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Started reading this series last Monday, on book three now. Fantastic sci-fi, enjoying how optimistic and not grimdark it is

Frotag 3y ago
I like the author (read through a few of his other series) but it gets a little tiring how often he switches between perspectives. Each perspective is a different plotline and they all tie together in the finale but it feels like a 50-100 page story is being stretched into 300. Especially since the dialog can be a bit boring imo (each character has some quirk and all their lines / actions tend to be predictable when taking this into account). IIRC, the Children of Time books aren't so bad in this regard (less drama, more reverse-engineering alien tech), but I definitely think the newest book for The Final Architecture kinda suffers from this. But yeah nonetheless I really enjoy how creative the world building / overall plots are and would definitely recommend his stuff to anyone who likes sci-fi.
- jorvi 3y ago
  Sounds like he’s been heavily inspired by Vernor Vinge’s “Zones of Thought” trilogy.
  - essentialfloss 3y ago
    Which, whole it suffers from some of the same issues, has some great world building and creative ideas.
  - essentialfloss 3y ago
    Which, while it suffers from some of the same issues, has some great world building and creative ideas.
- pschuegr 3y ago
  thankyou.gif Nothing turns me off an author who can write prose well faster than switching perspectives every chapter - you're throwing out one of, if not _the_ biggest advantage of long-form narrative : the ability to get deeply into the head of a character. I had to stop reading Cloud Cuckoo Land because of this. And while I'm shouting into the void, this goes for you too, TV/movie producers: Just tell the damn story straight. If you can't do that and make it interesting, you need a better story.
EdwardDiego 3y ago
Ooh, the third is out?
- rishav_sharan 3y ago
  Yep. It's Children of Memory.
  - 2000UltraDeluxe 3y ago
    Nice, thanks! :)

Frotag 3y ago

I like the author (read through a few of his other series) but it gets a little tiring how often he switches between perspectives. Each perspective is a different plotline and they all tie together in the finale but it feels like a 50-100 page story is being stretched into 300. Especially since the dialog can be a bit boring imo (each character has some quirk and all their lines / actions tend to be predictable when taking this into account). IIRC, the Children of Time books aren't so bad in this regard (less drama, more reverse-engineering alien tech), but I definitely think the newest book for The Final Architecture kinda suffers from this. But yeah nonetheless I really enjoy how creative the world building / overall plots are and would definitely recommend his stuff to anyone who likes sci-fi.

jorvi 3y ago
Sounds like he’s been heavily inspired by Vernor Vinge’s “Zones of Thought” trilogy.
- essentialfloss 3y ago
  Which, whole it suffers from some of the same issues, has some great world building and creative ideas.
- essentialfloss 3y ago
  Which, while it suffers from some of the same issues, has some great world building and creative ideas.
pschuegr 3y ago
thankyou.gif Nothing turns me off an author who can write prose well faster than switching perspectives every chapter - you're throwing out one of, if not _the_ biggest advantage of long-form narrative : the ability to get deeply into the head of a character. I had to stop reading Cloud Cuckoo Land because of this. And while I'm shouting into the void, this goes for you too, TV/movie producers: Just tell the damn story straight. If you can't do that and make it interesting, you need a better story.

EdwardDiego 3y ago

Ooh, the third is out?

rishav_sharan 3y ago
Yep. It's Children of Memory.
- 2000UltraDeluxe 3y ago
  Nice, thanks! :)