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In the Company of Others

Julie E. Czerneda

Start date: January 1, 2020

Finish date: January 31, 2020

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Nov 05, 2007 Chessa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sf_fantasy, space

Really great book! I would have given it 4.5 stars if possible, just because a few things felt a little contrived (the love story was a little weird and I felt like the revelation of the 'siders on the space station was kind of confusing - like, so what about it? The mystery/combustible nature of that secret was not clear to me for quite a while, I just couldn't understand why it was such a secret/revelation). But overall, this was just a really solidly written SF story. The characters are clear ...more

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Jan 11, 2020 Jon added it · review of another edition

Shelves: ebooks, fiction, science-fiction, read-in-my-50s, liked-it, laser-challenge-2020

Laser pick for Sword & Laser January 2020. And Janny Wurts highly recommended it. ...more

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Feb 01, 2020 Beth rated it really liked it

Shelves: sf, sword-and-laser

This book worked as more than the sum of its parts. I thought the romance inauthentic, some of the characters were more type than individual, and the science seemed suspect, but somehow it all came together into an emotional satisfying work that look at the nature of individuality and the weight of moral responsibility.

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