Delta Pavonis (Paperback)

~ John Maddox Roberts (Author), Eric Kotani (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Baen; 1St Edition edition (September 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671720201
• ISBN-13: 978-0671720209
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,334,271 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A nice if somewhat rushed short novel, February 10, 2000

By	"shad99" (USA) - See all my reviews

I happened to pick up this book by chance. Also it is only part of the Island Worlds series by the authors (the others being Act of God, Between the Stars, & I beleive one titled simply Island Worlds though they all appear out of print so it is hard to tell for sure until I find more of the titles), so my opinion of the book is going to note the fact of this book on it's own & not as part of the group. It starts as a rather normal sort of hard SF plot, with the basicis being the exploration of a planet in of all places the Delta Pavonis solar system. It quickly jumps ahead & tosses in characters from previous books without introducing them very well (short one paragrpah discriptions generalizing why the are important), that edge the plot toward a sort of race to decipher some alien artifacts that are found. I like the plot though at times it seems to skip ahead by months or even a couple of years without much of an interlude. My only real complaint abotu teh book is the fact that it seems as if it would work better compiled with teh other books of the serious with the way past characters are handled & the fact that they jump ahead in time without much notice or recap of what happened until they seem to remember they skipped telling us this part of the story. I still recomend it, but if you can do yourself a favor & get the whole series at once or in order.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good sci-fi ideas, June 16, 2009

By	Kathryn Klauda (Prince Frederick, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I also read this book out of sequence. Although I became aware that there were past events that I didn't know about, I didn't find it any problem. I think the book stands alone nicely. This is not a fast moving action sci-fi with monsters, gore, and shoot outs in space. There are a lot of interesting ideas here. What would it be like to explore another Earth-like planet? The authors have given this a lot of thought. I found the characters interesting and liked that the lead character was female. The ideas about exploration, and the origins of humans in the galaxy make this an interesting book. Events move along quickly and yes, sometimes skip years to get to good parts. I would like to read the other books in the Island World series.