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11. Charles Pellegrino and George Zebrowski - Dyson Sphere
Another Star Trek book. Some Star Trek books are great, and focus much more on the fiction side of science-fiction, and include excellent characterisation and complex plotting. This has neither. Well, it's complex, but that's because of the science. This book gets so bogged down in its science that the plot suffers badly. Added to that, some of the science feels a bit dodgy (how can two planets, a long way apart, get the same climate from the same sun?), and an attempt to depict an apocalyptic scenario, which shows promise, dies on its feet from just being visualised so badly.
I couldn't wait to get to the end of this book, which is a shame for something which could have been great. Scientists shouldn't write fiction.
Another Star Trek book. Some Star Trek books are great, and focus much more on the fiction side of science-fiction, and include excellent characterisation and complex plotting. This has neither. Well, it's complex, but that's because of the science. This book gets so bogged down in its science that the plot suffers badly. Added to that, some of the science feels a bit dodgy (how can two planets, a long way apart, get the same climate from the same sun?), and an attempt to depict an apocalyptic scenario, which shows promise, dies on its feet from just being visualised so badly.
I couldn't wait to get to the end of this book, which is a shame for something which could have been great. Scientists shouldn't write fiction.