Anvil of Stars: The Sequel to Forge of God

Rating:
Summary: Fantastic Sequel to the Classic Original
Review: Bear produced a delicious and fascinating sequel when he wrote this book. I love the original. The sequel is wonderful but in different ways. Where the original was about average people dealing with a very earthly doom, the follow on is about a group of young but diverse people seeking revenge under very alien circumstances and surroundings. It is Hard Science fiction at its best. There are so many incredible elements of technology explored in the book, it is captivating.

The characters are vivid and very well developed. The conflicts and growth they go through during their voyage are very realistic and moving.

This is one of my all time favorite sci-fi novels and deserves a place beside quite a few Hugo Award winning novels.

Highly Recommended!

Rating:
Summary: Fantastic Sequel to the Classic Original
Review: Bear produced a delicious and fascinating sequel when he wrote this book. I love the original. The sequel is wonderful but in different ways. Where the original was about average people dealing with a very earthly doom, the follow on is about a group of young but diverse people seeking revenge under very alien circumstances and surroundings. It is Hard Science fiction at its best. There are so many incredible elements of technology explored in the book, it is captivating.

The characters are vivid and very well developed. The conflicts and growth they go through during their voyage are very realistic and moving.

This is one of my all time favorite sci-fi novels and deserves a place beside quite a few Hugo Award winning novels.

Highly Recommended!

Rating:
Summary: Not bad, not good
Review: If you are a Greg Bear fan, then you will enjoy this book. Other than that, I believe the reading public will not be so enthralled. This is the follow-up to The Forge of God. The Forge of God is a true masterpiece, Anvil of Stars is not. The Earth is destroyed, the good guys are going to get the bad guys, and the law is the law. That is all you need to know for this book and you know it early. Bear tries to develop believable characters which he succedes at very nicely. The problem here is the story itself, which seems very disoriented and the story never seems to gel no matter how he tries to study group dynamics or species interactions. The main characters are the children of the original survivors of The Forge of God, which is a nice touch with a different view of the problem. You could do a lot worse than Anvil of Stars, but you can do a lot better also.

Rating:
Summary: Such a shame
Review: The first book, Forge of God, was a true masterpiece. This sequel however is less than worthy to be called a sequel. The story it self is not very interesting, therefore I will not mention it. The characters are ever so wrongly put to words, most of them are children, it's mentioned quite a few times, but none of them acts like children. Sure they might be last children to have seen Earth, but is this a reason to have them act like grown-ups? I think not, they act illogical and one dimensional.

A shame, the first book was truly enjoyable, the second book wasn't even a true sequel.

Rating:
Summary: Anvil of Stars : The Sequel to Forge of God
Review: This book is a tour de force, the whole concept behind it is so large that i was in awe when i completed the novel. After the Earth was decimated, there is a slim chance that earths children can determine who is responsible for the planets destruction and possibly avenge that crime. Unfortunately the plot is slow to develop and until you get to the final third of the book it can leave you wondering if the story is actually going anywhere. But i can assure you it is. I won't recommend this book if you are someone who can't stay focused if a novel gets slow for a bit, but if you can handle a few slow parts this is as good of a hard science fiction book as you will ever find.