Thrasher
Wheeee!
I finished Jack McDevitt's "Seeker", a Nebula award winner for 2006.
This is a classic Asimov-like mystery detective story, also set in the far future (+10k years). No humanoid robots, but instead, avatars, AIs, and re-creations of historical figures.
The protagonist tells the story in first person and is a strong female lead. Very nice for a change of pace.
Lots of interesting stuff in here, but the detective part of story is a bit slow for the first half while the breadcrumbs are being followed.
The main characters are archaeologists and collectors of artifacts from their far past, namely 9k years earlier than the story start, when the first interstellar colonies were established in this future history. Most of the early colonies failed, and have become a source for historical artifacts.
Recommended.
Especially the parts where the protagonist has to travel into areas of the galaxy colonized by telepathic aliens. Very well done. As well as the conclusion; the solving the mystery of what happened to the ancient Margolian colony.
This is a classic Asimov-like mystery detective story, also set in the far future (+10k years). No humanoid robots, but instead, avatars, AIs, and re-creations of historical figures.
The protagonist tells the story in first person and is a strong female lead. Very nice for a change of pace.
Lots of interesting stuff in here, but the detective part of story is a bit slow for the first half while the breadcrumbs are being followed.
The main characters are archaeologists and collectors of artifacts from their far past, namely 9k years earlier than the story start, when the first interstellar colonies were established in this future history. Most of the early colonies failed, and have become a source for historical artifacts.
Recommended.
Especially the parts where the protagonist has to travel into areas of the galaxy colonized by telepathic aliens. Very well done. As well as the conclusion; the solving the mystery of what happened to the ancient Margolian colony.
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