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Truly a bizarre book in a kinda good way. Lots of interesting aliens have been co-existing in the solar system for years, evolving co-dependent relationships with humanity. Humans do not have FTL drives, however, and are restricted to the solar system. An eclectic group of people try to rescue an alien from Venus to get information/tech and things do not go as planned. Lots of humor, but it took a while to get into.
The ending really falls apart comparatively to the rest of the book. Most of the story felt like a good noir that happened to take place in a sci-fi universe that's never fully fleshed out or explained, but then the final 50 pages or so build up to a climax that it didn't quite promise. Some time gaps and a few instances of telling old history that break up the current action hold it back from being something really good. There are flashes of greatness in the idea and execution, and the flaws ar...
Dystopian, space opera in which the machinations of several, starfaring alien races colonizing the solar system twist around the human goal to achieve equality by learning the secret of the Deepdrive.Vronnan bioship, interstellar Clanship (?) My dead tree copy was a modest 311 pages. The original US copyright was 1998. Alexander Jablokov was an American writer of science fiction and short stories. (He's still alive.) He has six (6) novels published, all standalone as well as a story collection.
The story is set centuries in the future. Humans have interplanetary travel, but lack knowledge to make interstellar ships. Several odd alien species have come to the Solar System over the years - some settling on Mercury, Venus or Earth. Humans don't seem to be subjugated in general, but at least one species uses some humans for their purposes.The main characters are trying to get to an alien on Venus who is a sort of fugitive from his species. The humans hope to get an interstellar drive from
Interesting universe and some touching scenes are not enough to redeem this novel that never settles on a proper tone and instead goes whimsically swashbuckling around with flat characters. Probably was meant as sophisticated and updated spin on sense-of-wonder pulp.
Couldn't finish it, I have only done that to a handful of books over the years. Just was very disjointed and could not keep my interest. Interesting concept but was not fleshed out enough to draw me in.
An excellent ET invasion tale, with really freaky aliens.
