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Summary: Another Cat tale.
Review: I found this volume disappointing. It's slow-moving and probably could have been cut by half if Cat's often tedious internal musings had been shorn some. Not nearly as good as CATSPAW.
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Summary: The saga continues!
Review: I got my copy of Dreamfall on reserve and waited on pins and needles, and I wasn't disapointed. Another fine chapter in the dramatic life of Vinge's amazing character Cat. I was very curious to see how he would fare among Hydrans. Now the burning question - how would he react if he ever met another halfbreed like himself? (hint, hint, Ms Vinge) :-)
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Summary: Great, but flawed
Review: I have read all of Joan D. Vinge's books, and my favorite is probably Catspaw, the predecessor to this book. Dreamfall is intense and engaging, like all of her work, and I would recommend it to anyone. But I don't like it as much as Catspaw, because although the protagonist, Cat, is a very real and sympathetic character, the supporting characters are not as well drawn. Catspaw had a much stronger and more exciting cast of characters. In Dreamfall, the chemistry between Cat and Miya is not very convincing, because Miya does not seem like a real person; she is more like a Dickensian paragon of virtue (I felt the same way about Moon in The Snow Queen and The Summer Queen). The relationship between Derek TaMing and the symbplayer in Catspaw was much more believable and much more interesting, even though Derek was a jerk. All this being said, Dreamfall is still an exciting read, and Ms. Vinge is a vivid and talented writer.
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Summary: Best of the 3
Review: I liked Psion and Catspaw very much, but I enjoyed Dreamfall the best of the 3. It is true that the end was disappointing, as one reviewer here points out. But that's the author's prerogative.Perhaps I enjoyed the 3rd book the most, because it builds on, and transforms, the character and world of the earlier books. Perhaps it is because I am starting to get older myself, just like Cat is...
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Summary: Lovely
Review: It was wondeful; as good as the first. I really enjoyed it. I recondmend this series to anyone who loves sci-fi. I really loved it.
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Summary: Lovely
Review: It was wondeful; as good as the first. I really enjoyed it. I recondmend this series to anyone who loves sci-fi. I really loved it.
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Summary: The saga continues!
Review: Once again Joan Vinge has managed to combined intriguing and topical sci-fi (ESP, ancient alien races, complex technologies) within an emotionally satisfying plot. She takes us into strange and powerful alternative moralities that are yet plausible enough for us to connect to them with our own humanity. Like all the best writers, she forces us to look at ourselves and our own civilization through telling a terrific story with well developed characters. Though I think Snow Queen and Summer Queen are the best of her novels I've read, I thoroughly enjoy Cat's brooding and painful coming to terms with himself and hope fervently that Ms Vinge is preparing to send us another entry in this series.
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Summary: a thoroughly good read
Review: Once again Joan Vinge has managed to combined intriguing and topical sci-fi (ESP, ancient alien races, complex technologies) within an emotionally satisfying plot. She takes us into strange and powerful alternative moralities that are yet plausible enough for us to connect to them with our own humanity. Like all the best writers, she forces us to look at ourselves and our own civilization through telling a terrific story with well developed characters. Though I think Snow Queen and Summer Queen are the best of her novels I've read, I thoroughly enjoy Cat's brooding and painful coming to terms with himself and hope fervently that Ms Vinge is preparing to send us another entry in this series.
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Summary: still fairly good
Review: This book is good i enjoyed it very much but it is not as good as the first two.Catspaw is still my favorite.
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Summary: _Dreamfall_ is a must-read!
Review: Well, she's done it again! Joan Vinge, author of the first two Cat novels, Psion & Catspaw, has produced another gripping, heart-felt masterpiece. Cat once again finds himself the pawn of an ultra-powerful corporate-state. However, _Dreamfall_ delves more into psycho-social emotional issues, dealing with Cat's heritage as a hydran/human halfbreed, how this effects his life and his views, and the psychological and emotional damage he lives with due to the loss of his psi (read _Psion_ for more details), and the consequences of using drugs to reactivate it. Here, Cat comes to a point of self-realization, of having to decide what he believes and how he wants to live his life--as a human, or a hydran? Eventually, he realizes that both have their good points, and perhaps he should accept the gifts of each. And of course, *he falls in love*. _Dreamfall_ yet again (as with the previous Cat novels) leads the reader to ponder the nature of his or her own values and world view. This is a truly beautiful, moving novel, and I've come to expect no less from this very talented woman.
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