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A global nuclear catastrophe is imminent, but let’s not tell anybody aside from these 11 people with security clearance. Most of the remainder of the human race now reside in a hollowed out asteroid that was found floating in a distant earth orbit. It has the exact same profile as Juno, but much less mass, because someone has hollowed it out into seven enormous chambers. I messed with it to be able to insert the read more tag where I wanted it, it would only insert after the copied text.

Over all Eon is really an ideal book for fans of hard science fiction and those of us looking to escape from our daily drudgery for a while. Maybe if you liked Banks’ The Algebraist or Hamilton’s Night’s Dawn you’ll like this – similarly bloated balderdash disguised as serious science fiction. I can think of no sensible way to review the book without spoiling it, and can only suggest that, if you also missed it, and have liked other Bear books, you give it a shot. But I'll still say that this is probably one of those books whose basic idea is so good that, nearly no matter how boring you will find one of the subplots, you just have to love it.We can’t fault authors for working within the zeitgeist of their times and attempting to explore the ramifications of our ability to use and misuse advanced technology. Because the knowledge some selected few gained is almost making them lose their minds and in their desperate attempt to understand and prevent certain events, their secrecy is exactly what triggers the calamity nobody wanted. The first part of their plan involves accelerating some tuberiding human habitats to near light-speed. In the second half of the book, the theme of ideological conflict is continued through the growing tensions between the hardline political officers assigned to the Soviet force, and their more moderate military leader, Mirsky, who (like Vasquez) gains life-changing insights into the situation that faces them after being exposed to the accelerated learning facilities of the Stone's libraries.

The worst disappointment comes from finding racism, sexism, and questions like "wait, is the main character going to rape someone? Along the Way, the city has been opening doorways to other alternate universes and creating a trading empire with other cultures, human and alien. A gigantic alien construct that shows up in the vicinity of our Earth, the origin or purpose of which is unknown. We have different individuals within these groups, individuals whose own ideologies are more nuanced and refined than the general group identity. So it's the house in House of Leaves (which was the same house that was in House, an old horror movie from 1986) only it's in the sky with scientists.The portrayal of the Russians is incredibly stereotypical, and Bear never misses a chance to beat the reader over the head with the message that communism was wrong and the U. And even when the narrative finally gathers momentum and excitement, the many dazzling ideas here are never firmly under control.

I would say that all but one of the main characters we meet are NEVER instigators of major action in the plot, and we ultimately find out that ALL of the actions of the main characters is rendered moot by the out-of-left-field ending.

Not that books can’t be serious, but then it needs to tick other boxes, believable emotions for one. However, just when I thought I had this all figured out, there was the first of at least two major twists and I was thrown (in a good way).

Un gruppo eterogeneo di scienziati e militari si immergeranno in un mistero che si estende nello spazio e nel tempo. The 21st century was on the brink of nuclear confrontation when the 300 kilometer-long stone flashed out of nothingness and into Earth's orbit.But it isn't giving the Americans a technological edge, only offers confounding mysteries and a devestating vision of their future that they seem powerless to avoid. With a bit better writing and editing, this might have fulfilled it's potential to be the masterpiece it was trying to be. The first quarter is full of exploration and discovery, taking the reader to exotic places and revealing fascinating technologies. That said, I willingly bungled my way through, accepting that the locations didn't matter as much as the characters and plot.