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That's a good way to put it. The novel series manages to have 1) brilliant and highly imaginative set-piece sci-fi events 2) ruminations on the possibly dark na
by pradn 8y ago
That's a good way to put it. The novel series manages to have 1) brilliant and highly imaginative set-piece sci-fi events 2) ruminations on the possibly dark nature of humanity in space 3) amateurish characters - save two or three 4) universal-scale scope 5) awareness of just 6 countries in the world : all at the same time.
- elorant 8y agoAnd a lame ending compared to the rest of the trilogy. It's like in the last 50 pages he run out of ideas.
- eximius 8y agoIn his defense, he explored quite a bit. I really had kind of hoped to get a glimpse into what he'd have come up with for if the universe restarted.
- littlestymaar 8y agoEnding is hard, and when it comes to sci-fi series it empirically looks impossible: I can't remember a single one whose end wasn't disappointing.