Orthogonal: The Clockwork Rocket : Orthogonal Book One (Paperback)

from SChant

Too much maths, to many diagrams, not enough story. I gave up.

from CurrerBell

This isn't a novel, it's a physics textbook! The concept of the novel's aliens is fascinating, with females reproducing by self-dividing so that for the female, childbirth = death. It's the males who raise the children and thus control the entire society, which really makes for some interesting o...

from AlanPoulter

This is a really hard book to review. First, I must be honest and reveal that parts of it passed me by. With science fiction there should be challenging scientific ideas that play a big part in the plot. Usually I cope fine but this time I had problems. Second, not withstanding what I have just w...

from KateSherrod

Long form review on my blog (see my author page). In short: OMG, this book hurt and maybe broke my brain with the physics, but the story and the species kept me fascinated. I want to bone up pretty seriously and read this again, someday. Best book I've read this year so far!

from lcl999

Greg Egan has created an alternative universe with the physics of light, speed, and distance quite different from ours. Very ingenious and carefully documented with diagrams and equations. As a student of contemporary physics I really had trouble suspending disbelief so I might have given it two ...