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Title: Stone by Adam Roberts ISBN: 0-575-07396-9 Publisher: Gollancz Pub. Date: March, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Intriguing
Comment: Stone was one of the more interesting books that I have read this year. The story was just so different, I was hooked on page one. I mean, how many books have you read in the form of letters written to a stone?
One of the things I like most was that as the story unfolded, we all knew that he had broken out of that prison he was describing, and we knew that he was recaptured at some point. What we didn't know was, had he succeded in his mission? And why was he in prison in the first place? And who hired him to destroy the population of an entire planet?
The first person perspective let us get almost disturbingly close to a very odd man, who doesn't seem to understand quite what he's doing even while he's in the proccess of actually DOING it.
The writing style in Stone is slightly skewed, and definitly unique. I have a feeling that you'll probably either like this book, or stop reading after the first few pages.
And as for the characters.... Well, there is only one real character. There are other people who interact briefly with Ae, even get to know him a little, or travel with him, but there really is only one character in this book, throughout the whole story. Well, two if you count the stone.
All in all, I would recomend this book to anyone who enjoys an offbeat, odd book, whether a science fiction reader, or fantasy lover, or perhaps even a mystery fan as well. After all, trying to figure out who wished an entire planet dead is certainly quite a mystery.
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Title: Polystom : Two Universes, One Reality by A.R.R.R. Roberts ISBN: 0575071796 Publisher: Gollancz Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Singularity Sky by Charles Stross ISBN: 0441010725 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan ISBN: 0345457684 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Spin State by CHRIS MORIARTY ISBN: 0553382136 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Golden Age by John C. Wright ISBN: 0812579844 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 14 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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