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Ashes Of Candesce (2012)

by Karl Schroeder(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

076532492X (ISBN13: 9780765324924)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Tor Books

series

Virga

review 1: OK conclusion to a great series. The 5 Virga books kind of have it all -- inventive and creative steampunk (set in a zero gravity air bubble!); far future hard science fiction; pirates and buccaneers and broad romance...Schroeder covers a lot of ground. Doesn't finish quite as strong as the series starts, thanks to increasingly complex and convaluted storylines that only kind of wrap up, but still very enjoyable reads.
review 2: Great conclusion to the Virga series, in my top 3 favorite series. I was worried about the final book, because this is a "hard" sci-fi series (compared to "soft" sci-fi like Star Trek). My experience is that "hard" sci-fi struggles to have a satisfying conclusion -- many either pull-a-rabbit-from-the-hat (violating the "hardness"), ... moreor else the endings can be bleak. "Ashes of Candesce" finds the middle path, with no rabbits and no bleakness. less

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