Title: Put THIS on the curriculum at Dover High, I say!!!
Product review: If you're looking for "intelligent design", then read this book ... This is REAL Science Fiction (and mostly Science Fact). A frequent whinge by reviewers of all Baxter's books is that his characters are one-dimensional and that the plot and dialogue are often secondary to the science. Well, dare I say it, that's the POINT ... that's exactly what hard SciFi devotees have been starved of for decades, stories with a solid scientific base, which explore fringe possibilities, serving to expand the mind and inspire creative thought! To me, Baxter is like a modern-day Jules Verne or H.G. Wells, and his writing is a welcome return to foundational Science Fiction as it should be written. People who are looking for a rollicking good space yarn, a bit of escapism, should just stick to the fantasy genre.
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