Weir seems to have one character voice, so his POV characters sound exactly the same from book to book. If you can get past that, Hail Mary is fun, if a bit too long.
We're taking a moment ... and we're done.
Oz ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - May 24, 2025 7:04:03 am PDT #28322 of 28325
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Laura - May 24, 2025 7:26:52 am PDT #28323 of 28325
Our wings are not tired.
Yes, I enjoyed the science fun of Hail Mary, but some sections could have been far more concise.
bennett - May 24, 2025 9:32:09 am PDT #28324 of 28325
Also excellent, is Rob Inglis reading The Hobbit and all of The Lord of the Rings. Also good for very long trips and for re-reading in troubled times.
Jessica - May 24, 2025 9:55:56 am PDT #28325 of 28325
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I just recently started Axiom's End and so far I'm really enjoying it, but I'm having some difficulty dealing with the fact that this is an AU period piece set in *2007*. (My assumption that the year is significant because it puts the existance of smartphones and the 2008 financial crash in the book's near-future, but mostly there is no way 2007 was long enough ago to be a setting for a sci-fi AU.)