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Title: Dark Light (The Engines of Light, Book 2) by Ken MacLeod ISBN: 0-7653-4496-3 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 20 January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Motivation is the key...
Comment: Matt Cairns, Gregor Cairns and the rest of the crew of the Bright Star have left Mingulay and visited their nearest star system, right next door. But they all have different reasons for going. Not everybody is doing it for the trade.
This second book in a the series is about motivation. What IS Matt after? What are Volkov's plans? What do the saur's want? What are the motivations of the krakens and, more importantly, what do the gods want?
And what happens when Matt decides to go and ask the gods themselves?
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent Middle-of-Trilogy book
Comment: This book was in many ways superior to Cosmonaut Keep, the first in the trilogy. While the first book had good characters, world building and wild speculation, it used an irritating technique to keep key information from the reader. Of course, it was obvious to most of us that one of the main characters was the ancestor of another, and what might likely happen as a result. I was left waiting around for the two plot lines to converge long after I guessed.
Dark Light dispenses with the two-track plotting and the concealment of information. It throws in several new worlds and societies, a great big wodge of fascinating political specualtion, and more good character development. It also ends with enough of a kick to keep you going to the next book. Well worth the time, with 50 per cent less frustration.
Rating: 4
Summary: Lots of interesting speculation, requiring some patience
Comment: Those who have read COSMONAUT KEEP should find this a worthwhile continuation. I liked it better than the first book, myself, because of the increased political and theological speculation.
Especially fascinating is MacLeod's concept of the Gods and their relationship with humanity. Not highly recommended to extreme conservative religionists.
I did find myself mired down a couple of times in the political dissertations. However, MacLeod basically tells a good story. How good a story it is depends, I suppose, on the concluding book in the series. But these first two are interesting enough and I'm getting to better like the characters, and so I will be reading the final installment.
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Title: Cosmonaut Keep (The Engines of Light, Book 1) by Ken MacLeod ISBN: 0765340739 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Engine City (The Engines of Light, Book 3) by Ken MacLeod ISBN: 0765344211 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod ISBN: 0812577590 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Stone Canal (Fall Revolution) by Ken MacLeod ISBN: 0812568648 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod ISBN: 0765301563 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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