Divergence [Paperback]

Charles Sheffield (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Del Rey (1991)
• ASIN: B000OVAPP0
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Heritage Universe series improves with the second book., November 12, 1997

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Randy Stafford (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Divergence: (#2) (The Heritage Universe, Book 2) (Hardcover)

With the second book of the Heritage Universe series, Sheffield kicks things into high gear. All the characters from the first book are back along with the addition of E.C. Tally, a computer brain in a human body. The book gets a fair amount of comedy out of the discrepancy between his Federation supplied databanks and real galactic affairs.

But the main drama comes from further exploration of Builder artifacts and a meeting with artifical constructs of theirs who may or may not be telling the truth about the Builders' origins and the purpose of their artifacts. Also making an appearance are the legendary Zardalu, land-octopi thought long dead after their Empire was overthrown by their underlings.

Sheffield also throws in some inventive entries from the Universal Species Catalog for humans and aliens, major and minor.

2.0 out of 5 stars Simplistic sci-fi., March 19, 2010

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This review is from: Divergence (Mass Market Paperback)

All three books from this series feature simplistic and uninteresting plots. The dialogue is wooden and the characters have all the dimension of a sheet of blank paper. If you've already bought these books then read them, everyone else give them a wide berth. They do have beautiful cover artwork and design though. You want to read something good from Sheffield? Read "My Brothers Keeper".

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Alien and Human Relations, September 16, 2005

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Vernon L. Brookins (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Divergence (The Heritage Universe, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

The engrossing themes of Divergence is alien-human, slave-master, computer entity-human-alien, and extremely. advanced entity-human-alien-computer being relations.