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Summary: Fantastic Find - Terrific First Book
Review: Dr. Cherijo Gray Veil is a wonderful character. This is an extremely good book for anyone's tastes. You don't even have to be a Science Fiction fan. Stardoc is absorbing and fast paced throughout the entire book. A thoroughly good read. I recommend it to all readers. I can't wait until the second installment comes out. I'd love to have a hardback copy. Excellent, excellent, excellent! Go buy it now.
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Summary: An Enjoyable Read
Review: I enjoyed this science fiction novel of a misfit doctor; Viehl has a good sense of pacing, a firm grip on dialog, and a fine ability in developing her characters. Although I expected a story similar to one of James White's enjoyable Sector General series, I was pleasantly surprised. Viehl's novel has the medical setting, but her style and plot are different from White's. Anyone who likes the science fiction sub-genre of future medicine should welcome another fine addition to this field.
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Summary: star wars move over
Review: Dr Grey Veil, what is she? a person, an experiment, an alien? Great story, couldn't put the book down.
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Summary: Read this one, you won't be disappointed.
Review: As an avid reader of Sci-Fi, one of my biggest complaints is that a lot of Sci-Fi books recycle the same plot elements over and over. Not so with this book. This is probably one of the most interesting and entertaining books I have read in some time.The story starts out as this; Dr. Cherijo Grey Vail leaves Earth to get away from her domineering father and accepts a position on a backwater planet. But not only does she have to adapt to working in a new and alien environment, she has a secret lurking in her past which may have some disastrous consequences. This is a very entertaining book, with plenty of entertaining and well written characters (human and plenty of aliens too), in an environment which seems like something out of a M.A.S.H. unit. And the way the medical environment is treated by the author is amazing in detail (due, I'm sure, to the author's medical experience). The plot twists and turns in this novel also add to the enjoyment, as it keeps you guessing. Now, there are some pretty obvious plot elements (such as the big nasty plague which is killing the colonists, however, the way this is resolved is unique), and the way humankind is portrayed is rather bleak (I like to think we would be a little more receptive of alien species). Also, the amount of influence that one person appears to have over an entire "League" of planets seems unusual (maybe the reason for this will become more apparent in the sequel). These are all minor quibbles however, and did not stop me from enjoying this book for a second. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for something a little different, whether you are a regular reader of Sci-Fi or not. An excellent book!
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Summary: Great Read
Review: Not a typical reader of SF I found this book very entertaining. I invite non-readers of SF to try this book. Those of you who love ER will love this Sci-Fi ER. The aliens and relationships formed with the terrans are great. I can't wait for the next book in this series.
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Summary: General Hospital in Space
Review: If you're looking for good sci-fi, keep looking. If you're looking for a good drama, keep looking. This is a poorly written book. Recently, I've read some really good stuff and some bad, but this is terrible. There's no depth to the characters or the universe they exist in. It looks more like an outline to a novel than a novel.
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Summary: A VERY GOOD READ!!!!!
Review: I bought this book because I read BLADE DANCER and loved it. I only bought STARDOC because I didn't think I would like the book. Instead I loved it. This book reminds me of the old Science Fiction Classics. It depends more on characters than it does on science. As soon as I read it I rushed out and bought the rest of them. Five in all and each one better than the last. If you like Elizabeth Moon I think you will love these books. The characters are well rounded and you have some to love and some to hate. Escaping Earth is a must for Dr. Cherijo Grey Veil. The drama of the clinic and the response of aliens not only to humans, but to each other is well done. This is an older book and there are lots of reviews. After you read them, make up your own mind. As for myself I really loved the series. Each book got better and better. I hope there will be a new one soon.
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Summary: Reminds me of the good ol' days of SF
Review: Stardoc is nothing more than a good story set in a science fiction universe. No politics, no big the-world-should-work-this-way-or-we'll-all-die theme. It's just a lot of fun. Cherijo, who is a doctor on a backwater alien world, simply wanted to get away from her dominating father. With her she carries a terrible secret that could ruin not only him, but could end her own life as well.
Viehl was a medic in the USAF, and it shows. It's almost as if Viehl actually operated on alien species. The SF fan in me screaches over a number of scientific impossibilities (human/alien half-breeds, for one--we'd be lucky if aliens even used DNA for a genetic structure), but in the end it doesn't matter. SF, like all fiction, is designed to entertain, and Stardoc certainly does that.
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Summary: General Hospital in Space
Review: I bought this book because I read BLADE DANCER and loved it. I only bought STARDOC because I didn't think I would like the book. Instead I loved it. This book reminds me of the old Science Fiction Classics. It depends more on characters than it does on science. As soon as I read it I rushed out and bought the rest of them. Five in all and each one better than the last. If you like Elizabeth Moon I think you will love these books. The characters are well rounded and you have some to love and some to hate. Escaping Earth is a must for Dr. Cherijo Grey Veil. The drama of the clinic and the response of aliens not only to humans, but to each other is well done. This is an older book and there are lots of reviews. After you read them, make up your own mind. As for myself I really loved the series. Each book got better and better. I hope there will be a new one soon.
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Summary: Um . . . ick . . .
Review: I've wanted to read this book for awhile, primarily because the plot -- a human doctor working in a colony of thousands of different alien species -- sounded like it could allow some interesting culture- and world-building. I was disappointed, however. Stardoc isn't well thought-out sci-fi; the main character's emotions seem to consist mostly of either wanting to work tirelessly for the greater good or wanting to smash things. Cherijo Grey Veil is apparently able to singlehandedly save thousands of colonists, watch others die, and be harassed and persecuted without suffering any deep emotions or ill effects. Even rape doesn't make her want to do more than break some equipment. Anyway, overall I thought this book was shallow and poorly-written, with some disturbing kinkiness and romantic developments. If you're looking for a strong female heroine or intriguing aliens, look elsewhere.
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