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Bezig met laden... Aurora: Darwin (editie 2013)door Amanda Bridgeman (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I'll try to write this without too many spoilers. Overall: this is a book that sees some very tense action and good characterisation, but suffers a bit from a lacklustre ending and lack of believable detail about space travel. The good first: There were some times that I didn't want to read any pages of this before going to bed. Parts of this book are downright scary and very, very tense. I loved the characters and their interaction. This is an easy and enjoyable read. Concerns (other people may not care much about these, but what the hey, and I'm sorry if it gets a bit ranty. Remember that I did enjoy reading this book): I think the plot peaked too early. The last fifth of the book is all debriefing and while reading this, I kept waiting for THE BIG REVEAL, but I got to the end and there hadn't been one. At times it felt like the plot was contrived. You know the feeling where you watch a movie and the only reason the story happens is because some guy does something that makes little logical sense? I felt like that sometimes. Mind you, the "something's going on in the space station" makes for a damn tense story, but there's got to be some sort of payoff where it's made clear why all this stuff is happening in a way that I'll say: "Ah, now I see..." and where at least someone is punished, but that didn't happen, at least not in a satisfactory way. LAWS OF PHYSICS! Seriously! A space ship of a size where the crew can run laps down the corridors is big. Do you know how big the Space Shuttle is? They have a replica at the Powerhouse Museum. It's a lot smaller than a 747. This ship sounds bigger than a 747, judging from the description. Do you remember those big cigars on the side of the Space Shuttle at take-off? They're for fuel. More than 90% of the weight of that whole assemblage was fuel. For every kilogram you add to the weight to the ship, you need FOUR TIMES the amount of fuel to lift it into low orbit like 300km above the Earth (saying nothing about taking it to Mars in two days). Realistically, this means that you can't take vehicles of this size to the surface. It makes so much more sense to have an off-surface lift system (small shuttles, space elevator, whatever) to an orbiting space port where the behemoths dock. Also, to fly in the atmosphere, a craft needs wings, quite sizeable ones for a craft this size. In space, wings are useless. (see also this: http://pattyjansen.com/2011/10/12/space-flight-in-sf-getting-off-this-rock/) Also: orbits! Mars is only one planet down from the sun... except when it's on the opposite side of the Sun compared to where we are. Timing is essential. Similarly, I never got much of a feel for the fact that we're in space, as the obvious inconveniences of space travel (hoy, lack of gravity!) don't rate a mention except once very briefly. So, we have coffee jugs, dinner trays, shooting ranges (!!!) in space, without mention of why the coffee stays in those jugs. Showers? Barring magical gravity devices (not mentioned), artificial gravity comes from rotation of the habitat. This has serious implications for life aboard such habitats (Coriolis forces) and also docking with another ship or station could be tricky. These are interesting and wonderful opportunities for Science Fiction to show that we're actually, y'know, in space. Also, why would any sane person carry BULLETS on a space craft? And worse, fire them in a space craft? When all that separates you from vacuum and death within seconds is a thin shell of plastic and metal and a bit of padding? Sorry about the ranty bits, but I kinda cry a little inside when half a day googling this information could have done so much to make the space setting more convincing. Ultimately, I think that it's symptomatic of the story's somewhat murky identity. It's certainly not hard SF, lacks the sensawunda of space opera, does thriller very well until the last part, tries a bit of romance that doesn't come to a satisfactory conclusion, but leaves too much hanging to be a satisfactory mystery. I'm not sure how to describe it. The above may not be an issue for all readers. It is an enjoyable read. It also looks like there will be another volume. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Aurora (1)
A distress signal on the edge of inhabited space. A mission that is far outside normal parameters. Two very different people with one common goal - survival.When a distress signal is received from a black-ops space station on the edge of inhabited space, Captain Saul Harris of the UNF Aurora is called in from leave to respond. But the mission is not what it seems. Female members of the United National Forces have not been allowed to travel into the outer zones before, but Harris is ordered to take three new female recruits.For Corporal Carrie Welles, one of the Aurora's new recruits, her first mission in space seems like a dream come true. Determined to achieve the success of her father before her, and suddenly thrust into a terrifying mission, she must work with her new captain and the strained Aurora crew to make it home alive.When the Aurora arrives at the station Harris and Welles soon find themselves caught up in a desperate fight for survival. Station Darwin is not what they expected. The lights are off. But somebody is home.A thrilling space opera in the tradition of Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey and David Weber's Honor Harrington novels. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Unfortunately I have to confess I could not finish this book, even though I tried hard, doing my best to hold on until the middle of it: it did not work for me on several levels - plot, characterization and a few writing choices. I'm quite sorry about it, because it sounded very promising and I always try to keep my mind open for new, emerging authors, but after a while the struggle became too much.
Full review here: http://spaceandsorcery.blogspot.it/2014/03/aurora-darwin-amanda-bridgeman.html
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