| Title | : | Exemplar: Hard Science Fiction: The Autonomous Sequence (Book 1) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 374 |
| Publication | : | Published July 24, 2024 |
On the new worlds, technology is everything …
A wild ride into the future of humankind.
After damaging climate change, humanity is divided, torn into the technophobic nature-worshippers on Earth and the banished children of science on the new worlds.
Jaruss awakens, drifting 300 light-years from Earth, trapped, memoryless, and alone. Who is he, where does he come from, and what are these recurring nightmares that trouble his sleep? To find out, he must outwit an efficiency-obsessed AI and join the dangerous crew of the stealth ship, Pangolin.
Thought-provoking interstellar adventure brilliantly executed.
Starts in the vein of an Andy Weir novel (The Martian, Project Hail Mary) and then picks up serious Firefly vibes.
Exemplar: Hard Science Fiction: The Autonomous Sequence (Book 1) Reviews
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When I started reading this I thought I was in for a treat because the author seemed to have a deep grasp of the science behind the fiction and how it would dictate how the story progressed. In fact, it was so science-heavy, that I began to worry it was going to become all science and no plot.
But once we get past the first third of the book and the set-up/background of interstellar space travel and what spurred it, the story shifts to some classic Sci-Fi storyline. This is where the book loses momentum. The plot itself isn't bad but the characters and dialogue are rather flat and feel more like tropes of a YA book than the realistic and fact-based introduction we started with.
I'm not looking for "adult content" but I would like to have more grown-up reactions and motivations. I want to see these characters as real people responding to real problems, where their own faults, mistakes, and misunderstandings limit their successes and how they grow and overcome those obstacles. I'm not interested in caricatures of "space-heroes". I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. -
Slow start but gets bettet.
I almost stopped reading in the first quarter of the book. A lot of
Information dumping, with no discernable story. Fortunately, it got better in the second quarter, turning into space opera. There was some additional information dumping toward the end, but I did finish and enjoyed most of it. -
Not my kind of book
I read about 100 pages and then have up. It just didn't appeal to me. I found the lack of characters (one person and an AI) and history of the world dull. Maybe things happen later on, but I couldn't force myself to read any more.