Diving: Diving into the Wreck: A Diving Novel (Paperback)

from capiam1234

Three separate novellas combined to form the force novel of this interesting space opera. I've enjoyed later novellas before reading this one and know that future installments are great. This one though introduces many crucial elements to the universe, but the plot leaves itself to be pretty easy...

from Tyllwin

An interesting plot, and Rusch is very good here at a couple of items that many SF writers fail at: She manages to give us an approximation of rules for her tech without going into tedious detail, and there's always a sense that backstory is there, even when she doesn't detail it. It's just unfor...

from zot79

I thought I would like this more than I did. The story premise is pretty fun - diving shipwrecks in space, including a lot of world building that seems rightly borrowed from scuba diving here on Earth. The characters are also likable enough and fairly well-drawn, from the cynical Boss down throug...

from amf0001

I love the Retrieval Artist series but sadly this isn't half as good. I didn't engage with the characters very much (though she was ruthlessly killing them off) and didn't care for the situation much either. I think Rusch has an amazing capacity to create new and alien cultures, but it felt squan...

from Tyllwin

An interesting plot, and Rusch is very good here at a couple of items that many SF writers fail at: She manages to give us an approximation of rules for her tech without going into tedious detail, and there's always a sense that backstory is there, even when she doesn't detail it. It's just unfor...