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Communion Of Dreams (2012)

by James Downey(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Artifact Imprints

review 1: I was really, and I mean REALLY loving this book right up till the end. That's when it left me with all sorts of questions and cryptic descriptions, inadequate closure and a general feeling of confusion. What the hell just happened, is what I want to know!(Sigh)The book had great potential. The writing was intricate and suspenseful. Characterisation was sufficient. And there were enough breadcrumbs along the trail for the reader to follow. Everything seemed to be going well in the middle. I was a bit frustrated by the lack of answers halfway through, but didn't dwell on it too much since the writing was so good. I thought that good writing meant the author had something really cool coming up. But then I was left with: 1. The burl - what role does it play and how does it d... moreo what it does?2. The artefact - for so much talk about the darn thing I'd expected to know its purpose at the very least by the end3. Seth's interaction with both - how did that happen? And what is he now? Can it happen to other computers?4. Who decided that mankind needed this kind of sequestering? Where are they and what have they been doing for millennia? 5. Are we going to have any interaction with these beings? 6. And what kind of humans are these anyway? They seem entirely too meek, unlike the rabble-rousing human race I know that would never take this whole 'universal prison' thing lying down. Just sayin. 7. And why did the Hawking crew die? What kind of power does the burl/whatever exert to cause this?You can see from that extensive list of complaints/queries that I was really invested in this one. And therefore bitterly disappointed that it turned out so badly.
review 2: In a post-crisis Earth, a discovery on another planet leads to the formation of a diverse team of people from various specialties to explore it. Membership includes scientists and geniuses of various stripes, an artist, soldiers, and a child prodigy, of diverse genders, ethnic backgrounds, and temperaments.Communion of Dreams engaged my attention all along, with enough variation in the themes discussed, shifting of emphasis and suspicion among the various characters, and a rapidly developing conclusion, with events pushing the main characters faster toward their next steps than they were perhaps ready for them. The writing is intelligent, and it was clear to me that the intelligence behind the writing is pretty well grounded.Contact with the discovery triggers dream episodes that raise questions about the origins of life, other aspects of life, and the possibility of other forms of life. The author does very well at handling these possibilities, without offering answers which would be inherently more limiting than the possibilities themselves. That may be one of the novel's greatest strengths. less

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