Supernova
Lightless Series, Book 2
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نقد و بررسی
February 22, 2016
In Higgins’s riveting and thought-provoking sequel to Lightless, protagonist Constance, who bombed Earth to destroy the solar system’s totalitarian government, learns that every decision has consequences. As Constance roams the solar system, she faces challenges to her leadership, both external and internal. She never looked at the potential chaos her plan would cause and ignored the base nature of humanity in a power vacuum. The reality crushes her, just as it does Althea, the technician who tries to teach newly sentient spaceship Ananke how to be human. When the machine “grows up” and challenges the rules of her “mother,” philosophical debates and moral quandaries abound. Descriptions of terraforming and the life of a black hole will satisfy fans of hard SF, but the main draw is the excellent, realistic portrayal of people struggling to cope with sudden change and its fallout. Agent: Hannah Bowman, Liza Dawson Associates.
July 1, 2016
Following the events of 2015's Lightless (and ranging back in time as well), this title has computer scientist Althea still on the Ananke, a ship that has gained sentience thanks to the tinkering of rebel thieves Ivan and Matthew. Even though Ananke is a child in her experience of the world, Althea finds that the more Ananke learns, the more difficult she is to control. Meanwhile, Mattie and Ivan are lost and presumed dead after their escape at the end of Book 1. The bulk of the story concentrates on Constance, aka Mallt-y-Nos, who heads the efforts to annihilate the current rigidly controlling System. Constance has destroyed Earth but encounters opposition not only from the System but also from former allies. While this second volume of the trilogy widens the setting from one claustrophobic spaceship to a whole solar system, the focus remains on the characters, all of whom struggle, especially Constance, to deal with the fallout of their decisions. VERDICT Recommend to sf readers who savor character-driven stories.--MM
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