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_Seeds of Earth_ and _The Orphaned Worlds_, Michael Cobley
Books one and two of a trilogy.
The author's idea of promotional material: "A Space Opera saga in the grand tradition of Iain M. Banks, Ken MacLeod, Charles Stross, Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen Baxter, Robert Heinlein or Arthur C. Clarke."
He's wrong.
It's much more likely to appeal to people who liked David Brin's Uplift Trilogy, and especially those who think that it's a real shame Brin can't manage to write endings.
There are aliens with alien motivations, a deep structure to the universe (multiverse?) which is cinematically interesting, and cheap FTL and bypassing of rocket mass ratios to enable space dogfights and sneaking around other peoples' warships.
Is fun. Is not very deep, is not very serious, is only 2/3 done.
Books one and two of a trilogy.
The author's idea of promotional material: "A Space Opera saga in the grand tradition of Iain M. Banks, Ken MacLeod, Charles Stross, Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen Baxter, Robert Heinlein or Arthur C. Clarke."
He's wrong.
It's much more likely to appeal to people who liked David Brin's Uplift Trilogy, and especially those who think that it's a real shame Brin can't manage to write endings.
There are aliens with alien motivations, a deep structure to the universe (multiverse?) which is cinematically interesting, and cheap FTL and bypassing of rocket mass ratios to enable space dogfights and sneaking around other peoples' warships.
Is fun. Is not very deep, is not very serious, is only 2/3 done.
