Terminal World

Alastair Reynolds's best work is reminiscent of Iain M. Banks, but this book is reminiscent of Philip Jose Farmer.

Story ends with almost no reveals. Like it was written for a book 2 like everything else now days and it wasn’t good enough to make another. Whatever the author had in mind with this whole story, I guess we’ll never know

I read these with the idea of being entertained and stimulated. I do agree with Matthew D. that it is reminiscent of Ian Banks. I like Farmer, he is talented but not a writer in the class of Reynolds. That being said, read All of these wonderful authors ! Even if you rate one of them mediocre to the others that one is still some of the best that you will ever read!

The book has a nice plot line and there is a depth in the descriptions of the wolrd. The big problem is the truncated ending. Way too may lose ends with no plans for a follow up. Disappointing!

This book was a fun ride with many characters. I have a couple of complaints. The book never fleshed out what cataclysmic event caused the current state of the world. I guess to leave it open for more books, but online I see that this is a stand alone novel. That brings me to my major gripe. If this is a stand alone book, then why not give some sort of closure. It left so many unanswered questions and such a cliffhanger that I may not listen to anymore of the authors books (Unless he writes a second book with some conclusions to this story in it). Needless to say it made me so angry the expletive's were flying. I would have given it 5 stares if it had any resemblance of closure.

Terminal World is a solid sci-fi adventure novel with a really interesting central conceit. I'd recommend it.

Quirky and great fun.