Polaris

Polaris
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Alex Benedict Series, Book 2

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فرمت کتاب

ebook

تاریخ انتشار

2004

نویسنده

Jack McDevitt

شابک

9781101208311
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  • نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی

Publisher's Weekly

Starred review from September 20, 2004
This SF mystery's smooth and exciting surface makes it difficult to appreciate how exceptionally good it is at combining action and ideas. After a string of well-developed space operas, McDevitt returns to the lead characters of his second novel, A Talent for War
(1988): antiquarian entrepreneur Alex Benedict (think Indiana Jones with an eye for profit) and his beautiful assistant, Chase Kolpath (think smart, sexy Dr. Watson). Decades earlier, in a future version of the Marie Celeste
incident, the spaceship Polaris
was discovered drifting and empty, its captain and passengers apparently vanished in an instant. Now, Alex and Chase realize that someone is tracking down relics of the Polaris
and is willing to kill anyone who gets in the way. Alex is first of all a businessman, but he becomes stubbornly fascinated with the impossible puzzle. While Chase saves Alex's neck from increasingly ingenious attacks, he untangles a complex plot. The real problem turns out to be not how the mass disappearance was done but the tangled motives behind it. McDevitt does a fine job of creating different worlds for Alex and Chase to explore as they hunt clues. Through Chase's wry narration, the novel also succeeds in presenting characters who may be concealing important facets of themselves. That's appropriate in an SF mystery novel, but especially in one that turns out to have a surprisingly serious human core. Agent, Ralph Vincinanza. (Nov. 2)

Forecast:
A blurb from Stephen King, plus crossover from mystery readers, will give a boost. A multiple Nebula Award finalist, McDevitt might snag the award itself with this one.



Library Journal

Starred review from November 15, 2004
During a sightseeing trip to a distant star system to view a cosmic phenomenon, the passengers of the space yacht Polaris-all brilliant scientists-disappear without a trace. Sixty years later, antiques dealer Alex Benedict and his partner, Chase Kolpath, investigate the whereabouts of the missing passengers and embark on a trek across the galaxy just a few steps ahead of unknown pursuers who have already made attempts on their lives. Veteran sf author McDevitt (Deepsix) combines hard science with mystery and adventure in a wild tour of the distant future that also comes to grips with the ethical issues of tomorrow-life extension and the cosmic environment. Stellar plotting, engaging characters, and a mastery of storytelling make this a standout addition to sf collections. Highly recommended.

Copyright 2004 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.



Booklist

November 1, 2004
A mystery surrounds the starship " Polaris," whose crew vanished while observing a stellar collision. Some 60 years later, two freelance archaeologists discover a good many artifacts that belonged to the vanished crew, the appearance of which attracts much attention--frivolous, festive, larcenous, and even outright homicidal. The archaeologists set out to track down whoever is out to get them and to recover the stolen artifacts, if possible, and at least protect the surviving ones. They lead a merry chase, involving both interstellar voyages and 14-hour train trips (McDevitt sees railroads in any civilized future) and revealing a good many carefully guarded secrets about both VIPs and ordinary citizens. The traveling affords readers a panoramic view of humanity 2,000 years hence, and that at book's end only part of the mystery has been revealed bodes strongly of a sequel, which would be no bad thing at all, at all. Another highly intelligent, absorbing portrayal of the far future from a leading creator of such tales.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2004, American Library Association.)




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