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Title: Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo ISBN: 0-441-00798-8 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (49 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great despite a lack of closure
Comment: If Ship of Fools had more of a conclusion, it would have been at the top of my list. However, Russo seems to have grown tired toward the end, and the pure energy that fills the first 805 of the book is lost.
Still, Ship of Fools is full of excitement and discovery. Despite being set in a cliche (the "colony of people who live on a ship and have never set foot on a planet" cliche), Russo manages to pull of a highly original series of events. All of them surround the discovery of a mysterious vessel, which keeps a singular focus within the story. However, the events themselves range from death to inner conflict to paranoia to sympathy. Ultimately, it is a tale of exploration that is approached from many levels, grounded in the most obvious exploration -- that of the ship.
If only it had an end, it would be a 5-star book. When I finished reading it, I immediately went online to order the sequel... I just assumed there was one, and was devastated when I learned otherwise.
I would still recommend this highly to those looking for an interesting story about discovery and exploration, and anyone who enjoys reading because it makes you think. For those who look to sci-fi for space battles and combat and three-breasted she-beasts... well, while there is a cloud of danger and some action, this probably is not what you're looking for.
Rating: 5
Summary: Top-of-the-line generational spaceship novel.
Comment: I'm always interested in sci fi novels that involve generations living and dying on a spaceship bound for who knows where. Often, however, after the author has expended a lot of energy detailing the society that has evolved onboard, he or she doesn't know where to go with the plot. "Ship of Fools" avoids this, and almost every other pitfall of the genre. Russo has thought up an interesting social structure, and has delved into its political and religious ramifications. He's come up with a crisis involving an alien civilization that is both sobering and scary. He's got a narrator who is interesting, with a real point of view. And he's managed to end his story without disppointing the reader. This book hooks you from the opening paragraph, and never lets up for a moment. It's probably the best sci fi I've read in a couple of years.
Rating: 2
Summary: A dishonest book
Comment: Do not let the excellent wtiting and character development fool you. This is a book that truly underestimates its audience. During the whole book, there are questions, mysteries, and plot that are never resolved. Instead, we are left to think that not all questions are answered in life and to enjoy a sense of mystery.
The problem is that what is left unresolved is not trivial, but quite major and essential. So, I truly think that the author developed the questions, plot twists, and other unknown facts WITHOUT EVER INTENDING RESOLVE THEM.
Instead, he opted to satisfy his readers with a movie ending.
So, I repeat: the author himself does not know what motivated the aliens, the reasons for the preponderance of the Church, the history of the humans, or anything that he teased us with.
He never intended to answer these questions, so he did not bother to answer them in writing or even in his own mind.
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Title: Carlucci by Richard Paul Russo ISBN: 0441010547 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Mohawk by Richard Russo ISBN: 0679753826 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo ISBN: 0679753338 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Risk Pool by RICHARD RUSSO ISBN: 0679753834 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Straight Man : A Novel by Richard Russo ISBN: 0375701907 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 09 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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