Shiveen Pandita

Great book and build spectacularly on the first one. The pacing, in the end, could be slightly better though but that's a minor problem.

Great book and if you can handle some bits where the author spends too long on christian allegory and some hard sci-fi, the payoff in the end is worth it.

This has been on my to read list for a while but I never bothered since I'm not usually a fan of anthology style short story books. However, Ted's writing style is intriguing even disregarding an overuse of “I make tangential scientific connections to add meat to my story” style. Some of the stories that went longer imo should have been cut short, especially the last one. However some of the ones I think had a good freedom of motion to evolve into something bigger were randomly cut short, perhaps not to up the disbelief factor too much. Overall an okay read since I'm not a big fan of the genre, however the writing was captivating and some elements were truly well thought out.

I gave up quarter of the way through. I don't mind the interview format but the buildup of the story was too slow and the characters try too hard imo.

Really good book with the right amount of culture undertones. I liked that unlike the previous one with Iridans they spent some time fleshing out the new society.

Some bits of it seemed a bit unnecessary, especially early on but the actual plot points later on and flow of the story imo was flawless. Highly recommend.