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by Robert J Sawyer (Author) "I love that they trusted me blindly ..." (more)
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Robert J. Sawyer's first novel, Golden Fleece, kicked off his career in a big way. It won the Aurora Award for best novel and set a high standard that Sawyer has maintained ever since in award-winning works such as The Terminal Experiment and Calculating God. Golden Fleece combines the conventions of several genres: it's both a first-starship-from-Earth story and a first-contact-with-aliens story, and it mixes these SF elements with a suspense thriller plot. A murder has been committed onboard the starship, although at first only one character, the victim's ex-husband, Aaron Rossman, thinks there is anything suspicious about her apparent suicide.

The reader is under no such illusions, however, since the story is told from the perspective of the murderer himself--or, rather, itself. The suspense builds as it becomes clear the murderer has more secrets to hide, and a second problem as well: the humans on the ship are about to vote on whether to continue their voyage or turn back to Earth. The murderer naturally has a vested interest in the outcome: he's the ship's computer.

Sawyer mixes the elements of SF and murder mystery with the touch of a master. If there is a problem with the novel, it is in the details of Aaron's life, which are necessary to understanding why he reacts as he does but are presented in a way that at first seems to distract from the main story. And it's pretty easy to see where Sawyer found his inspiration; few readers will miss the parallels to 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the end, though, a satisfying resolution establishes Sawyer as a writer well worth reading. --Greg L. Johnson

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The unexpected death of a crew member of the spaceship Argo during a ten-year voyage to a newly discovered, potentially habitable planet plunges the space-weary crew into a nightmare of suspicion as one man attempts to expose a murderer. Sawyer's first novel expertly combines mystery and sf in a fast-moving thriller recommended for sf collections.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best Sawyer, but pretty good, May 14 2002
By C. Baker "cbaker8887@aol.com" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This is one of Sawyer's earlier novels. While it is not quite up to the standards of later works, (like THE TERMINAL EXPERIMENT), it has a great premise and is superior to most science fiction on the shelves today.

Golden Fleece is a murder mystery - but the mystery is not who, we know that right away, it's the "why?" and "will they be caught?" The untangling of these two questions - aboard a generational ship, making it a locked room mystery for the passengers - has the backdrop of the psychology of a generational ship and how man deals with Artificial Intelligence.

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5.0 out of 5 stars science fiction at its best, Aug 23 2001
By Kent Carter "kmaster26" (ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
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Science fiction is supposed to be a genre that uses real science to tell a good story with morals, lessons and ideas. Sawyer does exactly that in The Golden Fleece (no Greek mythology fans, the title is not coincidental). It explores AI, ET and human psychology, the only three forms of consciousness in a very interesting and profound but scientific way. One of those good books that gets you asking yourself certain moral questions for days after having finished it. A great read, my personal favorite of Sawyers after reading almost all his other great books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars AI Murder Mystery..., July 21 2001
By Jonathan Burgoine "bookseller" (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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The best and brightest (and youngest) of Earth have boarded the 'Argo,' a colonization ship bound for Eta Cephei IV. A city in space that is blasting toward this new earth-like planet, the people have their world turned upside down when one of them dies in an accident that might not be an accident after all.

Told in a winning 1st-person narrative style from the point of view of the AI that runs the ship (JASON), "The Golden Fleece" is a great read, and a murder mystery to boot.

As always, Sawyer has blended more than one plot into one here: Was the crewmember killed or was it an accident? Why was she killed, if it indeed was murder? Coupled with the exploration of the AI as a character, the grief and confusion of the murder victim's ex-husband, and a strong Science Fiction overtone, you've got a great read ahead of you.

With echoes of 2001, "The Golden Fleece," reads somewhat straightforwardly at times, but it still a remarkably entertaining book from the Canadian master of SF.

'Nathan

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3.0 out of 5 stars An A.I. with an attitude
The narrator of this book is the artificially intelligent computer running a huge starship, and the first thing it says (prior to killing a character who has uncovered some... Read more
Published on Aug 25 2002 by David Barrett

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good
I am a big fan of Sawyer, having read pretty much all his novels now. I started with the more recent stuff(the fantastic FlashForward for one!) and worked my way back. Read more
Published on May 10 2001 by Jason M. Diller

5.0 out of 5 stars The first novel from the heir apparent to Clarke
I can't believe the (one) negative review below! It cites no facts to back up its case. Sawyer's science is impeccable, and he is clearly the heir to Clarke (more so than to... Read more
Published on May 8 2001 by Golden Dawson

1.0 out of 5 stars Blecch!
Robert Sawyer seems like a parody of what the world generally thinks about hard sf writers: boring, pedantic, with leaden prose, the psychological insight of a backward... Read more
Published on April 25 2001 by Hank Graham

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful mix of sci-fi and mystery
I thought this was a terrific book, really well done with good characters and good plot, and lots of nifty speculations about A.I. Sawyer has clearly read Minsky and other A. Read more
Published on Nov 17 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Been waiting for years for this one!
This is the only Robt. J. Sawyer book I didn't have. It's been Out Of Print for many years, but now it's back--hooray! I read it in one sitting and enjoyed it 100%. Read more
Published on Oct 21 1999

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