Solar Express
by L.E.Modesitt, Jr
science fiction
copyright 2015
part read in December 2020
rated 4/10: bad but could be read
First alien contact, a regular science fiction theme. Lots of ideas, many unusual, some thought-provoking.
This one is rubbish.
I have no idea what happened to the "alien artifact". After a relentlessly boring 80-plus pages, I gave up. Here's a sample:
"[He] had no idea whether the announcement was AI-generated or whether a human had entered the information. He doubted whether it mattered in the slightest." It certainly doesn't matter to the reader. It's a time-wasting irrelevance -- just like the majority of the book so far. This bit is pointless, most of the rubbish is the author saying, "See what tech nonsense I just read on the internet! Ain't I clever!"
The book is "hard" science fiction. Mixed with political maneuvering, just to ensure that the reader is bored.
Apparently this author has written more than 60 novels. He has said, "the bottom line is simple: As a writer, you first must entertain your readers". This book fails. Perhaps he should slow down the writing and spend more time learning how to entertain his readers.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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