Pegasus in Space

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Summary: so wonderful
Review: anne mccaffery has never dissapointed and never will. The plot was buit up wonderfully from pegasus in flight, and the main characters rise to suscces will leave the reader craving for more. Every one loevs a happy ending, and this is one of the best endings ive ever read. The characters are wellwritten about, and realistic. The only downside i find it to have is the techinical terms used on occasion. But i suppose they were necessary. WONDERFUL, YOU HAVE TO READ IT!

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Summary: The Talents of Earth take a giant leap into space!
Review: I love Anne McCaffrey's books and her Pegasus series is one of my favorites.

This book re-introduces us to some old friends and some new ones as well and starts immediately from the previous book, Pegasus in Flight.

The action moves well and is easy to follow. This story mainly follows Peter Reidinger as he grows from an adolescent into a man and how he overcomes his disability to achieve his dreams.

As usual, Anne McCaffrey has done a brillint job.

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Summary: Disappointing because previous standard was so high
Review: I loved "Pegasus in Flight," liked some of "To Ride Pegasus," and liked "Pegasus in Space" simply because it offered conclusions to the stories begun in "Pegasus in Flight." Unfortunately, that's about ALL it did. There was far too much going on. It seems like McCaffrey decided to wind up every single plotline begun or even THOUGHT of beginning in the previous books. We get to see not only everyone married, but the number, names, and birth-order of their children. The plot moves too fast. Rebellion? Bam. Illness? Bam. Evil bad guys doing their thing again? Bam. One problem after the other, all solved with lightning-quick speed. It felt more like a plot outline than a book sometimes. Also, the new characters didn't feel very well fleshed-out. I didn't really care about any of them. That said, it WAS nice to have another outing with these characters. I do agree that more Tirla would have been nice, although that's one of my main complaints: too much time spent with the new characters (who were dull), not enough with the old (except Peter).

One-sentence synopsis: Good if you've read and liked the other Pegasus books and want to find out what happens to the characters, bad as a beginner to the series.

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Summary: Nice book but I have a few gripes with it ...
Review: In the first book, To Ride Pegasus, Henry Darrow is a rich man who earns his living as an astrologer. He "discovers" his psi ability through an almost fatal car accident, and from there, is able to fund and help build an independent psi agency. There is no one stopping him, no government(CIA, NSA, FBI)underhandness,and when Henry is tested the first time, with one of his people's psi abilties, his rich partner, George Henner, bails him out and from there, the psi have won, and that leads the way to Daffyd's time (Pegasus in Flight) and Peter's and Rhyssa's time(Pegausus in Space)

Maybe the book would be better if Henry and George had to deal with MIB's or some other "XFiles" stuff. If Henry, George, Rhyssa, Peter, Tirla, or Daffyd had to contend with that, or be hurt or injured or one of them killed due to underhandness, I would believe the books more. How about a story in the very last where, Rhyssa talks about all the racism (ie "XMen") that Henry, and later Daffyd, had to contend with in the early days of the agency and how Henry was shot and George was killed, and how Daffyd had to go into hiding?(think of "The Terminator")

We would all like to believe in an utopian society, but realistically, people can't do it. The books are a nice source of escapism and I wish that people were this nob;e, but sadly, it ain't so.

Ann M is a great writer with vivid imagination.

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Summary: Not the best Pegasus Book-
Review: Not the best Pegasus Book -

The last book in the Pegasus series Pegasus in Space which bridges the Pegasus series and the Rowan series is my least favorite of the Pegasus books.

The story centers around the character of Peter Reidinger, the most powerful Telekinetic that Earth has produced. I was very dissapointed in the book because it seemed to forget about the characters and got heavy into the Sci-Fi Tech stuff. Anne McCaffrey spent too much of the book detailing space suits and other technical stuff, which was rather boring and monotonous to read.

In the previous book , Pegasus in Flight, the book focused on Peter Reidinger, Tirla, and Rhyssa Owen. In this book the character of Tirla appears briefly in the beginning and then is only mentioned by other characters afterward. Rhyssa Owen fares little better as her character whines about protecting Peter while he is in space. A new character introduced in the book is Amareeya and her only purpose in the book is to further Peter's plot. Amareeya, who is obsessed with gardening and plants, drones on about her garden mentioning the planets using there latin names. One thing that puzzled me about this character was that she seemed quite aware of her talent and how to use it and yet the other characters seemed oblivious to this. No one talked to Amareeya about her Talent or about Talent in general.

And this is what was wrong with the book, the characters never seemed to talk to each other about their lives or emotions. It would have been nice for the author to focus on Tirla's life rather than every once and awhile adding a throwaway line about her engagement, marriage, etc. Ms. McCaffrey seemed to forget her characters in favor of endless Sci-Fi Tech talk. If you are buying this book expecting to spend some time with the characters then you will be dissapointed.

My recomendation is that if you are interested in reading the book - take it out of the library.

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Summary: A bit slower than the two other Pegasus books...
Review: Pegasus in Space is a nice cap to the trilogy-so-far of the Pegasus Talents books, but it lacks a little in overall plot and intrest--the previous two books, To Ride Peagsus and Pegasus in Flight, are quite a bit better. Pegasus in Space did a good job of finishing all the previous character's stories, and it was a very interesting prequel to The Rowan Talents books--it and its two mates set up the situation in The Rowan and onward books quite nicely--showing the origins of Talent and, in Pegasus in Space, the origin of FT&T. But besides finishing up the trilogy and setting the stage for later books, it was pretty lacking. First of all, Pegasus in Space starts out making a very big deal about Amariyah--but never finishes it. She's this phenominal healer Talent, but the only mention of her after the age of 13 is such an "oh, and by the way" deal that it leaves one a little confused, after all the hype about her in the first part of the book. Then, in the middle of the book, Anne McCaffrey switches into heavy *heavy* sci-fi mode with all her descriptions of space walking and shuttle launching, etc. For a person like myself--a lover of sci-fi/fantasy, but not a die-hard sci-fi reader--it got quite boring and monotonus. And the whole book was mainly about one chracter--Peter Reidinger. Not that a story is not allowed to have a main character, but after the previous two books, which were both relatively oligarchal as far as characters went, it was quite a change. Seemed a bit of an overkill on Peter. The whole book was about his obsession with space. Like I said, it's a nice setup for The Rowan, but it was very overkill. And the only "bad guys" were a weak resurrection of Pegasus in Flight's main villians. It was nice to know what happened to all the characters from the previous two books, but they all paled in comparison to Peter's role in the book, and only got brief mentions and were reverted to completely two-dimensional personalites. Without the previous books, the accessory characters would have been totally lost. Overall, it was pretty enjoyable, with the happily ever after ending and the little dip into romance that Anne McCaffrey never fails to make in all of her books, but it lacked in comparison to the two previous books in the Pegasus trilogy. And it especially lacks if one chooses to comapre it to the Dragonriders of Pern books--which are all awesome novels, true masterpieces by Anne McCaffrey. Pegasus in Space seemed a little forced, as if the author had just wanted to get the story done, rather than enjoy it. But even for all its faults, it deserves three-stars, because it *was* good and because, of course, nearly everything Anne McCaffrey touches is golden. Pretty good, but most certainly not the best.

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Summary: Not the best Pegasus Book-
Review: The book over all was an excellent end to a very good series. McCaffrey's use of a wide range of telepathic powers (Talents) opened my mind (pun intended) to a vast array of possiblities. The progress of Peter's kenetic growth was not all that suprising yet when he 'ported to "First Base" (on the Moon)I was happy at first, impressed second than third annoyed; because when Peter "landed" Limo-34 he nearly destroyed the Apollo 12 historical site. What really suprised me was the regrowth of Peter's nerve endings and spinal cord, truly the most important event in the book (way more important than travelling 45 light years in the blick of an eye). Yet while the book was quickly paced it lacked the edge that I had found in "Pegasus in Flight". And most upsetting was that Trile was only a minor character in this novel. The unusual thing is one I mentioned in my review of "To Ride Pegasus," that was a lack of underhandedness by secret government/military involvement. Maybe McCaffrey is more of a Utopion, and I a Dysutopion. Or more likley the X-Files has just lodged itself in societies sub-conscience and we so look for such deceptions, but when it is not found, that scares us even more.

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Summary: not greatest book of hers
Review: this book came out the same time as the skies of pern and i felt that they were both rushed jobs. Pegasus in Space does close the Pegasus series and gives u the bridge to the Talent series, but it seems to be made of a list of facts then an actual story, there just dosent seem to be ne substance to it. And even though its ment to end a series the book dosent recap/flashback to hardly ne thing from the previous novels except by merly mentioning what happaned and i sometimes was a little lost because i hadnt read the other novels recently.

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Summary: Another great book!!
Review: This book follows streaght on from the events in Pegasus in Flight. This book follows Peter Reidinger as his Talent strengthens and he and Johnny Green decided to set up FT&T.
It forms a bridge between the Pegasus series and the Tower and the Hive series
I would like to see another book were we find out how Peter sets up FT&T and becomes the first Earth Prime

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Summary: weakest of the Pegasus/Talent series
Review: This is the weakest of the Pegasus/Talent series books. The whole book feels rushed to tie off the series, the villians are shallow and the plot weak. And I had previously thought that 'The Tower and the Hive' was rushed to tie off that end of the series. This was even more so.

I enjoy Anne McCaffrey's books and actually prefer this set of series to most of her other work. I will be sorry if the series does end but based on this last book, better it ends than weak work when I know she can do so much better. This book only gets 3 stars from an author who usually delivers 4 and 5 star material.

My ratings scale: 1=don't bother; 2=if you read it get it from the library only; 3=read it, either from the library or buy it if you are a fan, need to complete your collection, or have the cash; 4=buy it, read it! 5=BUY IT! READ IT (several times!)!!!