Arrival

I have enjoyed reading Ryk Brown’s books over the past few years. I came across this book when searching to see what Brown had written. It is an earlier book as it was published in March of 2016. The book has an interesting plot as well as characters. The book is obviously one of his early attempts a......more

2/5 The plot 1/5 Character development 1/5 Environment (Really a near perfect Earth analog with "edible" flora and fauna?) 2/5 Research 4/5 Writing The plot seemed cool at the start, but the characters were not appropriate for the roles the author put them in. Captain Jake (original) who has more training......more

A SIMPLE MAN'S REVIEW: A story about humanity reaching a new planet in the hopes of colonization - sound familiar? Yes, this has been done before but this book actually does it quite well. You get a bit of life on the spaceship, a dramatic landing, and the efforts to survive. There are likable charac......more

This book has problems, but I gave it five stars because I enjoyed it as much as I've ever enjoyed any book, which means more than anything else. That's what books are for, after all. Not to be perfect, but to make people feel, to let them live in another world, and to give them enjoyment. So five s......more

Slow start, wish the planet were a little more detailed, it did have me hooked though......more