David Brin - Uplift
Jan. 15th, 2007 10:57 pmThanks again to MCG, I read Startide Rising, the second uplift saga book. Somehow the characters all seem a little fake, but the plot and characters are interesting, and the universe and politics and implications of different remaining instincts in intelligent dolphins are very interesting.
However, sooner or later, he is going to have a twist *other* than "Intelligent beings living in lava/plasma in magma/sun are discovered and save the day. I *like* unlikely aliens, but come on. That's what happened in the LAST book, isn't it?"
However, sooner or later, he is going to have a twist *other* than "Intelligent beings living in lava/plasma in magma/sun are discovered and save the day. I *like* unlikely aliens, but come on. That's what happened in the LAST book, isn't it?"
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Date: 2007-01-16 01:40 am (UTC)