I believe. I cannot put into words how much I appreciate the authors prose. Its not too verbose but not spartan enough not to conjure the scene in your mind. The story is fast past and fun. Some moments I nearly teared up.

I read through this series so fast I had to go back and change the date started and finished in Goodreads because I forgot to tell Goodreads I finished the previous book and started the next. I just could not put these books down.

If you enjoy space operas, this is one of the greats.

I want to review each book in this series if only to recommend them to more people but its hard not to gush without spoilers. This book continues the trends of the first. It is well paced and efficiently written. I blew through this book so fast and started the third that I forgot to mark it completed in goodreads before I finished the last book.

This book was fantastic. The world building in it is phenomenal. It held my attention very well. The author expressed a healthy balance between explaining a scene or events but not over explaining and getting into boring detail. You are told exactly enough to picture the characters and scene in your mind.

I'm fascinated to find out what happens to the characters and to see if the author can keep up the quality demonstrated in Red Rising.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys sci-fi or anyone who had enjoyed The Hunger Games or even Enders Game.

This was a very good addition to The Last Colony. It was refreshing to see things through another perspective other than John and Janes.

I would recommend this book to anyone who has ventured into the Old Mans War universe.

I found this book fascinating. I am not a baseball person. I'll watch a game with my dad on occasion but I don't have cable and rarely go out of my way to watch. This book made the topic very interesting. I appreciate the depth of knowledge even if most the names went over my head.

I would say if you even have a cursory passing interest in baseball or math and statistics; check this book out.

This book was pretty good. I enjoyed the overall plot. Each chapter is a different characters story and some of the characters are hard to like but the good ones make up for it in spades.

There was a great book in here. That great book was probably edited down from 1040 pages to 400.

This book felt as though there were characters and settings added to pad it out. Things came together in an incredibly unlikely way. The second to second minute to minute details of 5 different characters in multiple locations seemed like an unnecessary chore. I don't know if I'll give another one of his books a try at this point.

I read and absolutely loved Seveneves (would have given it 6/5 if I could) by him and that was equally long and overly verbose and detailed. It could be that I enjoyed the setting and plot of that story better.

I like where the story ends and what it means for the future. I'm not sure if I'll try season 9. It's hard to find these for cheap and they read very quickly.

Maybe it's the nature of reading graphic novels but I feel like the stories blow by real fast. I guess they are just better read issue by issue instead of all at once in a compendium.

I appreciated the animation style change for one of the arcs. It was a cool look into how maybe it would have looked had it been an animated cartoon.

These giant books are great compilations of the comics. Very well drawn lots of extra stuff sketches and cover art.

This book scared me at first when it first showed up in the mail. It was large and imposing. I read like 6 other books before I steeled the nerve to read this and I'm glad I did.

It was amazing.

I love how technical and hard science fiction, Neal Stephenson goes with this. I could go on and on about this book but I would rather leave you to discover it on your own.

My best attempt at not spoiling things but still giving you something to go on would be that the first 2/3s of this book are almost a ‘The Martian'-esque (Andy Weirs' novel) following a group of people and how they deal with this global issue. The last 1/3 of the book moves into a more scifi/fantasy area that really allows brings a sense of closure to the nail biting first half of the book.

If you have the time and patience to read this long but worth-it book; do it.

The main story is enjoyable but for some reason the characters didn't stick for me. And the last three chapters continue after the conclusion in a way that makes me wish it ended sooner. It was alright. I enjoyed the obvious similes to Star Trek.

This book continues the trend of fleshing out the universe of Old Man's War and the ending opens up opportunities that make me excited for the rest of the books in the series but I kind of found this one to be slower and not as fun as the other two books. I'll probably continue the rest of the series in the future though.

It was a good follow up to the first book. It fleshed out the universe and laid a lot of good crumbs for the next. It didn't hold me as tight as the first book though I'm excited to pick up the next.

This was a very quick read and a very novel concept for a universe to be set in. It was a lot of fun and I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

I read this immediately after reading the first biography Mr Nimoy wrote “I Am Not Spock”. While they contain a lot of similar memories and situations, “I Am Spock” is written with the wisdom of age and in a much more recognizable Nimoy/Spock tone. Its a splendor to read and I for one will always see both Spock and Leonard whenever I see either face. The two are very much one in the same.

If you're as into Star Trek and Spock as I am, do yourself a favor and read both. If you have time for only one read this one. It references the older one and builds on it in a much more complete way.

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It was an excellent insight into Leonard Nimoy's life and mindset post original series and pre Stsr Trek movies. Seems like the first half he uses talking about what it means to be both Spock and Leonard. The rest is more autobiographical.

It was pretty good. A well written conclusion to the trilogy. I wasnt terribly disappointed in the loose ends it tied up or the conclusion to the stories.

It wasn't as good as the first book but I enjoyed it quite the same.

I got to page 472 which is where So Long And Thanks For All The Fish starts. For years upon years people have told me to read the hitchhikers guide and after finally getting around to it, I've realized its not just not written in a way that appeals to me. There is comedy there I know there is but the way its written is hard for me to get through.

My rating is based on my personal preferences and I do not think it should preclude anyone from trying the book out themselves and seeing if its for them. Just because I couldn't get through it doesnt mean that there isn't quality there for someone else to find.

The book was pretty good! It moves very fast and the references and jokes are thrown at you equally quickly.
I would say it's closer to 3.5/5 stars. They spent a lot of time in the book being amazed at what nanomachines were doing can do would do. It made me very curious to know what society at large would be like after the changes were finalized.

A satisfying end to the trilogy.

The author had quite a few inciteful things to say about the economics of star trek and what it means in relation to the real world. I enjoyed the comparisons. The authors extensive background in economics really helps ground science fiction ideals in real world theory. I would recommend this to anyone who thinks deeply about star trek and the lessons we can gleam from the show to aspire to recreate in the world we live in.

I loved this book. I could waffle on and on about what I think this book is trying to convey about humanity and what drives us and what not. I loved the narrator and the development the narrator makes over the course of the book. You can just see it in the writing. It's always fascinating to me when a writer attempts to have a character apply logic and reason to human emotions and behaviors. I feel like a lot of insight can be discovered when you attempt to analyze humanity in that way.

I was skeptical of another Kim Stanely Robinson book. I read Red Mars but it had a hard time hooking me and it ended up taking me years to read. It was enjoyable in the end and I plan on finishing that series but I didn't think I'd love a book by this author as much as I ended up loving this book.

It can get very overly descriptive in certain points. Almost fetishizing the wind and water but the pay off is worth it.

Highly recommend.