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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780752816593
ISBN: 0752816594
Label: Gollancz
Manufacturer: Gollancz
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: May 04, 1998
Publisher: Gollancz
Studio: Gollancz

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
For the last thirty years, the survivors of the collapse has tried to exist Earthside. Space colonies like the Flying Duthman offer the last and best hope for the mother planet's future; the adolescents on board the Dutchman really are humanity's last hope, but knowing is a heavy burden - especially for Mel who has plans of her own.




Rating: - An amazing chapter of the war of the memes
John Barnes is an amazing writer. This book creates an amazing universe that never seems to end.

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Rating: - Review of Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
Life aboard a space station is explored in many modern works of science fiction and most of them have two elements in common. First, there is little or no privacy. Living in close quarters with one's family and colleagues makes for a public life. Secondly, life in such closed environments leads to rigid social organization and extreme pressure toward conformity. With the technology available under these conditions someone will inevitably monitor the actions of others. Especially in space stations ... Read More

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Rating: - Unusual coming-of-age novel
Melpomene ("Mel") Morris, born on the converted-asteroid space freighter Flying Dutchman, is thirteen and only six months from becoming a Full Adult. She's writing this book at the request of her psychologist as a way of introducing the ship's somewhat peculiar orbital society, of which she and her friends are the carefully planned carriers, to the people still surviving on a war- and disease-ravaged Earth. Individualism has been proven not to work, so their new social system is based strongly on cooperation ... Read More

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Rating: - The First of the "Meme Wars".
John Barnes assembles a vision of the future in the best tradition of true science fiction visionaries.

What happens if society decides to experiment on itself by altering the fundamental manner in which it raises its children, with the intent of producing vastly smarter and more responsible youngsters capable of entering the workforce at an earlier age with adult-like attitudes and skill sets that would make a modern college graduate green with envy? What happens to the adults upon whom the responsibility ... Read More

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Rating: - Shallow Juvenile Story
I like well written stories written from a child's perspective. _Ender's Game_ is a great example.

So why did I find this book such a major disappointment?

First, all the characters were names attached to concepts rather than people. You the concept called "Bully", "The Reformed Bully", the "Girl Who Is Growing Breasts", the "Shy But Smart Kid" and on and on. Those descriptions basically sum up the whole character development that you get for all the characters introduced in the book.

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