The Ring of Charon

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Summary: Gravity gone wild
Review: This was really wonderful story. The characters were bright and real. Their growth of character was well considered, making them even more believable. The science was really spooky: it could be true. The use of gravity waves for discovering knowledge is on the edge of our future. Speculation of ways and means is pushing the boundaries of our knowledge bringing the capability to use gravity waves to within our grasp.
The outstanding dilemma of the Earth being lost to some outside, alien power gives the story and characters the impetus for their growth and development.
There must be a sequel, and I will be looking for it.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004


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Summary: Deserves 4.5 to be fair.
Review: First of all this is a good book. a very good one. It is not exellent because it lacks something in the more human side, what is called "soft" sci-fi. To say the truth, i cant really put my finger on it, but i sense it. On the "hard" side, i can find no flaw. his knowledge is extensive and super-uptodate, and is well-writen. It's a book to be read, if you consider yourself a serieus hard sci-fi fan.

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Summary: Deserves 4.5 to be fair.
Review: First of all this is a good book. a very good one. It is not exellent because it lacks something in the more human side, what is called "soft" sci-fi. To say the truth, i cant really put my finger on it, but i sense it. On the "hard" side, i can find no flaw. his knowledge is extensive and super-uptodate, and is well-writen. It's a book to be read, if you consider yourself a serieus hard sci-fi fan.

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Summary: Must read
Review: Great hard core SF, if you haven't read it then you must.
Must also read part 2 Shattered Sphere

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Summary: Outstanding! Very hard to put down!
Review: I found the book to be a very good read. I enjoyed the character development that did not take up too much of the story. I liked the story content, and found that it never got dry. The author gave enough detail without taking a whole chapter to describe what something was. I have read many books, and I can honestly say that very few come close to this one. It was great

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Summary: Great book!! Read it now!!!!
Review: I liked The Ring of Charon because it was "real". There are no heroes, no amazing brakethroughs (no-one finds the cure to cancer 15 seconds before their best friend dies), and the best thing - it is writteng so well, that I couldn't stop reading...

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Summary: Why is this Book Out Of Print???
Review: I'm only half-way thru. Had the book for like 5 years on my shelf, from sci-fi book club. Read the other reviews at the office today, as I was searching for a sequel already. Wow! Great hard sci-fi (as others have said). Actually great hard-core Sci-fi. Hats off to the author. I recommend the academic work, Pluto and Charon, which I read a couple of years ago. Great companion reading, I'd say. Can't wait to get the sequel already.

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Summary: Shame for such a book to be out of print...
Review: In a word: Excellent! Ok, it's not perfect, perhaps, and I would've given it 4.5 stars if it was possible, but "The Ring of Charon" is an amazing 'hardcore' Sci-Fi book which feels like a mental roller coaster ride right to the end. You don't just learn new information - you follow the characters as they think through the problems that they face, step by step - to a final, amazing conclusion.

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Summary: Fantabulous!
Review: Roger Allen must be a very close friend of the Muse. The concept of this book is very creative, and he extends science fiction to a new level.

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Summary: Great sci-fi with only minor flaws..
Review: Roger M. Allen's "Ring of Charon" is great science-fiction. A hence-undiscovered alien race causes the Earth to disappear through a wormhole due to the unauthorized experiments of a gravity scientist, and the remaining off-Earth scientists try to find out what really happened. The story is told brillantly through the eyes of the human scientists, and the strange Charonians who plan to use the Earth for their own ends, which are not good for mankind. The way that the Charonians are Von Neumann creatures is a bit hard to swallow, as is the occasional overload of detail, as well the Naked Purple movement and the K-Crash, but Allen manages to be a master storyteller, and weaves a great story of human survival and the need for curiousity.