Greg
having been learning about NZ / Aotearoa history and politics, i appreciated the metaphor. the prose and plot and the worldbuilding are pretty rudimentary, but he does enough interesting things that i held on til the end and i’m glad i did. but i am a sucker for stories about constitutional governance and public administration.
having been learning about NZ / Aotearoa history and politics, i appreciated the metaphor. the prose and plot and the worldbuilding are pretty rudimentary, but he does enough interesting things that i held on til the end and i’m glad i did. but i am a sucker for stories about constitutional governance and public administration.
I was very into the first half! but it started to bore me in the second half — the latter day storyline seemed to belabor itself with little payoff — and then the climax felt rushed.
But as an atheist, the central question of the book was not super interesting to me. and with a passing sense of astrobiology, the alien civilization felt more like fantasy than sci-fi. Oh well!
I was very into the first half! but it started to bore me in the second half — the latter day storyline seemed to belabor itself with little payoff — and then the climax felt rushed.
But as an atheist, the central question of the book was not super interesting to me. and with a passing sense of astrobiology, the alien civilization felt more like fantasy than sci-fi. Oh well!
very Obama era, very all the colors of the rainbow. I want to believe. but I am not sure i will continue this series.
very Obama era, very all the colors of the rainbow. I want to believe. but I am not sure i will continue this series.
like a lot of climate fiction, it picks one focal point to hone in on, which i think flattens the hyperobject. And i think the politics are a bit confused. I liked the thread of community emerging amid collapse, but it ended up not really trusting in that either? So i wasnt left with much other than grief.
Notably, published before the wildfire threat really kicked up in gear…
like a lot of climate fiction, it picks one focal point to hone in on, which i think flattens the hyperobject. And i think the politics are a bit confused. I liked the thread of community emerging amid collapse, but it ended up not really trusting in that either? So i wasnt left with much other than grief.
Notably, published before the wildfire threat really kicked up in gear…
