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Termination Shock
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As long as this is nothing like The Ministry for the Future, I’ll be happy. -7/14/21
1/31/22: Well, it was better than The Ministry for the Future, but still not immune to many of the problems that book had, particularly the pacing and tendency to go off into tangents that, while occasionally interesting, usually seem to do nothing more than increase the page count.
3/5 stars.
1/31/22: Well, it was better than The Ministry for the Future, but still not immune to many of the problems that book had, particularly the pacing and tendency to go off into tangents that, while occasionally interesting, usually seem to do nothing more than increase the page count.
3/5 stars.
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Jul 21, 2021 08:39AM
Wasn't that Kim Stanley Robinson?
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Yeah, that’s what I mean- a cli-fi book that I had high hopes for and ended up being absolutely miserable and (for me) just awful to get through.
I totally agree. I could not stick with it, much as I admire his other books.
I still keep my copy of The Ministry for the Future as a sleeping aid : just trying to read three pages puts me in a near-comatose sleep even after several cups of coffee.
I think I have a hard time with Kim Stanley Robinson's work in general. Every time I try to read one of his books, I find myself growing increasingly disinterested as the books progress. Interesting ideas, but his execution is lacking.
Hmm, I really enjoyed MftF. Didn't have any issues getting through it. Red Mars took some time in part because of the length of it all and just the amount of pages describing baren landmasses.
MtfF is much better on both counts. (I do like Red Mars more as a book, but find MftF just as interesting).
I loved Ministry for the Future.
I liked Ministry for the Future and read it all, although it was a letdown -- and a bleak outlook but understandably.The comparison of KSR and Stephenson is valid, though. They both jam a lot of ideas into their books and try to weave them together as a story. I think many of us read them mainly for those ideas, not the stories.
Ministry For the Future was a near masterpiece. This is just a slog.
