Reviews and Comments

Very interesting as the first incarnation of the aliens visit earth vehicle to criticise society sort of trope.

There was a lot more of Voltaire poking fun at his contemporaries than I thought there'd be, but a fun read anyway. I may be missing some context given its age (1752!) and some philosohpy that I've not yet read.

It's quite short, so definitely recommend reading it.

More of a review of the whole series, I forget which book was which really.

Yes, our protagonist endures crushing brutality, it's a lot. Almost unnecessary, but not quite. A showcase of what's required to slay metaphorical dragons that certain modern celebrity douchebags wish they were.

Ultimately it ends in the logical way for the story, with few surprises along the way really. Still mostly enjoyable.

I'm told this can get very brutal and to take it easy, will see how we go!

Not bad, not great.

I got bored reading the lives of the helliconians and kept wanting to know the greater arcs of the planet's great year, more details on it's previous societies along with more about earth's transitions. But still, well written, easy enough to read, though some casual slavery and a significant amount of brutality are present.

Although published in the 1980's it reads somewhat more like SF from 30 years earlier.

Going through it slowly in concert with the youtube playlist at: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI7FMa2HsnawM_

And I'll be publishing my answers to the challenges at: git.pwarren.id.au/pwarren/CategoryTheoryChallenges

Follows the inevitable tragedy for our protagonast, I'm enjoying his writing style, and this was a much more tightly edited book than the previous volumes

Still enjoyed it. Had more space battles that I don't enjoy and less of the court intrigue and people outsmarting our protagonaist that I do, some nice explorations of the other mysterious elder civilazations.