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Pros
If you enjoy sci-fi with plenty of technical detail, this is a book you should check out. The story covers the technical challenges in just the right amount of detail to feel quite realistic.
Delta-v is a novel about a group of astronauts stranded on an asteroid. The circumstances during an unsanctioned commercial asteroid-mining mission forces the team to leave two members stranded. In the circumstances, the government doesn't want to bac... Read More
Daniel suarez's critical mass is the second book in the delta-v science fiction techno-thriller series. It is delightfully science-y to the extent that i'd almost categorize it as eng-fi or something.
Daniel suarez takes our current technology and situation and extrapolates a clear vision for our near future. Suarez is a visionary, on par with greats like niven and neal stephenson.
Cons
The story goes very very slow due to an over abundance of climate change lecturing. Even if you have an agenda and want to make a point, thats fine but why * us with obvious dribble everyone knows. The distraction ruins what could have been another ex... Read More
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With the way it ended im not sure if there are going to be more books in this series or not but im invested now so i will defin... Read More
That aside this as a potential future for humanity in space along with the scientific achievements like the mass accelerator on... Read More
I have a lovehate relationship with the genre of 34science fiction
It makes the book at once educational depressing and hopeful
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34critical mass34 is fast paced and aggressively exciting in scope
Packaging/appearance
I noticed that there are no chinese names in the acknowledgements
Competitiveness
Another weakness of the plot at least in my opinion is how much suarez makes of blockchain technology
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I do not see where any of his propositions are impossible to achieve with time effort resolve and adequate funding
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Someone said a good book is one you cant wait to finish and then when you do youre sad that its done
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I have said many times that for me the best booksauthors are the ones that include actual science and other actual realities
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I understand the want to illustrate the challenges but maybe cut a few pages off the repetition crises
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I would have liked to see a little more focus on the characters and their relationships with each other
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I want to read about space exploration not treaties and negotiations
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If you want to read about endless space politics read red mars
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In fact a lot of this tech is real today in 2023 but other than perhaps elon musk no one has the guts to step out be an adventurous person and really start “space the final frontier” no matter what it takes
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