Review: Great story, great ideas, ending a little weak
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2013
So many great ideas in this book.It begins with aliens mining our moon and caring not at all for the consequences to our earth or the life on it. A team of scientists from earth end up accidentally following one of the mining pods back to the mother ship- through worm holes all the way out to another galaxy altogether. They survive on the ship. They find amazing technologies that the aliens use. All fantastic- worth the price of admission.The plot moves well because there is always a new problem to solve. A new crisis to handle. Mostly this was well done- but others complain that there was not enough character development. I think the issue lies HERE. The problems were mostly war puzzles which were solved in interesting ways- however the interpersonal relationships were not addressed. The needs of being humans in another galaxy were kind of addressed but in very unsatisfactory terms. The society and relationships between the stranded humans didn't really progress very much. They didn't develop properly. Also, I thought that there could be MORE interpersonal interaction between the advanced natives living on the ship and the humans. I would reference Captain Cook and his crew meeting the natives in the South Pacific Islands- something like that I think. Especially after the natives became allies.Finally, RETURNING HOME. THE ENDING. The BIG QUESTION was will they be able to get home? How will they get home? Can they figure out how to navigate the worm holes so that they CAN get home in less than 1,000 years or so. Secondly, with the distance they have traveled- has earth time moved forward 1,000 or 2,000 years since they left- in other words, is everyone and everything they knew gone? Is earth still there? Was it destroyed in the interim?There are so MANY GOOD REASONS to NOT return to earth or reasons why they CAN'T return to earth. The reason chosen was a throw away. Not thought out properly in my opinion. Additionally, the basic humanity of the castaways was kind of left un-dealt with.Finally- the book is great- don't hesitate to obtain it.This is an excellent addition to the Kindle library.I shall eagerly read more of your work.I just think the ending was more important than the one given which has everything to do with the essential humanity of the castaways.