Linda “K”

Fitting Ending with only a Few Loose Ends

Revisado: 03-23-19

The third (and final) book in McDonald’s Five Dragons duology (parse that how you will). _Luna: Moon Rising_ seems to be compared against Heinlein’s _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ but other than both being set in a future version of settling Luna, the sophistication, style, and storytelling of McDonald give his trilogy a resoundingly different feel on almost every level. Heinoein was a master of his trade but we’ve come a long distance politically, sexeually, and SF content-wise in the last six decades. A comparison is unfair to both books. All I can say is I’ll miss the characters and setttings — I was hoping for an epilogue set a few thousand years out as Man finally inched his way out of the local system. But that would have been pure fan boy servicing and would not have added to the story of the current books, These books wrapped up all key storylines and gave us, if not a happy, a totally satisfying ending.

Excellent audio work as usual (Audible item). Now we just have to fidget about to see what McDonald does next...

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Fine 80s Space Opera

Revisado: 04-24-18

A classic Hogan story from 1982 mixing a few then-new ideas (reconstruction of human ova from digital storage, weak AI + advanced robotics, and a few almost cutting edge communication & personal computing concepts) with classic SF tropes — science good, military bad, robotic interstellar probes, STL human travel in armed generation ships, light terraforming, advanced controlled nuclear fusion, etc. Hogan tells a good story and ties together all his plots with a minimum of pseudo-science handwaving until the very end. A strong example of Hogan’s early work.

The narration is acceptable but, as others noted, the odd flow in some sections and pronunciation of a few words (notably “Terr-ann”) are disappointing quirks in an otherwise good performance.

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Different...

Revisado: 07-20-17

Fans of the mainline Expanse books know the novellas fill in interesting aspects of the story. This one is a different style. While the content fits the Expanse universe the story is essentially a YA plot. It's a bit dark -- call it PG-13 for violence, adult language, and adult themes. We'll see how (if) it fits in the big picture when the next Expanse novel comes out later this year.

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