Customer Reviews

Paradise

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Sorry. While I love the cover, this book is very similar to the author's Kirinyaga, the contents of which I did not like very much. I found Paradise boring, dull, and generally unsurprising. There is essentially no science in this fiction... it could just as well be classified under general fiction (and if it were I doubt it would be particularly well reviewed). The writing is pedestrian. The story lines are also. The parallels to the recent history of Kenya are so thin as to be almost transparent. It's almost as though the author has taken issues and episodes from Kenya and converted various words ands phrases to another place and time, and left it at that. I was, sadly, disappointed by Kirinyaga, and I am even more disappointed by Paradise. I feel this author has MUCH more to say than this.

This isn't your average sci-fi space opera. There's not a lot of science in it or action, but it was anything but boring for me. The whole story is about ecological disaster brought about by humans colonizing an 'uncivilized' planet. The narrative stays fresh by using a writer that is constantly interviewing people that lived on the planet Peponi as a main character. In some chapters the writer is speaking, in others humans that used to live on the planet, in others natives that have lived through the colonization.

I'll definitely checking out more of Mr. Resnick's books in the future.

Brilliant. Impressive Sci-Fi with a nice dose of African Colonial history blended-in. Fun characters and interesting places. Well worth the read.

Most books I've read up until now have been cheesy horror novels, so while I love sci-fi movies I'm still quite new to sci-fi books. In fact, this is only the 2nd sci-fi book I ever read. Since then I've read about 3 more and this one remains on top and I highly doubt it will ever lose its hold on the top spot. If it does become 2nd to any sci-fi book I read in the future than I'm sure that's a long way off. It's the first (and so far only) book I've read that actually tapped into my emotions and really made me feel something while and long after I was through reading it. It may be predictable and not completely new, but it still manages to strike a chord and I recommend this book to anyone and everyone. I know for a fact I'll be re-reading this magnificent work of art very soon.