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Star Game: Book 1, Ascension
"Farscape, Red Dwarf, Blake's 7, Lexx, Babylon 5 - F. P. Trotta's book rivals the weirdest and most imaginative of sci-fi - the sanctimonious nature of the genre is nowhere to be seen. The existentialism from Carl Sagan's Contact is evident, but this is not your father's science fiction - this is Star Trek's evil twin." Zevi Ghivelder, renowned brazilian author and owner of Radio Band, on Ascension - Jul.2017.
Originally published in Brazil in Early 2016, the StarGame duology by F. P. Trotta went on to move tens of thousands of physical copies in portuguese and is currently the only ongoing space opera franchise published in Brazil. The English editions will comprise of two volumes, Ascension and Rebellion, with the latter to be released Fall 2018. Originally released as a tetralogy in portuguese, the original publishing titles Intergaláctica, Interdimensional, Intertemporal and Interespacial, all four penned by F. P. Trotta.
After months battling acute meningitis, Amanda awakens from a long coma with intricate depictions of an alternate reality from beyond. It's the day of NASA'S manned expedition to Jupiter's moon Europa and along with her patients Amanda starts to piece together how she's a fundamental part in an ever-growing puzzle controlled by a major underground geo-political corporation called The Firm. Amanda unfolds how their true goal is to send an expedition to an Earth-like planet seventeen light years away - understanding that in order to stop The Firm, first she must infiltrate it.
Originally published in Brazil in Early 2016, the StarGame duology by F. P. Trotta went on to move tens of thousands of physical copies in portuguese and is currently the only ongoing space opera franchise published in Brazil. The English editions will comprise of two volumes, Ascension and Rebellion, with the latter to be released Fall 2018. Originally released as a tetralogy in portuguese, the original publishing titles Intergaláctica, Interdimensional, Intertemporal and Interespacial, all four penned by F. P. Trotta.
After months battling acute meningitis, Amanda awakens from a long coma with intricate depictions of an alternate reality from beyond. It's the day of NASA'S manned expedition to Jupiter's moon Europa and along with her patients Amanda starts to piece together how she's a fundamental part in an ever-growing puzzle controlled by a major underground geo-political corporation called The Firm. Amanda unfolds how their true goal is to send an expedition to an Earth-like planet seventeen light years away - understanding that in order to stop The Firm, first she must infiltrate it.
452 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 3, 2018
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April 8, 2018
I would say that the story is more "adventury", like the juvenile novels of Robert A Heinlein such as "Starman Jones" or "Have Space Suit Will Travel". Trotta's novel lacks the philosophical sophistication of Sagan's Contact, which is what made Contact so enjoyable for me, but the constant plot twists are impressive. Intergalactic is very action oriented, and can probably be easily adapted for TV or film. The fact that the novel ends with a hook for a sequel (series) made the TV/film association even stronger.
While reading the book, I just could not help feeling how convenient the super-sentient characters are in that they can speak English, have space transport that can travel at the speed of light, have civilisations that are orders of magnitude ahead of human ones, and yet behave so much like humans. The beings from Nitro and Pleiades are so advanced that they could practically be masters of the universe. Yet they harbour internal squabbles that are practically childish. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case for most SF stories. The only SF story that I have read with an unusual super-alien is the one in Isaac Asimov's "The Gods Themselves".
Personally, I feel that is an oversaturation of epic galactic stories recently (especially in the movies). But "epic-ness" does not necessarily mean good. Sometimes, a simpler story would have been better. In fact, I thought that Intergalactic would have come across better if there were no introductions of the deus-ex-machina aliens, and the story is strictly about a mad human scientist Oswald and his desire to become God. I will reserve further judgements until I read book 2, Rebellion, although - all in all, an enjoyable and twisty read.
While reading the book, I just could not help feeling how convenient the super-sentient characters are in that they can speak English, have space transport that can travel at the speed of light, have civilisations that are orders of magnitude ahead of human ones, and yet behave so much like humans. The beings from Nitro and Pleiades are so advanced that they could practically be masters of the universe. Yet they harbour internal squabbles that are practically childish. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case for most SF stories. The only SF story that I have read with an unusual super-alien is the one in Isaac Asimov's "The Gods Themselves".
Personally, I feel that is an oversaturation of epic galactic stories recently (especially in the movies). But "epic-ness" does not necessarily mean good. Sometimes, a simpler story would have been better. In fact, I thought that Intergalactic would have come across better if there were no introductions of the deus-ex-machina aliens, and the story is strictly about a mad human scientist Oswald and his desire to become God. I will reserve further judgements until I read book 2, Rebellion, although - all in all, an enjoyable and twisty read.
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