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Review title: Hard Science Fantasy Series
Product review: With enough hard science to limit space travel under the speed of light, yet fantastic enough to dip into the sun itself, this book presents a rich mixture. With it's hard science, this series scratches the Greg Egan Diaspora itch, and yet has enough melodrama to satisfy my desire for emotional manipulation. One interesting aspect of the story is that with nearly omnipresent super-intelligent AI everywhere, the character's foibles and motivations are brightly lit for everyone's evaluation, resulting in a unique self-awareness to everyone's behavior.That said, the author's treatment of female characters seems jarringly ham-handed and one-dimensional. And although I like long passages of introspection and second-guessing, I can imagine that some readers will be tempted to do a bit of skimming.But all in all I found it a fun read and would readily recommend the whole three book series: The Golden Age, The Phoenix Exultant, and The Golden Transcendence, in that order.
