Review: Unique Perspective
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2014
I enjoyed this story right up to the end.A machine civilization is left behind on a mining world when the alien culture abandons it. It's a realistic premise. The machines are self sustaining up to a point, so walking away is a more cost effective solution than spending time and effort to turn them off.Soon the artificial intelligence of the machines takes over. Once the machines are left to their own (dare I say it) machinations, their civilization devolves into something very much like Lord of the Flies.It is a well written allegory and I enjoyed it to the end, when I was a bit disappointed. Questions raised by the story were left unanswered. If there had been a more satisfying conclusion, I would have given it five stars, it was that good. It is one in a series so perhaps the next book answers the questions I had.