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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 151 I thoroughly enjoyed this book. If you are a science fiction fan, it'd be hard not to be drawn in to the setting, a planet-sized spaceship built by an unknown culture. Add to the ship's origin mystery some mysteries about the effect that near-immortality has the human psyche and this time-spanning, galaxy-spanning novel provokes some deep philosophical thoughts. Some reviews knock the characters in the book, but I felt the characters were delineated and served the plot well. While they are basically immortal, they still exhibit many of the characteristics that make us all human - jealousy, rage, love, fear. It appears there are more books and stories set in this universe. I'll be checking them out. Marrow is a book full of surprises - I think of myself as a hoary and cynical sci-fi reader, whom nothing can surprise anymore, and so I'm delighted when a book proves me wrong. Marrow is the story of a giant mystery inside an equally giant ship, discovered empty by humans billions of years ago, left in the galaxy by persons and for reasons unknown. Just as you start to get a sense of what shipboard life might be like, you're plunged into something quite different. Reed writes an excellent page-turner, with characters that are rather unsympathetic - too cold or too soft - the kind of issue that normally would prevent me from liking a book very much. But here, the plot was so gripping, I ended up feeling the book was a great read. My only other criticism would be one for which I don't have a solution - in order to accomplish certain plot points, the events take place over vast expanses of time. Centuries can be spanned in a few sentences, which could feel artificial - but either he did that, or changed other things to happen in an impossibly quick time, which would also feel artificial. I think many readers of science fiction will enjoy this one, and anyone who loves a good mystery and a lot of ambition. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesThe Great Ship (novel - 4, change of mission, 1) Marrow (1) Pamir (out of hiding, 1) Quee Lee and Perri (events of the novel version of "Marrow") Es una renarración deDistinciones
The Ship has travelled the universe for longer than any of the near-immortal crew can recall, its true purpose and origins unknown. It is larger than many planets, housing thousands of alien races and just as many secrets. Now one of those secrets has been discovered: at the centre of the Ship is ... a planet. Marrow. But when a team of the Ship's best and brightest are sent down to investigate, will they return with the origins of the Ship - or will they bring doom to everyone on board? 'MARROW is an extraordinary and extraordinarily intelligent novel stuffed with wonder and wit ... should elevate him to the ranks of the very best writers of the genre' INTERZONE For more information on this and other Orbit books, visit the website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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