Great book! It will probably be a
sci-fi classic. Even though it's written for a mainstream audience there are
plenty of insightful quotes, and Wilson has a talent for ending sections with remarkable
sentences that would probably even keep readers who aren't fans of sci-fi
wanting more. Not only that, but that he's served up some fascinating,
well-developed characters (most of whom are certified geniuses), and he has a
concise way of explaining all the scientific perks that nerds like myself
ponder over.
The hook of the book is that Earth,
for some mysterious reason, has been blacked out by a membrane which encloses
it inside a sort of wormhole which speeds up time. Humans are faced with the daunting
task of trying to discover a solution to the "spin" before being
swallowed up by the time-lapse of the sun's growth.
I thought that it could have been
about 100-150 pages shorter; I didn't think the expedition to Mars was
necessary, but in the classic sci-fi genre Mars is pretty much essential, so
Wilson probably just wanted to take a chapter from his influences. The ending
was a perfect cliffhanger, satisfying yet unsatisfying, and has me wanting to
read the next installment in the series.
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