Star Child

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Summary: This is one of James P. Hogan's best works.
Review: This novel is light reading that carries a nice and innocent story line and concludes with a beautiful ending. Marvelous introduction of secondary players in mechanical entities that serve as analysts of the main character, Taya. It was easy to get into and I wasn't able to put the book down until I finished it.

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Summary: Interesting premise, too juvenile for my tastes.
Review: This would be a good book to give to a child about 10 years old to get them into science fiction. As an adult work, it falls short. I didn't find anything particularly remarkable about the book, and the characters all seemed very flat to me. I like Hogan's other works, but this one didn't leave me satisfied at all, as I'd guessed the surprise ending about a third of the way through the book. It compares to Heinlein's Podykane of Mars in terms of it's target audience, in my opinion.