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Three hundred years had passed since the Tyr conquered the people of Earth as they had previously overcome numerous races throughout the galaxy. In their victory they had taken the very heart out of the human race, isolating the true individualists, the geniuses, all the people who represented the hopes, dreams, and discoveries of the future, and imprisoning them in dome colonies on planets hostile to human life. There the Tyr, a race which itself shared a unified gestalt mind, had left these gifted individuals to work on projects which would, the conquerers hoped, reveal all of human kind's secrets to them. Yet Daetrin's secret as one no scientist had ever uncovered, for down through the years he had succeeded in burying it so well that he had even hidden his real nature from himself. But, taken into custody by the Tyr, there was no longer any place left for Daetrin to run, no new name and life for him to assume. Now he would at last be forced to confront the truth about himself--and if he failed, not just Daetrin but all humans would pay the price...… (más)
This was the 1st book I've read from C.S. Friedman and I have to say I enjoyed it.
Sci-fi Earth in ruins Aliens
Good stuff!
There was an aspect that the fantasy crowd would probably enjoy, and I personally found it the best part.
This story feels like it should have been a trilogy or at least a duology there is just so much there that was barely touched. Also, the last 1/4 of the book felt rushed.
I look forward to reading more from C.S. in the future, after all I have 4 more books from her on my shelf :-) ( )
Classic Friedman: Novel (e.g., new) Basic Question, oddly competent aliens (their pseudo-mastery of star-flight is explained late in the book), and interesting protagonist - also a classic personality with some twists. Sorry - any more would be spoilers.
I liked it very much, but doubt I will read it again. (I think this is a re-read anyway, as I remembered one section -- the Tekk blooding ritual -- after I got into it). ( )
So this book was kind of a conundrum. It was really long, but didn't "feel" really long. At the same time it was kind of dry (often the case with sci-fi, in my experience) and slow, but I never really felt bored reading it. The concept was interesting, but not mind blowing, and it wasn't filled with tons of new ideas (which is what I usually love about sci-fi).
So I think that puts it solidly at 3 stars for me. ( )
A fun, fairly engrossing read. A vampire, an alien shapeshifter, and enslaved humans fight the hive-mind reptiloids that conquered them all. Pacing is a little uneasy. Main character is well-done. The attempt to make vampirism and shape-shifting "scientific" falls pretty short, as do many elements of the alien biologies and planets. Final bit of pivotal action felt very rushed, like the author was just trying to wrap it up. Overall a fun read. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
To the memory of Herbert Friedman, 1931-1988 Writer, Editor, Teacher, Square Dancer Extraordinaire, and beloved father.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
When the series of images ended I reached out and flicked the projector switch off, sending the last holo spiralling down into darkness. That was when the years suddenly seemed to bleed one into another; past, present, and future so lacking in definition that for a moment I couldn't tell them apart. I couldn't remember how many names I had worn, or where in my life each one belonged.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Look, he longed to say, let me tell you one very important thing that we do know about the Raayat-Tyr. Sometimes, with no warning, they do things that seem motiveless. Insane. Like blowing up an entire Dome, maybe just to see what it feels like to die. Or burning nine members of a research team, for God alone knows what reason. They're dangerous, Nogyat, very dangerous, and wholly unpredictable. And once every seventy years or so their erratic behaviour peaks; they go crazy, in other words, if that human term or any other can be applied to one of the Tyr. Stroke them the wrong way and they'll kill you; stroke them the right way and they might do it anyway, on a whim. And the next peak of species instability - this madness season, if you will - has already started.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
And then I thought, Cliché be damned. It's only a body, right? So it hasn't got feathers. Don't think of it as a bat. Think of it as...a leather bird.
What the hell.
I made myself the body of a leather bird, and joined her.
Three hundred years had passed since the Tyr conquered the people of Earth as they had previously overcome numerous races throughout the galaxy. In their victory they had taken the very heart out of the human race, isolating the true individualists, the geniuses, all the people who represented the hopes, dreams, and discoveries of the future, and imprisoning them in dome colonies on planets hostile to human life. There the Tyr, a race which itself shared a unified gestalt mind, had left these gifted individuals to work on projects which would, the conquerers hoped, reveal all of human kind's secrets to them. Yet Daetrin's secret as one no scientist had ever uncovered, for down through the years he had succeeded in burying it so well that he had even hidden his real nature from himself. But, taken into custody by the Tyr, there was no longer any place left for Daetrin to run, no new name and life for him to assume. Now he would at last be forced to confront the truth about himself--and if he failed, not just Daetrin but all humans would pay the price...
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This was the 1st book I've read from C.S. Friedman and I have to say I enjoyed it.
Sci-fi
Earth in ruins
Aliens
Good stuff!
There was an aspect that the fantasy crowd would probably enjoy, and I personally found it the best part.
This story feels like it should have been a trilogy or at least a duology there is just so much there that was barely touched. Also, the last 1/4 of the book felt rushed.
I look forward to reading more from C.S. in the future, after all I have 4 more books from her on my shelf :-) (