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Review title: Flashback to when only teenagers read SF
Product review: Had I been alive (and reading science fiction) in 1930's and 40's, reading this book would have been like meeting an old friend. However, for a Benford/Niven fan like myself, it is just awful. The main premise is implausible, the technology, both human and alien, does not even pretend to follow any kind of physics, and the plot is utterly predictable. Moreover, while 1940's SF characters lacked any personality - the intended audience, male teenagers, did not need it, - all "The Black Sun" characters have ridiculously exaggerated personality traits, as if the author used to the original model were trying to overcompensate. Not worth buying.
