Re: On the Steel Breeze. Alastair Reynolds.

On 10/8/24 12:42 AM, Titus G wrote:

On 9/09/24 14:07, Tony Nance wrote:
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On 9/4/24 1:56 AM, Titus G wrote:

Blue Remembered Earth. Alastair Reynolds. 2012

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I read this back in May, and didn't enjoy
it as much as you did. The setting and science were great. My main
problems were with the characters, but since the next one seems to
share
very few characters (if any) with this one, I plan to give it a try.

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 I am over halfway through the next one, On the Steel Breeze. Events and
science still outweigh characterisation. Whoops! They are mainly still
around but not Geoffrey, nor the cousins and some play minimal roles.
One is over three hundred and another is two hundred and forty but
Geoffrey did not take prolongation treatment. Even grandma Eunice is
sort of there but in a robotic format with simulated mind. Following
your criticism regarding the richness of the characters, I have paid
more attention to this aspect and really couldn't tell anyone anything
much about them but this is not detracting from my enjoyment of the book
for the same reasons as Blue Remembered Earth even without the novelty.
I could probably describe characters from Garry Disher's pot boilers
better :-)

That's all good to know - thanks. Unless there are some rather drastic differences, I believe I'll be better prepared to read the second one. More specifically, I believe the characters won't bug me as much, even if they turn out to be similar.
Tony