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Terminal World
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I dunnnnno. I am in love with "House of Suns", the other book I've read by this author, so I went into this with high expectations. I honestly didn't understand a lot of what was going on, the world was so confusing, it seemed to contradict itself SO MUCH as time went on. I found it extremely hard to finish, and I was always confused, and the main character was just MEH. I hate to give negative reviews, but I loved House of Suns SO MUCH I really wanted this to be as absorbing and raveful, and it just didn't do it for me. A sci-fi-steampunk-adventure that I would not readily recommend.
HOWEVER, I am looking forward to other works by the author! Just not any sequels to this, haha.
HOWEVER, I am looking forward to other works by the author! Just not any sequels to this, haha.
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Apr 04, 2011 06:18AM
Try Pushing Ice. Stand alone story and is excellent.
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House of Suns really was fantastic
I had about the same feelings about this book, except that I read it first... How I managed to try another after this I don't know. The Revelation Space series was slow, but incredibly deep and entertaining. If you still have any energy left of Reynolds, give that a look.
I'd recommend Reynolds' Revelation Space series; that's where most of his best work is.
Thx for the reccs, I'll start Revealation Space after Pushing Ice!
I've read pretty much everything I can get my hands on by Alastair Reynolds. You're right, this isn't one of his stronger works. It's an okay read, but not on par with his usual stuff.
This is an unusual work for Reynolds with the steampunkish setting and lack of space ships. It's also a wildly original setting that challenges the reader with lots of new concepts that are explained from the viewpoint of a society that has forgotten most of their history and science and so leaves a lot for the reader to puzzle out. Nonetheless, or perhaps because of this I found it immensely enjoyable.It's also full of subtle references - did you figure out which planet it plays on? What the two cities were named after? Wikipedia has the spoilers, if you want to look.
Also, airships and steam-powered cyborgs! Only the organ was perhaps a little over the top.
I despised this book. The other Reynolds book I'd read was Chasm City - which I really liked a lot - until the last ten pages where I wanted to throw it As Hard As I Could against the wall. Trying to give Terminal World a chance after failing my 45-page-rule was a mistake.
Please, please also read Turquoise Days, a novella, and short stories Enloa, Whisper, and Zima Blue. Surely his finest works, along with House of Suns.
It reminded me so much of Embassytown, and I had a hard time not picturing the world working the same way (which it didn't, obvs). Only halfway through, but finishing out of duty to a reading challenge rather than interest.
Stephanie (Librarianish) wrote: "It reminded me so much of Embassytown, and I had a hard time not picturing the world working the same way (which it didn't, obvs). Only halfway through, but finishing out of duty to a reading chall..."I didn’t finish it. Really awful.
So much of Reynolds is extraordinary, so many good books and stories.
13 years later i am still hoping for more house of suns.
