The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds: A Thrilling Sci-Fi Tale

[Hornbein]

The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds. Very well crafted. The usual good-guys-bad-guys shtick.

 

[Ryan_m_b]

I enjoyed the prefect, it was good to see what the Glitter Band was like before the Melding plague. Reynolds does often have some quite good ideas, I like how many of his future societies have radically different forms of government than we do today. I often find it boring/unbelievable how many SF authors write about vast, futuristic interstellar societies and model their politics on US Federalism or the Roman Empire.

 

[Hornbein]

model their politics on US Federalism or the Roman Empire.

Yah, there is usually the presumption that interstellar trade is lucrative. I don't believe it.

Mr. Reynolds books are exceptionally well thought out, but there are still holes in the plot. I guess a seamless story is very difficult to do.