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New York : : Penguin Group : Berkley Publishing Group, 2004.
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COYOTE RISING is the dramatic sequel to COYOTE, the story of Earth's first extra-solar colonists. The starship Alabama, bound for the new world of Coyote, was hijacked by it's crew in a desperate bid for freedom from the repression of a post-US world order on earth. They then had to flee their homes with the arrival of a new batch of colonists, this time ruled by a repressive government embodying all of Earth's problems and prejudices. Now, the iron-fisted colonial governor is building a bridge to exploit the virgin territory where the Alabama's crew are believed to have resettled. But a movement is underway to reclaim Coyote for those who truly love freedom - a full-scale rebellion in which the men and women on both sides of the fight will learn the true price of liberty.… (more)
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LibraryThing member Moby46
Only six years after the first colonists, who fled an American dictatorship, land on Coyote, they are faced with the landings from two more ships from Earth. They're from the Western Hemisphere Union, which means to establish sovereignty over the colony. The people of Coyote have other ideas about
Like its predecessor, pieces of this novel appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, in this case between May 2003 and December 2004.
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that.Like its predecessor, pieces of this novel appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, in this case between May 2003 and December 2004.
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LibraryThing member Neilsantos
Continuing the series. It really reads like a series of novellas, but they are closely enough linked that it doesn't trip my I-don't-like-short-stories trigger.
LibraryThing member RBeffa
Coyote Rising is the second in a series, following the novel "Coyote". Like Coyote, this story is told in eight parts, related stories about interplanetary colonization and revolution. I decided to read this right after finishing Coyote so that characters and events would be fresh in my mind. I
So, I had to really suspend disbelief here on the underlying premise. Moving past that, I think Coyote Rising is a much better story than Coyote, which suffered from, among a few other faults, too much teen-aged angst which is thankfully absent here. There is one section of this story that I think rather magnificient. I had read it several years ago and really liked it - in fact it the reason I wanted to read this series of Coyote novels. The internal story chapter is called "The Garcia Narrows Bridge", and reading it again within the context of the overall story heightens the power of it. It is an homage to "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and very powerful.
Those readers who thought right wing politics were skewered in the first book should be happy that left wing social collectivism gets skewered even more here. I enjoyed the stories in this followup novel. I will be reading more.
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found the ending to Coyote a little odd - Coyote Rising clarifies it considerably but doesn't address a point that really bothered me. Four huge colony ships have been launched from earth to travel 46 light years, approximately 200 years after the first. There has been no word from the original starship back to earth since it hasn't even reached the intended planet Coyote yet. They have no idea if the mission was successful or even reached the destination, and yet, huge costs and efforts have sent these new colony ships and they intend to take over and benefit from the efforts of the original colony. This concept is basic to the story told in this book and to me is just completely irrational.So, I had to really suspend disbelief here on the underlying premise. Moving past that, I think Coyote Rising is a much better story than Coyote, which suffered from, among a few other faults, too much teen-aged angst which is thankfully absent here. There is one section of this story that I think rather magnificient. I had read it several years ago and really liked it - in fact it the reason I wanted to read this series of Coyote novels. The internal story chapter is called "The Garcia Narrows Bridge", and reading it again within the context of the overall story heightens the power of it. It is an homage to "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and very powerful.
Those readers who thought right wing politics were skewered in the first book should be happy that left wing social collectivism gets skewered even more here. I enjoyed the stories in this followup novel. I will be reading more.
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LibraryThing member Cataloger623
382 pages Science fiction. This book is a good addition to the Coyote series. The story address the questionto what lenght will someone go to be free? Can social collectivism work on in a frontier society? These questions are addressed while not skimping on action and character development. I like
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this universe and cannot wait for the next work inthis series. Show Less
LibraryThing member orkydd
In which the forces of freedom and individuality (represented by the starship hijackers of its predecessor 'Coyote') prevail over the nasty socialist 'Collectivism' of the colonists who arrived at the close of 'Coyote'.
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Original publication date
2004
Physical description
x, 382 p.; 24 cm
ISBN
9780441012053