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4.0�toiles sur 5 Great Big Chunks of SF Goodness, Nov. 22 2003

Par	Doctor A "Doctor A" (Detroit, MI USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Vaccum Diagrams Mm (Mass Market Paperback)

First off, I the only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because, like others have said in their reviews, character development is kind of lax. In Baxter's defense however, the story is told in little vignettes spanning 5 million years. Of course you're going to have to leave old characters behind and introduce new ones. In my opinion, he does a passable - but not outstanding - job of character development.

You don't need a degree in physics or quantum mechanics to understand the concepts Baxter presents, but an "armchair" familiarity with these disciplines will help. Still, Baxter does a very good job explaining difficult concepts within the stories. The scope of the overall story arc is amazing and it left me with a very warm feeling and a little more optimistic opinion about Humanity's future. For a scientist come late to writing, Baxter has achieved far more, in my opinion, than most of his hard SF contemporaries.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 You might need a degree in Physics to understand it..., Avril 27 2003

Par	Roger Deforest (Fresno, CA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Vaccum Diagrams Mm (Mass Market Paperback)

This compilation of Baxter's short stories comprising the Xeelee Sequence is awesome in scope, but at times too heady. For me the book began to pick up steam with the last few stories, when there is a nice balance between plot and science lesson. This is real HARD SF! Baxter knows his physics and quantum mechanics, and uses them bravely throughout the book. It's not an easy read, but, if anything, will leave you contemplating its many themes and ideas.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 possibly?, Jui 24 2002

Par	P. Falk (Far from Simple Plan (a group that sucks)) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

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This novel is long, and it does get dry at some times, but some of the stories are remotely interesting. I liked parts of the book, (it's made of 23 short stories SB wrote and published in magazines.) but the characters were constantly being throw out, leaving you wondering: why? Overall, I use this book as a guide of what NOT to do to a character in a novel, but it also gives you an okay, and somewhat comprehensive idea of what quantum physics are about. Read Hawking's "Brief History of Time" for clarification on some points. I just don't understand what some stories had to do with the novel.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Introduction to Baxter's Mithology.
I started backwards. I think I should have read first this book and then gone to Flux, Ring and other Baxter's novels, but I started by Ring. Read more

Publi� le Jui 19 2002 par Armando L. Franco Carrillo

2.0�toiles sur 5 Mindbending ideas, tedious execution
I really liked parts of this book, but it was a struggle to keep going. Finally, with about 20 percent to go, I gave up when yet ANOTHER new character was introduced. Read more

Publi� le Mai 13 2002 par R. D. Waters

3.0�toiles sur 5 Great ideas, weak stories
I leave this book wondering how anybody could top it. It ends, literally, with the very last humans in the universe managing to leave the universe itself, through an artifact (the... Read more

Publi� le Janv. 26 2002 par Karl S. Chwe

2.0�toiles sur 5 Dull and quite heavy !
When I first read stephen baxter's book "Time Ships", I was very satisfied with it. It has grandiose theme and very intriguing. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 11 2002 par Agus Wahjuamarto