Review: So many things
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2011
There are just sooo many things that irritate me about this book. First and foremost being: It could have been an enjoyable book. The plot is good, I like the characters, I even like the idea of having weird sentient gas creatures that research stuff.But the science! Soooo many things are just -wrong-.1) The ship has gravity with no mention of how or why.2) Eating soup and crackers while in water.3) Showing sweat on your face while in water.4) The 'impellers' work in space. They pull in particles and shoot them out the back. There are vvveerrryyy few particles in space. The idea of them moving a ship with the added mass of all of that water is just silly.5) Sound does not travel in a vaccum. Sonar would -not- work.6) Anything 'sonic' will not work in space. Sonics requires vibrating -something- usually air. There is no air in space, so you can't bounce off asteroids. Using this to launch into space is already semi-ridiculous, but using it while in space, is just crazy.I struggled getting through the book for the sole reason that I really do like the underlying ideas and story. The writer really should have passed the technological elements by some friends before putting them in the book. They really detract from what could be a good 'thrown under the bus and need to succeed' SF story.