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Feb 26, 2024Eratatosk rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Tells the story of an unnamed colony expedition to Tau Ceti to settle a new world, Aurora. The narrative hands off mostly between Freya, the daughter of the chief engineer, Devi (who dies before she reaches the promised new land) and an…
Oct 09, 2018MWBalderstone rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The best book centered around interstellar colonization I have ever read. A science fiction novel that challenges the sci-fi fantasies that so many people carry with them about the future of humankind as an off Earth species. Emotionally…
Jan 02, 2018thebritlass rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Part science, part fiction, part ruminating about mankind. Some sections I skim-read, and the ending was a bit anti-climatic, but I did want to keep on reading until the end.
Jan 02, 2018tjdickey rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book is a stunning achievement. Though the plot centers around the challenges of interstellar colonization, and the technical and biological aspects of the project, the story centers around what it means to be human, and what it means…
Sep 12, 2017peter1962 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
The blurb on the jacket makes this sound like a book about interstellar colonization, so I was hoping for something like the first few books of Allen Steele's Coyote series. I was majorly disappointed. I don't mind books with a slow pace,…
Mar 23, 2017Black_Polecat_1 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I found this book to be an enjoyable read. It has some flaws, mainly that the author's attempts to integrate poetry into the book were often clunky and rambling, the philosophy involved is somewhat bland and inchoate, and some of the…
Nov 08, 2016zipread rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Aurora. by. Kim Stanley Robinson. I spent a long time on this book --- more than I should have, really. But in the end, more than halfway through I just had to abandon this novel. There are, after all, so many other books that will…
Sep 19, 2016theonlymonka rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I really wanted to like this book more, but I have to admit, I found it boring. Yes, it's great science fiction, yes, it raises and explores some fascinating questions, but it's just not a very enthralling read [for me].
Jun 12, 2016JLMason rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The overall message of this book is that humanity needs to treasure the earth as it's all we've got. Human existence is inexorably tied to earth; it's not possible to live on other worlds, because we are so finely tuned to the earth's…
Jan 12, 2016jsloane rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was an intense read. Not in terms of feelings, but it needed intense concentration to read it. You were either completely immersed, or you were skimming because the technical terms short-circuited your brain. For the most part, I was…
Sep 07, 2015
One of Kim Stanley Robinsons best novels. Set in the distant future the book takes you to the edge of the universe and back. Hard to put down. Has strong characters which carry you through the interstellar journey. Well worth reading.
Jul 20, 2015BrewsWhitaker rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A modern masterpiece of hard Science Fiction. The story takes place on one of the largest settings imaginable, the first attempt at an interstellar journey over hundreds of years, but focuses on intimate human experiences in a very moving…