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This latest book by Gene Wolf has a lot of things, war, love, spacetime dilation, cruise ships, pirates, drama, romance and tons of action.
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In a future North America not quite crumbling but somewhat less than
utopian, Skip and Chelle meet and marry in college. But Chelle has to do
her term of military service against aliens many light-years away.
Twenty-five years later, thanks to the time-dilation effect, she is a
still-young but convalescent combat veteran. Skip is a wealthy
businessman. And they are still in love. Unfortunately, when they take a
Caribbean cruise to celebrate, they run into pirates, politics, aliens,
and Murphy’s Law running wild.
Posted by: T5, at: 2011-04-14 08:27. You must be logged in to comment. 1 This book feels like a crossover between a Heinlein book an a japanese anime.
The dialogue reminds me a lot of Heinlein, sometimes witty and snappy - sometimes cold and not very realistic.
The story itself feels a bit shady, it's like the characters are aware of things happening around them but they react like they are in a dream.
And the rhythm of the writing style is is very uneven. It's not a terrible book but it isn't a very good one either, so I will give it a 3 out of 6. Posted by: T5 Posted at: 2011-04-19 08:07 |
