cobra / timothy zahn

cobra

(*) see below

by timothy zahn

science fiction

copyright 1986

read in april 2019

rated 8/10: really quite good

it's quite an old book and -- thanks to the baen free library -- still easily available. free library? excellent idea.

as i start reading i think, okay, android super-soldier, not too exciting. this book is more than that. a lot more.

the story is told in a series of episodes, separated by years. (originally written as a series of short stories, perhaps?) it's easy to follow, as the same key characters flow in and out of each story. and each story covers -- develops and explores -- a unique aspect of the super-soldier theme.

this is clearly not a "modern" story yet there is nothing *embarrassingly* tied to its decade. the science may have changed, the questions and problems are still relevant. "what if" this soldier were created today? the setting may change, the problems are still worth exploring.

and then at the end, the aliens are dealt with in a way which i appreciate. i was hoping... wondering... and find that the author is already there.

good science fiction. well developed plot. generally believable solutions to still relevant problems. really quite good.

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(*) this is book one of eight so far, according to wikipedia. i did think, while reading, that the "cobra" characters are worth more books, that there is a lot of cobra universe yet to explore. i wonder if the cobra problems also continue to develop in interesting directions? i wonder if i can get hold of another cobra novel :-?

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