Alternate geometries, new forms of human society in the far-future, aliens some familiar and others inherently unknowable. considering Putin is literally trying to start WWIII by invading Ukraine, Everyone should read this book. The seventh chamber is the start of a tube much larger than the asteroid it appears to be inside of -- in fact, as far as anyone can tell, it is infinite. Don't let that put you off, this is immense sci-fi with big ideas and worthy of a place in the SF Masterworks series.

It eases us into the WOW factor, the awe, and then changes tacks several times in the telling, giving us more. It was a page turner, but only because I wanted to get through a long drawn out explanation of events unfolding exactly as had been previously predicted.The only time I was ever invested was when the rogue intelligence was meddling in the affairs of our human protagonists. Allowing the former owners of this vessel to travel across the universe using their own feet as a vector.

The big cataclysmic event that takes place while our POV characters are on the Stone is so coldly rendered that it might as well have not even have happened. 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 quarter is full of exploration and discovery, taking the reader to exotic places and revealing fascinating technologies. Even when we were following events from the perspective of Russian soldiers, it felt like a low budget 80's action movie where every villain was villainous for the sake of being villainous. This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience.

As time is not an issue, let’s not brief her fully ASAP so she can get to work, but let her experience this strange hollow asteroid herself, browse its libraries, appreciate its interior design computer programs. The bottom line: Not a lesson in style, a little dated, flattish characters, a Rama-rip but with more moving parts, and a flounder. Un gruppo eterogeneo di scienziati e militari si immergeranno in un mistero che si estende nello spazio e nel tempo. A new asteroid is discovered with a very peculiar orbit, and an even more peculiar resemblance to the known asteroid Juno.

A global nuclear catastrophe is imminent, but let’s not tell anybody aside from these 11 people with security clearance. As for the ending: I know that Bear had a sequel in mind, but that does not excuse the rather hurried and dissatisfying conclusion. In the 80s, politruks, the political officers tasked with keeping up the morale of the troops and keep them in line with the communist doctrine were largely washed-out corrupt thugs who didn’t care about the doctrine.Things become stranger still as the Americans, Chinese and Soviets realize that The asteroid was created by mankind, but a future mankind, stranger still when they find it is still occupied by our descendants. With Earth’s presence, however, it would be possible to abandon the Way once again and go into orbit around Earth.