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3.0 out of 5 stars
A decent story for kids, but not a good source of science,
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This review is from: Cogno: The Legends, Synapse (Paperback)
The covers of the Cogno books claim to offer science as well as science fiction, but despite blurbs from NASA astronauts and Bill Nye the Science Guy, the science content is low, and the science errors are widespread. This is a perfectly serviceable science fantasy story, and my 10-year-old enjoys it on that level, but the author doesn't seem to have a particularly good command of science. For example, he has a space ship repair robot, meant to work in vacuum, use suction cups. (Suction cups work by creating a vacuum, which works because outside air pressure, of which there is none in space, holds the suction cup onto the surface.) And while he gives brief lip service to the problems of interstellar travel, he literally has spaceships travelling from one star system to another in two minutes (even when he's not using his science fantasy hyperspace approach). A decent story, but you might want to caution your kids against taking any of the science seriously.
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Cogno: The Legends, Synapse by Stuart Montaldo (Paperback - 2004)
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