The Outworlds series: This Alien Shore (Series #1) (Paperback)

from baswood

Quite well written. Some good ideas and very readable. however it is a little overlong and a bit repetitive. An old fashioned space opera with a modern twist. Computer hackers as heros will appeal to many I think. The two major plot strands come together well enough in the end and all is resolved...

from drardavis

7/7/12 This Alien Shore, C. S. Friedman, 1998. A space opera with an interesting premise; when humans first went to the stars the technology mutated them. This terrified those left on earth, and they shut off contact, leaving the first explorers stranded. When the mutated humans, Variants, develo...

from Shrike58

When it's all said and done this is basically two novels that barely come together in the end. On one hand it's a chase novel about a young, psychologically damaged girl who was being manipulated into being a deep space navigator and who gets a chance to make her escape. On the other hand it's a ...

from lavaturtle

Pretty good book. Good, complex story. I really like the idea of Gueran social structure.My only complaint is the author's tendency to switch rapidly from one POV to another. Or perhaps that was 3rd person omniscient POV. In any case, it's disorienting at times. Fortunately, it's usually only emp...

from SeekingMuse

This is one of those science fiction novels that really caught my attention. Its unique and I did not see the explanation for what was happening before it was explained. Every once in a while I look for new books by this author. The author does appear to write as much as some. I hope to find anot...