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AH man, KSR at his best. Very enjoyable hard sci-fi / space opera. Ark ship, colonisation, tons of fascinating science, as only KSR can do. Intricate balances of culture, biology, orbital mechanics and human engineering their way out of tight corners. I loved the main character Freya and especially loved the Ship (who made a really cool narrator for bits of it). Half way through i realized that no matter how madly it ends it would have been worth it. And the ending was nice, despite some reviewe
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This is what hard core science fiction is all about! I wish I had time to give this book the review it deserves but I'll just have be happy saying that I loved this book. It is a great blend of science, imagination, character, and story. The tropes you would expect are there, but they are taken in directions that I didn't see coming. My only gripe is that the ending, while beautifully consistent with story, is not the ending that I was secretly hoping for. :)
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a very original possibility of the earth's future space travel.
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