It was fantastic, but very long – seems to be a theme for his novels. I find myself thinking about it now even all this time later. It does feel like the whole science vs. anti-science theme kinda got slipped in towards the second half of the novel as a plot device and it felt weird at times tbh, but I did think it was poignant. The big climax with the Apollo 18 mission didn’t hit me as hard as Pope sharing his memory of Claggett with his class afterwards.
It sounds pretty compelling; I’ll have to give it a read. If you’re interested in the west & Colorado, Centennial is an awesome (and very long!) read. He just writes epics, no casual stories for him!
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It was fantastic, but very long – seems to be a theme for his novels. I find myself thinking about it now even all this time later. It does feel like the whole science vs. anti-science theme kinda got slipped in towards the second half of the novel as a plot device and it felt weird at times tbh, but I did think it was poignant. The big climax with the Apollo 18 mission didn’t hit me as hard as Pope sharing his memory of Claggett with his class afterwards.
It sounds pretty compelling; I’ll have to give it a read. If you’re interested in the west & Colorado, Centennial is an awesome (and very long!) read. He just writes epics, no casual stories for him!