Ancient Shores
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Read in January, 2004
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Read in October, 2005
Dans cet étonnant roman, tout part d’un postulat à côté duquel Contact fait figure de construction de la plus rigoureuse exactitude. Jugez plutôt : un jour, un agriculteur trouve au fond d’un de ses champs un étrange bateau, qu’il n’arrive pas à dater rg dhv nccnenîg nceèf radhêgr pbzzr vapeblnoyrzrag ivrhk.
Malheureusement, je crains de devoir dire que, même si ce roman est raisonnablement intéressant, il est d’un style ...more
Malheureusement, je crains de devoir dire que, même si ce roman est raisonnablement intéressant, il est d’un style ...more
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A real let down for McDevitt fans. He starts well, then hardly explores any of the doors he opens. It ends on a climax the reader suffers through to get to a sequel that will never be written.
To his credit, McDevitt is prone to asking more questions than he answers. It's part of his charm. It just really bugged me on this one as it had so much potential for the eye-popping wonder he's capable of. Perhaps I need to exercise my imagination.
A real let down for McDevitt fans. He starts well, then hardly explores any of the doors he opens. It ends on a climax the reader suffers through to get to a sequel that will never be written.
To his credit, McDevitt is prone to asking more questions than he answers. It's part of his charm. It just really bugged me on this one as it had so much potential for the eye-popping wonder he's capable of. Perhaps I need to exercise my imagination.
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A cool "alien artifact" story. A farmer finds a strange boat buried in his land, which turns out to be just one relic of a long-buried million-year-old alien vacation resort of sorts. And that's just the first couple chapters!
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Read in January, 2005
I love this book. It has all the bits I like in a good sci/fi novel: technology, mystery, cultural reprecussions, all on top of a good tale.
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Read in October, 2008
This is a fun, light sci-fi book. Not as good as his other books that I've read, especially Chindi, but still a fun read.
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Read in May, 2008
I like most of Jack McDevitt's work - but this is a tedious read.
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