Sundiver by David Brin; book review

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Ай бұрын

Sadly I did not love this book as much as the last two David Brin books I read. I think that a pretty bewildering #1 for a series and I would have been perfectly happy with The Uplift starting from Startide Rising.

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@SFVintageCollector 8 күн бұрын

This was one of my first SF finds as a new reader of SF but have not read it yet. Will be keen to give it a go.

@sfwordsofwonder Ай бұрын

Thanks for this review. I'm going to read Startide Rising soon and have been wondering if I should start with this one. You are not alone in recommending starting with Startide.

@OmnivorousReader Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad I am not the only one pushing Startide Rising to the front of the queue. I thought Startide was by far the better book. I am not sorry I read Sundiver (or read it again? still not sure about that), but my advice would be to bypass it until after you are already invested in the Uplift universe.

@Codametal Ай бұрын

When I first read this one, I didn't understand it. It started out with very little context and I had to speculate alot of things along the way. But after reading the Uplift Trilogy, it made more sense. I wish there was more of the Uplift Wars cause I like how far reaching the books were on a galactic scale. I don't know if you like scifi military books, but my favorite is the Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas. Although many of his other series are heavy in the space marines and such, this one centers around a Star Carrier, and I like the story much better than his other series. It's also got alot of really good science in it. This 9 book space drama series is concluded with a very nice twist at the end, certainly nothing you would expect from a military scifi piece.

@OmnivorousReader 15 күн бұрын

I am very fond of sci-fi military and I had not heard of Ian Douglas: Earth Strike is now added to the 'to read' list!