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The Eternal Flame (2012)

by Greg Egan(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0575105712 (ISBN13: 9780575105713)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Night Shade Books

series

Orthogonal

review 1: Just as it's prequel it is hard and highly intelligent SF. You can't read Egans books when you are tired because you will need your intellect fully awake to understand all the strange physics being in motion. (I love that part by the way.) However it took quite some time for me before I actually understood the plot. It wasn't until I had reached into about 2/3 of the story that I really could grasp what some of the storylines was actually there for. Anyway, a 4.5 for the hard SF bit, more like a normal 3 for the story itself.
review 2: I had high expectations for this book, and it totally lived up to them! The characters are all new, the problems facing them are interesting, and the science - oh god - the science is so hard, and so AWESOME! Not to spoil too muc... moreh, but the inhabitants of the Peerless make great breakthroughs in both physics and biology. There is some political and social strife, sexism, etc., but it doesn't spoil this fun read. After all, big scientific progress often provokes social resistance. Some of the action is really awesome, like the voyage to the orthogonal space object, and there's even a scene where someone is rescued from being lost, floating in space! I can't wait to read the third book... less

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