Customer Reviews

Earthling

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There's no getting around it - this book was terrible. From the beginning it is nearly incoherent. There is no real introduction of characters (and characters are invented for a single page then dropped). There's no scale. After the dated entries I could never be sure what century it was placed in. And it jumps from a personal journal to a robot to a random human hundreds of years in the future to... well, I can't even describe the finale. The tectonic plates are *spoiler* sentient? Planets are dolphins?


In short, Avoid this book at all costs. Not worth the read. The author needs to pick a character and focus on it.

I really enjoyed this book for the most part. The first two stories were real page turners, but the third (the last 30 pages) felt rushed and was a bit to metaphysical for me. The ending is forced and hardly and ending to the story as a whole. I would have like to see the first two stories made into books of their own and the third thrown in the bin.

This was a surprising, fascinating read. I am turned on by his stark, earthy and pure poetry. Daniel is immensely imaginative, intelligent and courageous writer. I was moved and inspired. I definitely enjoyed 'Earthling'. Looking forward to the sequel of 'Metaplanetary'- another must read!

Earthling is an amusing little read but that's about it. The idea is not especially original and the execution is poor. Written in three sections, Earthling lacks coherence and refuses to yield a single remarkable character. If you want good science fiction, look elsewhere.

First off, this is a great book. A really wonderfull book. And the best thing I can really say about it is that it got me interested in science fiction again, after a long hiatus. The book takes on a theme made popular in the golden age of science fiction; artificial inteligence. But Daniel give the subject a really great feel. He dosent make the mistake of trying to make the robot yearn for humanity. But it is a compassionate intelligence experiencing intense relationships with humans. but maybe i am over analyzing. let me leave it at this: this is a great book, even if you have never read science fiction.

I highly recommend this book to masochists. The lack of any coherent plot really allows the book to go into compeltely unpredictable areas.