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Tarendra
A star-spanning STL voyage of alien discovery and adventure, in three parts.
- GenresFiction
78 pages, Paperback
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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