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Arganda del Rey (Madrid) La Factoría de Ideas [2003]
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In the year 2204, tragedy and terror forced a scientific team to prematurely evacuate Maleiva III. Nineteen years later, a rogue moon hurtling through space is about to obliterate the last opportunity to study this rare, life-supporting planet. With less than three weeks left before the disaster, superluminal pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins -- the only even remotely qualified professional within lightyears of the ill-fated planet -- must lead a small scientific team to the surface to glean whatever they can about its lifeforms and lost civilizations before time runs out. But catastrophe awaits when they are stranded on this strange and complex world of puzzles and impossibilities. And now Hutch and her people must somehow survive on a hostile world going rapidly mad -- as the clock ticks toward apocalypse for a doomed enigma now called...… (more)
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LibraryThing member MorHavok
Deepsix follows Hutch as she is thrown onto a dying planet. Like McDevitt's previous novels this book is wholly engrossing. The mix of xenoarcheology, lost civilizations, human conflicts makes this an exciting read. My only problems are that it’s annoying how things always go wrong in a cliché
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way. You always feel like things will get better for at least the main character, which kills a lot of the suspense the reader should feel. McDevitt's ingenuity with science fiction and fact has created a series of books that I can’t help but reading. Show Less
LibraryThing member tajohnson
What can I say but classic Jack McDevitt. If you enjoy this author you will enjoy this story. The story was more about a space survival and rescue story told with a mystery of an alien civilization.
LibraryThing member lithicbee
This book was more than a little similar to the events in The Engines of God (the part where they have to flee Quraqua before it is destroyed, mixed with the part where they land on Beta Pacifica) but if you can look past that, it is still quite a thrilling ride. Hutch once again lands on an alien
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planet that is about to be destroyed, and where the wildlife is intelligent and malevolent. Things go wrong and she and her team are stranded on the surface. The book is a race: will they get off the planet before it is destroyed? Along the way, there are a lot of tantalizing hints about the alien race(s?) that lived on this planet at some point. Hopefully the next book in the series, Chindi, will have a somewhat different plot. Show Less
LibraryThing member SaintBrevity
A predecessor to Chindi, this book is half sci fi adventure quest and half engineering porn. Part of the "Indiana Jones in space, no Nazis" series which, despite the pithy description, is worth the reader's time, this book follows a group of scientists on a planet that is a few days away from
These books are especially good because while the science aspect of the story is excellently done, the character interactions and dynamics are absolutely top notch.
A couple of annoying characters lowered the rating, which is probably petty on my part; they're well written, I just didn't like them. There are references to the previous book in this series, but only in passing, and it doesn't detract from the story (I'm apparently dead set on reading this series in reverse order).
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collision with a gas giant--a desperate situation, and worsening quickly.These books are especially good because while the science aspect of the story is excellently done, the character interactions and dynamics are absolutely top notch.
A couple of annoying characters lowered the rating, which is probably petty on my part; they're well written, I just didn't like them. There are references to the previous book in this series, but only in passing, and it doesn't detract from the story (I'm apparently dead set on reading this series in reverse order).
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LibraryThing member closedmouth
(Reviewed October 16, 2008)
This is probably the most ludicrous book I've ever read. McDevitt outdoes Matthew Reilly in ridiculous plot turns and impossible feats of physicality and engineering. It's fun, though, you can be sure of that. And his skill for creating an atmosphere of discovery manages
This is probably the most ludicrous book I've ever read. McDevitt outdoes Matthew Reilly in ridiculous plot turns and impossible feats of physicality and engineering. It's fun, though, you can be sure of that. And his skill for creating an atmosphere of discovery manages
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to shine through once again. Too bad about the characters, though. Gregory Macallister has to be the most blatant strawman I have ever seen, it's almost embarrassing to read. Oh well. Same pros, same cons. Still a good book. Show Less
LibraryThing member Jim.Finn
I really enjoyed this book and have liked reading Jack McDevitt's stuff since i discovered Engines of God at my local Library.
If i have one criticisim of the book like in a movie (and with a minor spoiler) as soon as Plan B was mooted as a "Just in Case" the main plan was unsuccessful you knew that
I would recommend it and am looking forward to reading the other books in the Engines of God series.
If i have one criticisim of the book like in a movie (and with a minor spoiler) as soon as Plan B was mooted as a "Just in Case" the main plan was unsuccessful you knew that
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it was going to be used. In saying that the way that it was used was very clever and in the style of a movie reviewer a "Thrill ride"I would recommend it and am looking forward to reading the other books in the Engines of God series.
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LibraryThing member clark.hallman
Deepsix by Jack McDevitt is the second novel in McDevitt’s academy series (or Priscilla Hutchens series, whichever you choose to name it). Maleiva III is a planet that is headed for a catastrophic collision with a huge gas giant named Morgan's World. Within weeks before the collision will occur,
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Priscilla Hutchens (Hutch) is recruited by the Academy of Science and Technology to lead a team to explore, record, photograph, and even collect artifacts of former civilizations (especially from advanced technological civilizations). An attempt to explore the planet about twenty years earlier had ended in disaster when several team members were killed by vicious indigenous creatures. Hutch and her hastily- assembled team are well aware of the danger, but there isn’t time to bring in a well prepared team of experts, a well-armed protective force, or the equipment that would ordinarily be used, before the planet and everything on it will be swallowed by the gas giant. Hutch and her motley team, including a wealthy writer, a reporter, and others discover some ruins that suggest a nontechnical and unscientific society once inhabited the planet. However, they also encounter a very malicious environment, which is exacerbated by the effects of the approaching gas giant, and distinctly unfriendly wildlife. Both the members of the group and their equipment suffer casualties and survival quickly becomes a constant desperate struggle to get off the planet before it is exploded by the approaching giant. As is usual, McDevitt includes a large number of very diverse and interesting characters in this novel. His characters on the planet endure a punishing struggle, hopeless fear, and the numbing loss of their team members. In addition, a large group of mostly untrained volunteers guided by a few knowledgeable and skilled leaders takes desperate actions in an attempt to rescue Hutch and her group. However, it is difficult and dangerous to attempt to control chaos. McDevitt also provides very interesting doses of future scientific accomplishments to satisfy the reader’s desire for science in their fiction. This is a very rich and enjoyable science fiction novel and I recommend it to anyone who likes science fiction and/or adventure/suspense novels. Show Less
LibraryThing member ChrisRiesbeck
A classic old-style, science fiction, (mostly) planetary adventure, as a handful of human, stranded on a planet within days of collision with a gas giant, trek through uncharted lands to an abandoned lander that might enable them to escape in time. There are no big surprises here, but neither are
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there any major reasons to throw this book against the opposite wall. If my opening sentence sounds like something you want to read, then you read it. You won't be disappointed. This is the second Priscilla Hutchins novel, after The Engines of God. Show Less
LibraryThing member jmourgos
I’ve read several of the “Hutchins” series of novels by Jack McDevitt. What strikes me about them has to do with a strong female lead, “Hutch”, her adventures as a pilot for the Academy as they explore the ruins of what was once a thriving civilization across the galaxy but faded out when
“Are we next” is kinda the question the books imply in this series.
In “Deepsix”, Nightingale (“Randy”) leads a exploratory colony to the planet Deepsix. The life on this planet is deadly and soon makes short work of the people there. In typical overreacting, the place is shut down and quarantined for twenty years. Randy is despondent and blames himself for the disaster, and so does everyone else!
Several of the characters I really liked, such as “McAllister.” If you want to see a Rush Limbaugh knock-off, it’s McAllister. Opinionated and abrupt, writes for galactic news (I guess some things will never change in our future).
The other is Priscilla Hutchins, who is ordered to Deepsix to do some reconnaissance before the planet is met with a gas giant, the planet Morgan. She is strong, regrets not meeting her mom’s goals and realizes she should make a few of her own. Some minor flashback from earlier books is briefly mentioned.
The book shifts drastically from archeology to planetary destruction, what despair and desperation will do to one, and how greed and power trump life any day. Quite a story.
Hutch finds herself stranded on the planet, with only a few people, as an earthquake destroys one lander and an inept “pilot”, newswoman, destroys another and gets herself killed in the process. The rest of the book deals with the deadline, some not wanting them rescued, and the deux ex machina of an alien device that just might help them get off the rock before it is wiped out.
Bottom Line: I did not care for some characters, several needed fleshing out. The captain that allowed passengers to go to the surface just before the disaster, several and sundry crewmen and women, and a few die that I did not care for. The book builds suspense well and the pacing is decent.
Kindle Edition: The Kindle edition has several spelling errors that are really distracting. Clearly the scan did not go well from text to electronic font. Clean it up!
Recommended.
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humans arrived. “Are we next” is kinda the question the books imply in this series.
In “Deepsix”, Nightingale (“Randy”) leads a exploratory colony to the planet Deepsix. The life on this planet is deadly and soon makes short work of the people there. In typical overreacting, the place is shut down and quarantined for twenty years. Randy is despondent and blames himself for the disaster, and so does everyone else!
Several of the characters I really liked, such as “McAllister.” If you want to see a Rush Limbaugh knock-off, it’s McAllister. Opinionated and abrupt, writes for galactic news (I guess some things will never change in our future).
The other is Priscilla Hutchins, who is ordered to Deepsix to do some reconnaissance before the planet is met with a gas giant, the planet Morgan. She is strong, regrets not meeting her mom’s goals and realizes she should make a few of her own. Some minor flashback from earlier books is briefly mentioned.
The book shifts drastically from archeology to planetary destruction, what despair and desperation will do to one, and how greed and power trump life any day. Quite a story.
Hutch finds herself stranded on the planet, with only a few people, as an earthquake destroys one lander and an inept “pilot”, newswoman, destroys another and gets herself killed in the process. The rest of the book deals with the deadline, some not wanting them rescued, and the deux ex machina of an alien device that just might help them get off the rock before it is wiped out.
Bottom Line: I did not care for some characters, several needed fleshing out. The captain that allowed passengers to go to the surface just before the disaster, several and sundry crewmen and women, and a few die that I did not care for. The book builds suspense well and the pacing is decent.
Kindle Edition: The Kindle edition has several spelling errors that are really distracting. Clearly the scan did not go well from text to electronic font. Clean it up!
Recommended.
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LibraryThing member scottcholstad
This is the second book in The Academy series and I loved it. Hutch, the space ship pilot from the first novel, is back, a number of years later, still piloting ships around for the Academy.
A back plot. An earth-like planet is found and a group of scientists found to explore it, but they're nearly
Hutch finds some really good stuff. But the big planet is approaching and wreaking havoc with the weather. There's an earthquake, and MacAllister's lander falls down a new crack in the ice, wrecking. He and the female reporter take off in Hutch's, only to crash land a short distance later. She dies, as does one of Hutch's crew. That's two landers. They need another one to get off the planet. An emergency signal is sent out and yet another ship is contacted by the Academy with instructions to go to their aid with their lander. However, they are sabotaged by a bigwig on board, who releases the lander so they won't have to go, and so he can go to his precious dig on another planet which is oh so much more important than people's lives.
What the hell are they going to do? Nightingale suggests their only chance may be to hike the 200 kilometers across difficult terrain with alien animals that want to eat them to find the old lander his old crew abandoned with the hope that it would still work. So they go off. And are attacked. And lose another crew member. And during this journey, MacAllister learns to become human, which is refreshing. And Hutch displays her exceptional leadership qualities. Meanwhile, the ship's captains are meeting with scientists to see if anything else can be done. Seems like there's one more long shot and it's got to work, because the old lander won't have enough power to get out of orbit. An alien object has appeared. It's many kilometers long and has a net at the end of it with an asteroid caught in it. They decide to cut it up and weld it into a scoop, so Hutch can literally fly into it and be scooped up in this object. So volunteers from the ships learn to weld and go out into outer space and do the job, all the while with time running down. The two worlds are about to collide.
Hutch and one of the girls make it to the lander and it still works, so they take off. They need some technical stuff left back at the tower scavenged from their old landers, so they take off for it. However, Marcel, their ship commander informs them that the tower is about to be completely submerged in water due to the planet's ongoing issues. They make it back and sure enough, it's submerged and they're screwed, so they head back to recover MacAllister and Nightingale. Then they head for a high area. They're told of the scoop plan and they hope, oh, they hope. But it seems to unlikely. They'll have seconds to do it before the scoop leaves the rendezvous area. To top matters off, the Academy has found another area on top of a mountain that they want explored -- with the worlds about to collide -- while waiting for the scoop to be completed, so the lander heads off to the mountain and they encounter a flat surface on top of the mountain and evidence of civilization. It appears that two life forms were on the planet -- hawks and crickets. It appears that the hawks appeared out of nowhere to save the crickets with their own scoop thousands of years ago. What happened to them? No one will ever know. Some stuff happens. The action is breath taking. Finally it's time, so they head off to meet the scoop. Only to have the net on the scoop tear when a meteor field rips through it. Man, will nothing work? Are they saved? I'm not going to say because I don't want to give away the ending. I want you to read it for yourself. But I thought this book packed a lot more action into it than its predecessor and I was glad for that because I got occasionally bored with the first one. I saw character development here, character depth, science at work, alien culture, space ships -- hey, it's good sci fi! I've already got all of the other books in the series and I'm already looking forward to reading the third one. Definitely recommended.
A back plot. An earth-like planet is found and a group of scientists found to explore it, but they're nearly
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all killed by bird-like creatures. One scientist named Nightingale remained alive. Fast forward twenty years. In the same system, this same earth-like planet is about to collide with a huge planet floating through space destroying everything in its path and the smaller planet is going to explode. Naturally, the Academy had sent a team of scientists up to view this once in a lifetime phenomena and then the unthinkable occurs -- evidence of civilization turns up. A tower is found buried in ice. A scan is completed and entire cities are found buried beneath the ice. It's important to find out what civilizations lived there, what happened to them, what they were like, etc., before the planet explodes. Unfortunately, the scientific ship doesn't have a lander, so there's no way they can make it to the planet's surface. However, Hutch is in a ship nearby with a few other people, including Nightingale, and they're ordered to the planet's surface to explore and gather as much evidence as possible in their lander. So they do. In the meantime, another ship has appeared, carrying gawkers, including one insufferable Gregory MacAllister, a writer, editor, and all around snob, who agrees to a young writer's request to go to the surface to conduct an interview. So they join Hutch, who is none to happy to have them.Hutch finds some really good stuff. But the big planet is approaching and wreaking havoc with the weather. There's an earthquake, and MacAllister's lander falls down a new crack in the ice, wrecking. He and the female reporter take off in Hutch's, only to crash land a short distance later. She dies, as does one of Hutch's crew. That's two landers. They need another one to get off the planet. An emergency signal is sent out and yet another ship is contacted by the Academy with instructions to go to their aid with their lander. However, they are sabotaged by a bigwig on board, who releases the lander so they won't have to go, and so he can go to his precious dig on another planet which is oh so much more important than people's lives.
What the hell are they going to do? Nightingale suggests their only chance may be to hike the 200 kilometers across difficult terrain with alien animals that want to eat them to find the old lander his old crew abandoned with the hope that it would still work. So they go off. And are attacked. And lose another crew member. And during this journey, MacAllister learns to become human, which is refreshing. And Hutch displays her exceptional leadership qualities. Meanwhile, the ship's captains are meeting with scientists to see if anything else can be done. Seems like there's one more long shot and it's got to work, because the old lander won't have enough power to get out of orbit. An alien object has appeared. It's many kilometers long and has a net at the end of it with an asteroid caught in it. They decide to cut it up and weld it into a scoop, so Hutch can literally fly into it and be scooped up in this object. So volunteers from the ships learn to weld and go out into outer space and do the job, all the while with time running down. The two worlds are about to collide.
Hutch and one of the girls make it to the lander and it still works, so they take off. They need some technical stuff left back at the tower scavenged from their old landers, so they take off for it. However, Marcel, their ship commander informs them that the tower is about to be completely submerged in water due to the planet's ongoing issues. They make it back and sure enough, it's submerged and they're screwed, so they head back to recover MacAllister and Nightingale. Then they head for a high area. They're told of the scoop plan and they hope, oh, they hope. But it seems to unlikely. They'll have seconds to do it before the scoop leaves the rendezvous area. To top matters off, the Academy has found another area on top of a mountain that they want explored -- with the worlds about to collide -- while waiting for the scoop to be completed, so the lander heads off to the mountain and they encounter a flat surface on top of the mountain and evidence of civilization. It appears that two life forms were on the planet -- hawks and crickets. It appears that the hawks appeared out of nowhere to save the crickets with their own scoop thousands of years ago. What happened to them? No one will ever know. Some stuff happens. The action is breath taking. Finally it's time, so they head off to meet the scoop. Only to have the net on the scoop tear when a meteor field rips through it. Man, will nothing work? Are they saved? I'm not going to say because I don't want to give away the ending. I want you to read it for yourself. But I thought this book packed a lot more action into it than its predecessor and I was glad for that because I got occasionally bored with the first one. I saw character development here, character depth, science at work, alien culture, space ships -- hey, it's good sci fi! I've already got all of the other books in the series and I'm already looking forward to reading the third one. Definitely recommended.
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LibraryThing member yonitdm
I hadn't realized it was second in a series until just now. Great stand alone piece. so many tantalizing mysteries left unanswered. I'm hoping to learn more about the history of Deepsix.
LibraryThing member yonitdm
I hadn't realized it was second in a series until just now. Great stand alone piece. so many tantalizing mysteries left unanswered. I'm hoping to learn more about the history of Deepsix.
LibraryThing member cindywho
I did't like this one as much as Engines of God - it had some decent adventure, but it dragged a lot. I was annoyed by the pundit character - at my crankiest point, I was thinking of him as a low rate Lazarus Long. Meh.
LibraryThing member AnnieMod
Maleiva III is one very unlucky planet - another world, Morgan's World, ejected from its own star system a long time ago is on a collision course with it - and due to the sizes of the two planets, Maleiva III is about to be annihilated while the much bigger gas giant will just pass and continue on
Of course the problems on this planet did not start with Morgan. Three thousand years earlier, the whole star system ended up inside of a dust field which caused the previously Earth-like planet to enter a severe Ice Age. Had it not been for the disaster about to hit it, it would have exited the dust a few hundred years in the future, making it possible for humanity to terraform it. As it is, the Academy dispatches a team to look for signs of civilization - just to lose most of it to the local fauna. As neither the people on the ground, nor the scans showed any intelligence, the politics of the Academy took over and the planet was never revisited. And now, 20 years or so later, the collision is about to happen and for the first time since that fateful expedition in the last years of the 21st century, the world looks again at Maleiva III. A ship full of scientists is in the area to observe the collision and learn a lot more about the universe.
Except that the first thing they discover are signs of civilization - under the ice, big cities start becoming obvious, with weeks left before being lost forever. They seem to be medieval-level - so it seems like the inhabitants of Deepsix (also known as Maleiva III) never made it to the stars. And the ship of scientists has no archeologists - noone expected to find anything ON the ground. So Priscilla Hutchins gets rerouted and declared an archeologist (despite being just a pilot - but at least she has an idea what she is doing) and sent on the ground to investigate. Before long a ship full of tourists also show up and one of them, an author who is everything you would have hoped to not exist in the 22nd century in his attitudes towards women, decides that he is important enough and flies down to the ground. And disaster strikes - although things do not look too bad - help is on the way.
While all this is happening on the planet, things get even more complicated - the scientists find an object in orbit which appears to belong to a civilization which does not match what is on the ground and a sorry excuse for a human being puts corporate interest ahead of human life and the disaster turns lethal. Hutchins and the team on the ground goes on a long march to try to save themselves - and everyone up in orbit decides to work on a plan B - McGyver would have been really proud of them. And even knowing that there are later Hutchins novels, due to the difference in time between the two novels, the rescue was not really guaranteed. Which made the end of the novel better. And while everyone is working on rescuing the remaining 4 humans, we slowly learn the story of the planet and what happened to the people who called it home.
McDevitt's style is not for everyone - he gets extremely technical and spends more time on technology, natural sciences and archeology than on characters. An yet, he made me care about everyone on the ground - even if some of them were cartoonish in their descriptions and more types than people, the action carries the story.
The novel is the second in the Academy series but it only mentions the Omega clouds which were found in the first novel - Deepsix and its issues are not related to the clouds in any way or form. It technically contains spoilers for the first novel (so it is not a good idea to read it if you plan to read the first) but it is a standalone story which does not need the first novel. I hope that later novels will get back to the clouds.
Another enjoyable novel by McDevitt - as long as you are ok with his style.
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its part, grabbing some dust along the line. Of course the problems on this planet did not start with Morgan. Three thousand years earlier, the whole star system ended up inside of a dust field which caused the previously Earth-like planet to enter a severe Ice Age. Had it not been for the disaster about to hit it, it would have exited the dust a few hundred years in the future, making it possible for humanity to terraform it. As it is, the Academy dispatches a team to look for signs of civilization - just to lose most of it to the local fauna. As neither the people on the ground, nor the scans showed any intelligence, the politics of the Academy took over and the planet was never revisited. And now, 20 years or so later, the collision is about to happen and for the first time since that fateful expedition in the last years of the 21st century, the world looks again at Maleiva III. A ship full of scientists is in the area to observe the collision and learn a lot more about the universe.
Except that the first thing they discover are signs of civilization - under the ice, big cities start becoming obvious, with weeks left before being lost forever. They seem to be medieval-level - so it seems like the inhabitants of Deepsix (also known as Maleiva III) never made it to the stars. And the ship of scientists has no archeologists - noone expected to find anything ON the ground. So Priscilla Hutchins gets rerouted and declared an archeologist (despite being just a pilot - but at least she has an idea what she is doing) and sent on the ground to investigate. Before long a ship full of tourists also show up and one of them, an author who is everything you would have hoped to not exist in the 22nd century in his attitudes towards women, decides that he is important enough and flies down to the ground. And disaster strikes - although things do not look too bad - help is on the way.
While all this is happening on the planet, things get even more complicated - the scientists find an object in orbit which appears to belong to a civilization which does not match what is on the ground and a sorry excuse for a human being puts corporate interest ahead of human life and the disaster turns lethal. Hutchins and the team on the ground goes on a long march to try to save themselves - and everyone up in orbit decides to work on a plan B - McGyver would have been really proud of them. And even knowing that there are later Hutchins novels, due to the difference in time between the two novels, the rescue was not really guaranteed. Which made the end of the novel better. And while everyone is working on rescuing the remaining 4 humans, we slowly learn the story of the planet and what happened to the people who called it home.
McDevitt's style is not for everyone - he gets extremely technical and spends more time on technology, natural sciences and archeology than on characters. An yet, he made me care about everyone on the ground - even if some of them were cartoonish in their descriptions and more types than people, the action carries the story.
The novel is the second in the Academy series but it only mentions the Omega clouds which were found in the first novel - Deepsix and its issues are not related to the clouds in any way or form. It technically contains spoilers for the first novel (so it is not a good idea to read it if you plan to read the first) but it is a standalone story which does not need the first novel. I hope that later novels will get back to the clouds.
Another enjoyable novel by McDevitt - as long as you are ok with his style.
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LibraryThing member arubabookwoman
In this science fiction space story, it's the 23rd century, and scientists are gathering near the planet Maleiva III. A wandering gas giant is about to collide with Maleiva III, and the scientists want to observe this event close up. It was known that Maleiva III supported life (plant and animal),
I found this to be an imaginative depiction of an alien culture, as well as an exciting adventure story. Good escapist reading.
3 stars
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but previous expeditions had not seen evidence of advanced intelligence or civilization. However, shortly before the collision, remnants of an intelligent civilization were found, and a small group of scientists, led by pilot Patricia Hutchins are sent to the surface to quickly explore and to save what they can of this previously unknown civilization before the collision. Of course, there are all kinds of complications and unexpected disasters as they explore the planet.I found this to be an imaginative depiction of an alien culture, as well as an exciting adventure story. Good escapist reading.
3 stars
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LibraryThing member sgsmitty
A quick note before briefly discussing the actual book. I read this during the "great" Coronavirus pandemic of 2020. When I say read, I mean that I listened to it during my commute for my job. I was not forced to stay at home and was able to work throughout the event, at least so far.
Anyway, this
So, I started this book fully expecting to be presented with some ancient dead alien civilization and see some of the mystery surrounding them. All the while some story would be told with that as the backdrop and ultimately nothing would never get revealed. I was not disappointed as that is exactly how the book went. However, because I had no anticipation of reading much about a cool dead civilization and certainly not learned anything about their final outcome I was able to actually focus on the real story of the Hutchins and her group's challenges and how they overcame them. This was somewhat entertaining so I am giving it four stars.
There are more books in the series, but I do not feel now like jumping into the next one. Maybe in 10 to 15 years or so.... LOL.
Anyway, this
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is the second book in a series of books that follows a character named Priscilla Hutchins. She is an archeologist of sorts. I read the first book in the series "Engines of God" back in 2005. At the time I did not really enjoy it and rated it only 2 or 3 stars. The biggest problem I had with it was that it never revealed anything about the mysterys presented concerning the ancient civilization etc. At the time I felt this was done just to create and drag on a series.So, I started this book fully expecting to be presented with some ancient dead alien civilization and see some of the mystery surrounding them. All the while some story would be told with that as the backdrop and ultimately nothing would never get revealed. I was not disappointed as that is exactly how the book went. However, because I had no anticipation of reading much about a cool dead civilization and certainly not learned anything about their final outcome I was able to actually focus on the real story of the Hutchins and her group's challenges and how they overcame them. This was somewhat entertaining so I am giving it four stars.
There are more books in the series, but I do not feel now like jumping into the next one. Maybe in 10 to 15 years or so.... LOL.
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Subjects
Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (Finalist — 2002)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2001-03
Physical description
336 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
9788484218357