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A Forest of Stars: The Saga of Seven Suns - Book #2 (Mass Market Paperback)

de Kevin J. Anderson (Author)
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Bestseller Anderson turns up the heat in his second Saga of the Seven Suns installment (after 2002's Hidden Empire), proving he has firepower to burn. He weaves action, romance and science with a rousing plot reflecting the classic SF of Clarke and Herbert and the glossy cinematic influence of Lucas and Spielberg. Five years after the events in Hidden Empire, hydrogues, gas giant aliens, continue to plague the Terran Hanseatic League in retaliation for the Hansa's "accidental" destruction of a hydrogue planet. This time they're also eager to destroy their ancient enemy, the Verdani, an interconnected, semi-sentient worldforest far more dangerous to the quicksilver aliens than mere humans ("The roots of a tree can shatter mountains, given time"). EDF (Earth Defense Forces) have hidden enemies in the Klikiss robots, whose resolve to reprogram "compies" (short for "Competent Computerized Companions") into human-killing robots is just as alarming as covert alien experiments on humans. Anderson's well-drawn cast includes spy Davin Lotze, an exosociologist who discovers a new method of space travel; earthy space-trader Rlinda Kett; King Peter, a reluctant "puppet" who challenges power-mad Basil Wenceslas; and DD, the terrified friendly compy kidnapped by a ruthless Klikiss robot. Sparked with surprises, enriched by ecological issues that laypersons can appreciate, this saga soars as it exposes the inner and external roots of war.
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The bestselling and award-winning author continues his stunning epic series: a vast panorama of galactic civilization and apocalyptic war. "A rip-roaring space opera full of mystery, adventure, and suspense."--"Science Fiction Chronicle."

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Better than the first, Jui 15 2004
Par Kyle Stewart (Georgia) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: A Forest of Stars: The Saga of Seven Suns Book 2 (Hardcover)
This is, like the first in the series, somewhat predictable. Still, both books remain very fun space operas. One major improvement that this book has over it's predicessor is that the characters are finally acting intellegently. While not brilliant, innovation has changed from something as obvious as kimokazi attacks, to knew methods of mining that might actually take some brain power to come up with (not brilliance, but thought none-the-less). He also explains why they don't just have compies do the kimokazi attacks (aside from the fact that the human's and Ildirans have less ships, compies aren't capable of military work, which I presume means they aren't capable of sufficient decision making to manuver a ship around the hydrogue fire).

I have two main problems with this book, but they aren't enough to cost it a star when judged by it's own standard. One is the inconsistency with naming at the beggining of the chapters (i.e. Jora'h is "Prime Designate Jora'h" and later "Mage-Imperator Jora'h", but Udru'h is just "Dobro Designate", and Cyroc'h is just "Mage-Imperator"). The other problem are these elemental aliens. While it has yet to cost the series to much believability, it does seem a bit far fetched that World Tree roots are harder than any metal despite being organic, and hence requiring semi-permeable membranes for their cells, and their should be at least a slight difference in analysis between Wentals and H2O. I hope KJA thought ahead, or I see "Storms" on the "Horizon" (the next book is "Horizon Storms" which I hope to read soon).

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Looks like Kevin is doing something right...., Jui 9 2004
This review is from: A Forest of Stars: The Saga of Seven Suns Book 2 (Hardcover)
....because i've now read both of these novels now and am looking foward to number three! And that's despite the fact that with every chapter told from a different perspective of the many characters involved it sometimes makes it a bit of a challenge to read. All in all though i'm starting to feel that that just might be a good thing. After all I can understand when you're reading for entertainment you might resent it if the book doesn't have an easy "flow". But on the other hand it does cause you to think some more and pay closer attention. And if you didn't really want to think while reading you might just as well watch re-runs on TV I suppose. In this book Kevin seems to have revealed all of the "elemental superbeings" that will be the major players throughout the series and while in my opinion this does lend a bit of "hokieness" to it i'm willing to see how it plays out before making any final judgements. And it's not like being hokie in sci-fi is uncharted territory, sometimes it's what makes it endearing and some series just absolutely revel in it. I do think that Kevin does a great job with the characters, especially considering how many there are, I found myself being really interested in how what was happening in the universe affected them and how they'd react. Yeah sure some of them are obvious and uncomplicated but it gives the "average person" characters they can relate to and understand as these characters try to make sense out of their lives as the universe is spinning out of control around them. Kevin has also created a very interesting universe to use as a backdrop for those characters. All those years of playing in other people's universes seem to have given Kevin all the tools he needs to construct his own and i'd say he's putting them to good use. So far so good, I guess the best compliment I can give is as long as Kevin keeps writing this series he's got me hooked so that i'll keep reading them.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Overly Long - Many Holes, Avril 30 2004
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This review is from: A Forest of Stars: The Saga of Seven Suns Book 2 (Hardcover)
This is the sweeping kind of story that I generally like a lot. If you liked The Lord of The Rings, The Lensman Series and the like, this is the kind of series that will appeal to you. But if you like plots that make sense, I'd try something else. Though Anderson creates a compelling universe, the storytelling is so ponderous and slow while jumping from storyline to storyline, that the act of reading becomes drudgery. Trite storylines abound and I found myself many times predicting the outcome of certain aspects with barest hint. I just knew that Anderson would take the "road most travelled".
Plot holes about and have been mentioned in other reviews so I won't labor the point... just be aware that you'll have to check your brain at the beginning of many chapters and ingnore obvious solutions to contrived conflicts. Characters will ignore the obvious solution so often you'll find yourself screaming at the book!
I'll give up 2 stars here because of the vastness of the setting but I would not dream of spending the time these books require unless you have read everything else by folks like Vernor Vinge, Orson Scott Card, Dan Simmons, and even E. E. "Doc" Smith (though dated, it still beats this).
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