If the only happiness you can find in life is walking in the surf especially in comparison with the potential for interstellar ...  Read More

If the only happiness you can find in life is walking in the surf especially in comparison with the potential for interstellar travel then its depressing outlook  Read Less

Obviously i am evaluating the book as hard science fiction

Obviously i am evaluating the book as hard science fiction  Read Less

The device allows robison to maintain an omniscient view of things on the ship but it does make it difficult to sympathize with...  Read More

The device allows robison to maintain an omniscient view of things on the ship but it does make it difficult to sympathize with the characters and to feel sympathy for their needs more  Read Less

Amazingly the human element of ourselves as explorers is well preserved in the story it’s just not in the way expected or with ...  Read More

Amazingly the human element of ourselves as explorers is well preserved in the story it’s just not in the way expected or with the clichés that define so much fiction of this sort  Read Less

The ai learning how to tell a story is itself worth the price of admission

The ai learning how to tell a story is itself worth the price of admission  Read Less

I still want more of the ship and jochi and wonder if mr robinson has plans for them down the line

I still want more of the ship and jochi and wonder if mr robinson has plans for them down the line  Read Less

Descriptions of both the ships biomes and aurora and their exploration are beautifully constructed and make the reader feel lik...  Read More

Descriptions of both the ships biomes and aurora and their exploration are beautifully constructed and make the reader feel like youre on the ship or the moon as the case may be  Read Less

Robinson provides no central authority figure or protagonist to guide the ship’s inhabitants through the troubles

Robinson provides no central authority figure or protagonist to guide the ship’s inhabitants through the troubles  Read Less

Without giving too much of the plot away the lack of a formalized sociopolitical structure contributes to the inhabitants of th...  Read More

Without giving too much of the plot away the lack of a formalized sociopolitical structure contributes to the inhabitants of the ship flailing about when difficulties in the voyage arise  Read Less