Starmind

Um... what? I really enjoyed Stardance and Starseed. Sure, the author and his wife have certain political inclinations - although they certainly are not the first, or only SF authors to let their beliefs bleed into their work - but in the first two books the narrative was more balanced and enjoyable.......more

I'm with MissM's review above; the ending does not work. The plot doesn't really work. However, a lot of the stuff leading up to the (self-contradictory) ending and ignoring the (really convoluted) plot is quite enjoyable. I still like the characters, for the most part. (view spoiler)[On the other hand, even though (hide spoiler)]......more

This isn't one of my favorite books, but I still think it's a great finish to the trilogy. It's a much more mature book than the other two in the series; instead of the story being focused on the playground of zero-gee living, it focuses on a real relationship and a nasty decision that an adult coup......more

Robinson did an excellent job of rounding out the series. It had everything there was to love to in the earlier books, but eliminated their problems by actually almost never mentioning the Starmind and thus avoid the strange mysticism that surrounds them. There were normal humans with normal human p......more

Ascend and rapture. Somewhat interesting, but I got bored halfway through this story.......more