This may sound like praising what should be the minimum effort by every author out there, but in reality is that character development is not a staple of science fiction. They feel distinct and speak with their own voices. The inclusion of appendix describing the technology in more depth is nice addition for fans of hard sci-fi.Īll the human characters have enough depth. An incredible amount of research went into making FTL, cryogenics, and other future tech believable. The way the human science is planned and described in this book makes me smile. Humans have expanded through the stars and colonized many systems. The prose is accessible without being simplistic, and even though I’ve read prose that caused better impressions and even made me cry, the writing on this book is the correct form for the content. It is consistent throughout the book and shows a very good command of the written word. This book was 10 years in the making and it shows. This makes me wonder if some people will DNF the book because of these choices. ![]() Events and their consequences - and the understanding of said consequences - take a long time to manifest. I think that is the most important decision you need to make when you’re approaching this book, Are you invested in this story enough to plow through a long limited third-person narrative? Christopher Paolini pacing is not slow but given the way the narrative is structured and and the large quantity of pages, the book feels slower than it is. I started reading this book in a sunny day and a cold beer We learn stuff, as Kira learns stuff, and it takes a long time for Kira to learn stuff, this is not a small book. This naturally leads to longer books as the lack of an omniscient narrator prevents the author from being able to use exposition to explain what is going on. We follow the protagonist - Kira - and experience only what the character experience. This happens due to the very deliberate decision by the author to use limited third-person point-of-view. Space operas tend to shift towards the more epic end of the spectrum with stories spanning vast spaces and involving the destiny of huge populations, this book definitely does that, but it does it while keeping the focus of its narrative personal and small. Epic space battles for the fate of humanity take her to the farthest reaches of the galaxy and, in the process, transform not only her-but the entire course of history.” - sourceĪs you can see if we decided to use a single word to describe the scope of this book, it should be epic. ![]() “To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a story of enormous intergalactic weight and consequence, but also of deeply personal human strength, compassion, and awe.ĭuring a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, xenobiologist Kira Navárez finds an alien relic that thrusts her into the wonders and nightmares of first contact. The official website describes the books as:
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