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Title: On the Oceans of Eternity by S. M. Stirling ISBN: 0-451-45780-3 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 10 April, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.56 (61 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: It was fun while it lasted.
Comment: "Island in the Sea of Time" and "Against the Tide of Years" had set up a heck of a situation, and Stirling had to resolve it - somehow - here in "Oceans". I thoroughly enjoyed the first two books of the series; enough so that I bought this latest one on the day it came out. [I felt like someone sleeping out for Dead tickets. An interesting experience.]
The resolution is a bit of a disappointment.
I don't want to give you any spoilers - not when the book was only released 5 days ago. So I'll have to make an analogy:
Anyone who reads Stephen King books has probably encountered what you could call the "Stephen King" ending. This type of ending occurs when SK has built up an impossibly powerful and secure villain or situation, but still feels the need to have good triumph, so he contrives something ridiculous to serve as his resolution. For example, in "The Stand", the "Hand of God" comes down and destroys the villain [if that was all it took, why is the rest of the book there?], or in "Needful Things" people make shadow puppets that destroy the villain. You know - cheapo endings.
By analogy, this is the way the series ends. You read it, you perceive it, and you say to yourself, "You have GOT to be kidding me."
Other than that, there is plenty of entertainment value in the book, as in the first two. History, historical geography, military science, naval science, engineering history, botany, political science - Stirling doesn't think there is a university department out there he can't turn into a plot point. He pulls it off well. And there is, pleasantly, less overt political content to this installment of the series - if you discount the cheesy resolution.
...Read the book for pure entertainment value - just skip Chapter 30.
Rating: 5
Summary: Stirling For President!
Comment: I've been waiting for this book for two years. Let me tell you, brother... It was worth the wait!
"On the Oceans of Eternity" is for anyone who likes action, adventure, women in chainmail, or boys with guns or vice versa. :) Unlike most action books, this one has plenty of food for thought and literally tons of research behind it. You will come away from this read having learned something as well as having had lots of fun.
If you are new to the series, start with "Island in the Sea of Time" then read "Against the Tide of Years". This volume brings that series to a close, in a most satisfying manner.
Unlike the middle book, this title was edited quite well, the pacing was almost perfect and the execution flawless. The ending comes all too sudden and swift for the reader's taste.
Odikweos' meeting with Arnstein was everything it should have been, the ends (and beginnings) that well-loved/hated characters met were plausible and intriguing. To be less vague would spoil the surprises in store, so read and enjoy!
//Fritz!
Rating: 1
Summary: Lame Ending for OK Series
Comment: At the risk of repeating what others have said here, the ending of this series was a monumental let-down. The reader's impression is that the author suddenly tired of the entire concept and decided to wrap it up as expeditiously as possible. The conclusion is so lame that I would recommend you not even get started with this series.
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Title: Island in the Sea of Time by S. M. Stirling ISBN: 0451456750 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling ISBN: 0451458737 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Conquistador by S. M. Stirling ISBN: 0451459083 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: 1632 by Eric Flint ISBN: 0671319728 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: 1633 by David Weber, Eric Flint, James Baen ISBN: 0743471555 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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