A story of generations and change and exploration and discovery.
A generation ship sets out to found a colony in another star system. What they find there, and how they adapt to it is the main concerns of the story. All of this is set to a background of socialist political division and distrust.
I enjoyed the story, and thought the concept intriguing. I had some problems with the writing, however. For one thing, the politics was heavy handed. Dwelt on in far too obvious a way. Secondly, there was far too much 'telling'. The author had done a fair job of having characters act and speak in ways that made their thoughts and intentions clear, but then went on to detail those same thoughts and explain the actions and thoughts to us. I found that annoying as heck. Trust your readers! We got it! We don't need to be hit over the head with it!
Glad I read it though, as the concepts and ideas were quite compelling.
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I received this book through the Library Thing Early Reviewer program.
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