Fortress Sol [book, audiobook]

 Fortress Sol [book, audiobook]

EH, I DIDN'T HATE THIS. I USUALLY LIST STEPHEN BAXTER AS MY FAVORITE AUTHOR BUT THE SECRET IS HE DOESN'T WANT TO WRITE SCI-FI, HE WANTS TO WRITE LARGE SCALE SPECULATIVE SCIENCE ESSAYS SO ALL HIS BOOKS ARE JUST "HERE IS THE POINT OF VIEW CHARACTER, OH, NOW THEY TURNED INTO A CRYSTAL AND ARE NEXT TO A ROBOT THAT KNOWS EVERYTHING SO THEY CAN FLY AROUND FOR A TRILLION YEARS AND DESCRIBE HOW THINGS WORK". THIS BOOK CLEARLY TRIED TO BE SOME ROMEO AND JULIET LOVE STORY THING BUT IT JUST REALLY WAS WAY TOO MUDDLED AND KEPT COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT PLOTS AND THEN FIZZLING OUT AND JUST NEVER REALLY GOT ANYWHERE. LIKE, WITHOUT THE SPACE ROBOT ELEMENT THEY HAD TO KEEP LOOKING THINGS UP ON SPACE WIKIPEDIA AND THERE WAS AN INTERESTING PART FOR A WHILE WITH THAT WHERE THEY KEPT LOOKING UP EACHOTHER'S CULTURES ON WIKIPEDIA THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE ALL MAD ABOUT HOW INSENSITIVE THAT WAS AND HOW YOU COULDN'T SAY THAT OUT LOUD. THEN IT STOPPED BEING ABOUT THEM AND WAS MOSTLY ABOUT HOW SPACE TRAINS WORK. THEN IT WAS ABOUT A KINDA INTERESTING IDEA WHERE EVERYONE WAS SLAVES DUE TO SOME STAND ALONE COMPLEX THING NO ONE WAS MAKING THEM DO. BUT IT DROPPED THAT FOR A REALLY STUPID PLOT ABOUT AN EVIL SECRET WHERE THE GOVERNMENT WAS LYING ABOUT THE SUN. BUT LIKE, WHO CARES? THE LIE MADE NO SENSE, AND THE REAL THING THEY WERE DOING WAS LIKE A THOUSAND TIMES MORE REASONABLE THAN THE FAKE THING. ALSO THE BOOK CAME OFF AS WEIRDLY ANTI-ABORTION FOR A WHILE BUT YOU COULD TELL IT WASN'T REALLY. I FEEL 100% SURE THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN WITH HER TWIN BEING KILLED AT BIRTH, BUT HIM WRITING THAT THEN GOING "THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT! WHY WOULD A SPACE SHIP WORK LIKE THAT!" AND THEN MAKING IT A TWIN ABORTION THING. (THE SAME THING WITH THE GUY'S HAND. YOU CAN TELL IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CUT OFF BY THE MOM WITH A BOLT CUTTER, BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE A REASONABLE SYSTEM, SO IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING ELSE. ) I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS A GOOD ENOUGH BOOK, BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY GO ANYWHERE.

PS. Q: WHAT ARE LUMES FOR? A: TO DANCE AROUND IN THE SUN FOR A LITTLE WHILE

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