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2002-Jul-27 [this day]

Starfarers

written by Poul Anderson

Decent speculation about what almost-lightspeed travel would mean. The people you leave behind grow old or die while you spend a few months travelling. Society and culture change immensely. Starfaring species soon stop, because there is little to no profit in that activity.

One problem is that the characterization is wooden, and the plot unsurprising, except when some deus ex machina throws a new alien species or phenomenon at the protagonists. Overall, the motivation of the characters is barely understandable, and when an attempt is made at showing values, they're either weird or purely based on addiction to sex. I guess I didn't like it much. Some interesting ideas, though. [this item]

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