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 Neverness - David Zindell
 Neverness - David Zindell ... the story of Mallory Ringer of the Order of Pilots whose quest for immortality leads to his near death and resurrection as a half man half bio-computer.Newest Review: ... where vocations like akashics, harijan, scryers, tinkers, cetics, wormrunners and warrior-poets have replaced the familiar ... more ... professions of today. Yet we are soon so involved that the initial unfamiliarity is lost and we are swept along with the story. The majority of the technology involved in the books (yes, I've now been through them all) is treated well, with emphasis being placed on the craftsmanship or elegance of a device, rather than the "gosh-wow-look-what-this-does" approach -- just as we treat hi-fis, cars, microwaves and so on today. Zindell uses this to illustrate how far apart the professions have grown, with no ...more |
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Neverness - David Zindell: Never say Never.. (721 words)
by - written on 09/12/03 (Very useful, 48 readings)
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Isn`t it great when an Author reads your Review of his last work, and he takes all your critcisms on-board and truly works to be a better writer for the next? It`d be nice to believe that`s what happened with David Zindell's Neverness.. The fact that the book was written years before my review of the other, somewhat shatters that dream, but ahh well on with this review.. Actually before we get to the review proper I`d just like to point out that There's nothing more irritating to me than reading a good book all the way through, then realising that it's the last in a series. Happily for me then, Neverness describes the events leading up to David ... Read the complete review
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