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Review title: Light on the science, strong on characterization and story
Product review: Robert Wilson often has leading characters that have a life separate from their novel. Blind Lake is even more so, and would stand as a modern fiction novel without inclusion of the science and fantastic elements. The science is well used to enhance the plot and resonates with the theme of the unavoidable connection/isolation of the human(sentient) experience. A few quibbles: the explanation of the science is thin, resulting in a "black box" effect which in turn makes some of the character choices hard to swallow. Additionally, the flow of time is awkward in places - a few paragraphs describing a character's habits will move the time forward by a day or two, and a few more similarly toned paragraphs will suddenly move the time forward by months.Mr. Wilson's novels often include one or two "accept it as given" elements (as does most advanced tech SF), so the minor presumptions in this novel did not prevent enjoying the strong character drama.
