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Spin Control (Spin Trilogy, #2)
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I really was excited to read this book, and it had the potential to be really great, but fell flat.
The author decided to focus on making a very bland, boring commentary on the Arab-Israeli conflict instead of focusing on any of several very interesting sci-fi elements of his world, that could have perhaps stood with the great social commentary sci-fi of the 60s and 70s if done well.
Aliens with a virus that can make the infertile population of Earth fertile again? A society of clones coming into their indivuality? Old school spacers vs. Earth conflicts? All glossed over to make an extremely trite 'Can't we all just get along' statement on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
It is a decent spy story at heart, but the missed potential probably makes me grade it harder than it deserves.
The author decided to focus on making a very bland, boring commentary on the Arab-Israeli conflict instead of focusing on any of several very interesting sci-fi elements of his world, that could have perhaps stood with the great social commentary sci-fi of the 60s and 70s if done well.
Aliens with a virus that can make the infertile population of Earth fertile again? A society of clones coming into their indivuality? Old school spacers vs. Earth conflicts? All glossed over to make an extremely trite 'Can't we all just get along' statement on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
It is a decent spy story at heart, but the missed potential probably makes me grade it harder than it deserves.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
July 13, 2012
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Finished Reading
July 14, 2012
– Shelved
July 20, 2012
– Shelved as:
hard_sf
