Mining the Oort

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Summary: dull main character
Review: A disappointment from one of my favorite authors. The main problem is that the point-of-view character is dull as dishwater. The treacly tone is also jarringly out of line with his frequent allusions to Mark Twain (who knew how to write a sermon without preaching), and the mystery aspect of the story falls flat. Pohl covered the same coming-of-age territory much more effectively in his wonderful novel Homegoing.

Rating:
Summary: Good enuff for a science project
Review: Loved this book. My 14-year old son was similarly impressed and based his science project on the probability of the Oort Cloud creating/destroying life on earth. Pohl deserves the A it brought. Lots of fun figuring this one out.

Rating:
Summary: A Good Book.
Review: This makes an Okey-Dokey read, though it tends toward the better part of the statement. A good book, plenty of interesting characters and excellent personification of the main martian. As with all of Pohl's good books there's plenty of being human ( I was going to say "plenty of Pohl - if you know what I mean" but that sounds too nasty) - you get my drift.