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Call Number: Science Fiction / Robinson, Kim, Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / General / Robinson, Kim Stanley
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Science Fiction / Robinson, Kim	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / General / Robinson, Kim Stanley	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / General / Robinson, Kim Stanley	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for those on board. But the journey has brought unexpected changes and their best laid plans may not be enough to survive"-- Provided by publisher.

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Ok, but not great submitted by brady.emmett on July 18, 2017, 7:32am Several times, I had to check that this wasn't Seveneves. I like the concept, but the delivery was a stretch. If you are going to have the ship be the narrator, it should be consistent the whole way through the book. It was difficult to empathize with the protagonist.

Thought-Provoking Science Fiction submitted by Meginator on July 6, 2018, 11:36pm This hard science fiction story imagines the practical realities that await a generation ship as it approaches humanity’s first (potential) extrasolar outpost. The science feels plausible and the plot hums along nicely, though character development does occasionally fall by the wayside and a final section feels painfully unnecessary. Overall, it’s a gripping tale of a possible future, a captivating thought experiment that asks readers to imagine what might happen if we truly do begin to look beyond our own planet, for better or worse.

Approximately the same narrative payoff as Mad Max: Fury Road submitted by terpsichore17 on July 28, 2021, 11:45am "We spent untold dollars and so much thought on how to make this big thing go so far through space, had to figure out self-government eventually, and then ran up against the limits of genetic diversity!" At which point the AI took over, because this was all a bad idea from the outset.

Reading this book left me so extremely conscious of what Robinson was deciding would or would not be possible in the limits of the story. It did not feel organic but constructed, which made for a very dull and unsatisfying reading experience.

Really clever story submitted by severian on August 23, 2021, 7:10pm Like a lot of Robinson's writing, this is a story that plays with narratives you're familiar with (but in a very subtle and sneaky way). This one takes one of the biggest and most foundational assumptions in sci-fi --that one day we're going to go to the stars -- and makes you think really carefully about it, and what it might mean for how we're living in the present. The story builds quietly though, and lets you really inhabit the mind and feelings of its main characters. I listened to the audio book version of this, and it was lovely.