- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Roc (MM) (April 13 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451458230
- ISBN-13: 978-0451458230
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 9.9 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #774,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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[Mackay] writes with impressive grace and clarity.
The New York Times Book Review
Provocative.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Part technothriller and part evolutionary detective story,
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This review is from: Meek (Paperback)
"The Meek" by Scott Mackay is an incredible science fiction novel that uses shopworn genre concepts to create a fresh narrative of sometimes unbearable suspense. "The Meek" is SF in the old-fashioned tradition: When a survey ship is sent to inspect an asteroid habitat thirty years after a bloody civil uprising and attempted extermination, the crew finds that the habitat is populated by genetically modified humans with superior strength and intelligence. Stranded and unsure whether the unsuspected inhabitants can be trusted, the central characters are pitted against time as the government demands the asteroid's unconditional surrender. Part technothriller and part evolutionary detective story, "The Meek" builds to a rousing climax that shows Mackay is every bit as good at writing about humans as he is at depicting alien landscapes and the consequences of biotechnology.
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Is the Alien human, or the Human alien?,
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This review is from: Meek (Paperback)
THE MEEK is thought-provoking, compelling and filled with clarity of thought. The setting on the asteroid Ceres is extremely well developed as is the race of genetically altered humans who ultimately are the blue-skinned "Meek," able to withstand almost no atmosphere and intense environmental conditions. Scott Mackay has superb "world-building" skills that are not often seen outside a handful of classic SF writers.While the plot moves along at a brisk pace, there is a slow but steady revelation of characters' pasts which form a complex history of the evolution of "The Meek" from human to "Orphan," to their current level of development. This back-story provides the motivations and logic behind the novel and is managed in a sure-handed manner. I found myself frequently wondering about both the ethics and possibilities that such drastic genetic alterations could cause both to the existing structure of human kind-and our future place in the universe. A satisfying read that gives you much to mull over once the story is finished.
4.0 out of 5 stars
scince fiction exotica,
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This review is from: Meek (Paperback)
I enjoyed "The Meek" right from the start. The chief protagonists are all burnt out whether by disappointments, personal loss or the struggle to survive. The arriving engineers engage an environment in Ceres which is completely unenvisaged by anyone. Here they meet a human derived /designed race who call themselves, the Meek. The Meek are not only alien but possess a proven and very worrying pedigree of savagery. Yet, despite their motivations, their responses, and even their physiology and appearance, it is the achievement of this author that they are revealed as fully human.The last portion of the book takes the characters to another very different world where the coalition of new and old humans discover their dependence on each other. Thoughtful, excellent (but never preachy) SF.
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