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Summary: Rushed but worth it
Review: Heaven's Reach is an enjoyable conclusion to the Uplift Stormseries, but the author tried to pack too much into this last volume,and the story was hard to follow. (Maybe I read it too fast, but Ifelt like I was in "E space" for the last third of the book...)Minor complaints aside, I couldn't put Heaven's Reach (or any of the others) down. If you made it through Sundiver, don't worry, you'll like it.
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Summary: Riveting and full of ideas!
Review: I for one can't understand anyone who doesn't love this book. It is an amazing finale to the Uplift Storm Trilogy. The plotlines don't 'fizzle out', the characters don't lose depth, the entire *universe* explodes before your eyes. There are of course a lot of loose ends but none you wouldn't expect, none that take from the story even the tiniest thrill. I have never read such an immense undertaking and along with being suddenly filled to the brim with new ideas, I also have a new, fantastic book to add to my wealth. Mr. Brin doesn't focus on a single starship or planet or even a single civilization in this book, he focuses on an entire group of galaxies. Do you realize how *big* that is? Read the book and you'll find out. Mr. Brin does an utterly commendable job of conveying these ideas to his readers. A lot of the other reviews here claim that the book seemed to be rushing towards the finish - clumsily wrapping up a too-long series. I have to disagree - vehemently. With the events taking place in this book, a sense of 'rushing along with the story' is inevitable. In fact it just goes to show the talent of this author that he can drag you into such an overwhelming plotline and make you understand it. Personally, I rank Heaven's Reach up with Startide Rising as the best Uplift book ever... and that's saying a lot. I can't wait for the next tale in this saga!
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Summary: Finally!
Review: Immensely satisfying conclusion to the Uplift stories. Sure, the writing and characterizations at times have been grating, but the story, the questions posed, have been interesting enough to make me continue through the series and I'm glad I did. I was worried it was getting a little too weird (far too much quantum physics and alternate reality stuff for my taste) but finally, in the end it all made sense.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I love the Uplift universe. The last two books in this 2nd trilogy have been a disappointment, however. They don't seem to be thoughtfully written. As one reviewer noted, they seem to be dashed off. I am very, very tired of the literary ploy where each chapter is ended at a moment of crisis, and then the next chapter starts up with a different character, particularly when, when the characters in crisis reappear in a later chapter, often the crisis is not taken up where it left off; indeed it seemed that at least twice the crisis wasn't even refered to in retrospect, which astonished me. This stylistic "technique" gave me a headache.
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Summary: Yes there were loose ends, but they come with Uplift novels!
Review: I, for one, was riveted by the concluding novel in the second Uplift trilogy: I couldn't put it down. While I would have liked another 50 pages at the end to explain what follows the conclusion, I can accept that there are things Brin would prefer to leave for later. Full disclosure always sounds better than it turns out, the best conclusions always leave something for the next installment - and we can be certain something is on the way.
The wonderful thing about the whole Uplift Universe is that it is so vast and - necessarily - Brin cannot fully explore every subject or character to their utmost potential. Often he employs hints as to their underlying nature, or is content to leave mysteries for future novels. This is a worthy, essential entry in one of the greatest science fiction series ever - even better than Star Wars (particularly after The Phantom Menace)
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Summary: Let's get on with something new.
Review: After reading both trilogies over the years, I am finally ready to give up on this universe. for good. really. After some tantalizing bits in the first novel of this trilogy and some relatively good action in the second, I was sorely disappointed with most of the plotlines and character development with this *last* Uplift novel. Female characterization is null to dismal. Gillian displays so few feminine qualities that Brin could just as well have made her a man to begin with. Other characters just kind of fizzle out at the end (like Sara and Emerson). The meme stuff was kind of nice but inconsequential. And I felt I was spending way too much time there embracing the tides. All in all, other than setting the stage for the next xxx novels, there was not much closure or even revelations in this set of three. Not too many authors have the wit or the brilliance (like a Zelazny) to hold readers through nine or ten novels set in a single universe. Let's move on Brin -- start something new!
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Summary: enjoyable
Review: I feel we need a fourth book "Voyage of the Streaker" to round out the series. We read about incidents on various worlds during Streakers voyage I feel however these could be fleshed out
Rating:
Summary: Superlative
Review: I'm not an avid reader of science fiction, my usual fare consists of novels like "The Triumph and the Glory", "The Testament", and Clancy and Stephen King now and then. But the Uplift books are so good I will always read the latest in the series. Brin has done a great job with "Heaven's Reach". It isn't quite as good as the first two but completes the trilogy in fine enough fashion. Four stars.
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Summary: Wild ending (which really doesn't end)
Review: Dissapointed with the final book of the 2nd Uplift Trilogy. The book basically closes with a frenzy of activity, bringing in new characters, new concepts, and new story threads with little continuity. Basically, David Brin, who spent a large amount of time building characters in the first two books, rushes to end his story. And it doesn't really end. I would have liked to known more about the fate of the missing Searcher people, and the fate of Jijo is obviously left for a whole new book. No real answer to the question of "Herbie". A lot of dangling threads for what was to be the concluding book of a six-book story.
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Summary: Eagerly awaiting the next trilogy!
Review: David Brin does not disappoint. I've read a few of the other reviews-sure there are loose ends. You have to have something to build the next set of novels on. There is a lot of room for the Uplift universe to live on. And there is plenty of room to develop the existing charactors. As for the book itself, I couldn't put it down. David Brin is my favourite sci fi autor by far. To the reviewer who felt that something was missing, read Startide Rising. This novel relates the origins of the Streaker and her crew. It is probably the best of all of Brin's novel-but not by much. Sundiver sets up the whole Uplift concept while Uplift War refines it. Imagine the possibilities.
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