![]() ![]() Heinlein's Traders from Citizen of the Galaxy). One of the civilizations is the Qeng Ho, a loosely organized group of traders (reminiscent of Poul Anderson's Kith (this book is dedicated to Anderson) and of Robert A. Two starfaring human civilizations reach an anomalous astronomical object at the same time. The book is set perhaps 8000 years in our future. I'll briefly summarize the plot, hopefull avoiding spoilers. I still suppose the fault may be in my jaded self, but A Deepness in the Sky proves that its still possible to really knock me out SFnally. But I never felt fully engaged, never felt "awe". I mean: that book ( Deepdrive) is full of neat ideas, original ideas, and I thought they were well handled, and the story was good. ![]() I was complaining earlier about books like Jablokov's Deepdrive, and wondering if the fault lay in me. It's the first novel in a while to really engage me on the sense of wonder level, and to again awaken the feelings of awe and of "I want to be there" that were so central to my early reading of SF. ![]()
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