![]() (My favourite of the bunch is the winner, The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell - even although it has virtually no SF in it. Clarke short list, of which this was on, and I like all the other ones much better. Also, I've now read the entire 2020 Arthur C. I'm always a sucker for Neal Stephenson, so I'd rate Seveneves way, way above this. ![]() ![]() Is this typical hard SF? I haven't read all hard SF, but there is much better out there. There's a bit too many holes in it to be high-grade hard SF. Why try and find a delicious turn of phrase to describe something alien and bizarre - nah, let's just call it 'Escher-like'. Too much exposition (oh boy) and telling, and the show was disappointing. (It would not surprise me if this is being actively hawked around as a film script). That actual plot came across to me like a made for TV Brendan Fraser action adventure. ![]() I shan't spoil with exact details, but.in many cases they instantly deflated the tension.and by the end I couldn't decide if this was some conceit by the book's author (not the real author) to fictionalise the narrative, or the characters actually typed out a log after the events. I didn't like/get the inserts/interview comments that were all through the book. Especially in the situation they found themselves in. ![]() Hence I didn't really believe that these could be real people. I found the characterisation really flaky and random - a bit too try-hard, but ultimately really clumsy in trying to make them all 'deep'. ![]()
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