WOW! Engrossing tale of a young man’s survival at sea on a life-raft with a tiger. Because of an incredible sub-plot, you WILL WANT TO READ THIS AGAIN. Not too frequent I’ve found great fiction about great fiction!
I picked up Joe Haldeman’s Marsbound based on reputation alone. Recipient of both Hugo and Nebula sci-fi awards, and twice President of the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers of America, Joe has quite a list of credentials. Marsbound is a perfect example that reputation is not everything!
When one of Saturn’s moons dramatically breaks orbit and heads into deeper space Bella Lind and her crew are sent to investigate. A creative look into the larger universe and a brief history of the rise and fall of humanity.
Nobel Prize in Literature? Seriously? You will waste valuable hours of life reading this unctuously fecal diatribe of all things human.
Quite possibly the worst book I’ve ever read. Paolini’s autistic/home-schooled precision in creating shockingly detailed cultures, lands, and histories is EASILY exceeded by his abominable story-telling and pathetic understanding of characters and how to make them believable.
