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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780441014019
ISBN: 0441014011
Label: Ace Hardcover
Manufacturer: Ace Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2006-05
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
Studio: Ace Hardcover

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
2057. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclearpowered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comets. But when Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, inexplicably leaves its natural orbit and heads out of the solar system at high speed, Bella is ordered to shadow it for the few vital days before it falls forever out of reach.

In accepting this mission she sets her ship and her crew on a collision course with destiny-for Janus has many surprises in store, and not all of them are welcome...




Rating: - Into the Unknown.....
In Alastair Reynold's Pushing Ice, the crew of the comet-mining spacecraft Rockhopper are sent on a mission by their company to investigate Saturn's moon Janus. The reason for the investigation...Janus has mysteriously begun accelerating away from Saturn and appears headed out of the Solar System. Long range images show the layer of ice encircling the moon breaking away as it accelerates, revealing tantalizing glimpses of very alien machinery. As the crew of the Rockhopper approach the former ... Read More

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Rating: - Great ideas, awful characters
The over-arching plot of this book is excellent. It's exactly the sort of Big Idea fiction I expect from Alistair Reynolds, and I'm generally a big fan of his work. However, in this case the story plays second fiddle to a childish spat between two completely unsympathetic characters. I feel like I was supposed to put down this book and contemplate who the Spicans really were and what happened to them. Instead I found myself wondering how two women who were so consistently childish in their spiteful ... Read More

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Rating: - Character study in space
There are a number of reviews which address both the "sci" and the "fi" of the novel and many which explain the premise and progression of the story. So I'm going to be brief and add an observation I don't think has been brought to the evaluation of the book. Yes, it's space opera. Yes, it addresses the near and far distant future and yes it includes a number of interactions with aliens. Interactions I found to be fascinating and plausible.

My point here is that all of these things are revealed ... Read More

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Rating: - An old story told again but told well.
The story is not a new one, its very similar to Arthur C. Clark's tales told in his "Rama" series. But it is well written and held my interest.

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Rating: - My favorite Reynolds novel
I was introduced to Reynolds through the "Revelation Space" series which I enjoyed greatly - though like many others I was more fond of the first two books in the series. I have read other Reynolds novels, and though I greatly admire his ideas, technology, and intricate plots - I must say that I never really care for his characters. It is not that they are not complex with well-defined motivations, I just don't like them - which sometimes makes it hard to turn the next page if you really are not rooting for ... Read More

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