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Tarendra
"Tarendra" is a star-spanning Slower Than Light voyage in three parts, beginning with the story "Lightspeed Messenger" (published online at "Stupefying Stories Showcase" in 2014) and moving on from there in bold new directions.
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52 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 16, 2020
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August 17, 2022
I hardly understood a word of this one. I think it had to do with a multi-generational planetary mining and colonization expeditition which failed for being commercially unviable, but I am not sure.
I received this book free from Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
I received this book free from Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
April 5, 2020
Thanks to the author/publisher for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is a short book of 3 connected short stories (sort of). Despite its short length, I couldn't finish. Nothing really struck me as interesting. On the contrary, much of the writing made me feel completely disconnected from the story. I think much of that had to do with the amount of unexplained references. I admit I'm not a sci-fi aficionado but have enjoyed some stories/books from the genre. The amount of nouns I just couldn't understand in this book made me wish I had a sci-fi dictionary at hand. That combined with the strange pattern of one of the characters speaking made it a chore to read. Maybe someone more familiar with sci-fi or, perhaps, this author specifically can enjoy this more than I did.
This is a short book of 3 connected short stories (sort of). Despite its short length, I couldn't finish. Nothing really struck me as interesting. On the contrary, much of the writing made me feel completely disconnected from the story. I think much of that had to do with the amount of unexplained references. I admit I'm not a sci-fi aficionado but have enjoyed some stories/books from the genre. The amount of nouns I just couldn't understand in this book made me wish I had a sci-fi dictionary at hand. That combined with the strange pattern of one of the characters speaking made it a chore to read. Maybe someone more familiar with sci-fi or, perhaps, this author specifically can enjoy this more than I did.
January 2, 2021
I must say that this is a interesting book but not sure where the author was going with it.
Tarendra is a AI who started their life as a actual person who has their identity placed into a computer system sent into space to help those who are at terraformed planets.
It jumps from place to place expounding on the others who it encounters over a 500 or more light-years and ends with the death of the Sol solar system.
Tarendra is a AI who started their life as a actual person who has their identity placed into a computer system sent into space to help those who are at terraformed planets.
It jumps from place to place expounding on the others who it encounters over a 500 or more light-years and ends with the death of the Sol solar system.
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June 10, 2020
A string of vague stories stuffed with invented jargon, focusing on the AI who shares a name with the book. This feels rushed an incomplete, I’d recommend the author flesh out his stories a little more in the future.
April 9, 2020
A good collection of stories. I look forward to the authors progression
April 25, 2020
Ehhhhh
I felt it very confusing in some ways and much telling and not so much showing. It could use some fleshing out.
I felt it very confusing in some ways and much telling and not so much showing. It could use some fleshing out.
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