Shroud

560 pages

Langue : English

Publié 27 février 2025 par Tor.

ISBN :
978-1-0350-1379-1
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ASIN :
1035013797
Goodreads:
210384823

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4 étoiles (1 critique)

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4 étoiles

In Shroud, Tchaikovsky imagines evolution on a world where visible light is not available.

As a legally blind person I'm both disappointed and glad that this novel is not about blindness. I would have liked to see Tchaikovsky describe the challenges of dealing with blindness, but wouldn't have liked to see him fail at it, like too many other sighted authors.

This is a first contact story. Quite uniquely, establishing communication isn't the first priority.

It contrasts a human capitalist strip mining project with an alien intelligence that has it's own history, constraints and priorities.

But first of all, it is a trek across a dangerous alien environment and survival against the odds.

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  • English literature