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Mark Lawrence
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It's a big fat book, broken into 3 parts that could each be a smallish book.
I'm in section 3 which takes place much later. Huge amount of "world building" (excuse the pun) about world building, reams of detail about how this or that system works.
I did enjoy the urgency and drama of the closing sections of the previous part.
— Mar 05, 2026 01:09AM
I'm in section 3 which takes place much later. Huge amount of "world building" (excuse the pun) about world building, reams of detail about how this or that system works.
I did enjoy the urgency and drama of the closing sections of the previous part.
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Mark Lawrence
is on page 688 of 872
I have some significant reservations about the 3rd part.
With hard SFF where pages are spent exhaustively explaining systems, I feel that it's fair to speculate about the science, just as with historical fiction there are people who focus on historical accuracy.
The idea that this populaton of 3 billion, after 5,000 years still can't match our microchips (which they have examples of along with info) is ... wrong.
— 15 hours, 10 min ago
With hard SFF where pages are spent exhaustively explaining systems, I feel that it's fair to speculate about the science, just as with historical fiction there are people who focus on historical accuracy.
The idea that this populaton of 3 billion, after 5,000 years still can't match our microchips (which they have examples of along with info) is ... wrong.
Mark Lawrence
is on page 150 of 872
It has a lot of the detail porn that made me DNF Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars.
I just waded through pages and pages detailing the controls and maneuvers for two pods to spin around on a tether. I don't mind a little, but this is a lot.
However, I'm still engaged because:
a) it's still not as dry as Red Mars
b) the doomsday scenario makes it all more tense and emotional and interesting.
— Feb 28, 2026 10:19AM
I just waded through pages and pages detailing the controls and maneuvers for two pods to spin around on a tether. I don't mind a little, but this is a lot.
However, I'm still engaged because:
a) it's still not as dry as Red Mars
b) the doomsday scenario makes it all more tense and emotional and interesting.
Mark Lawrence
is on page 50 of 872
I'm enjoying the story, though I have major technical objections.
I can't see that it is possible to break the Moon into 7 big pieces - fragmentation would start immediately.
If it were possible it would take hours at most, not 7 days, for scientists to note the inevitable catastrophe.
It's orders of magnitude easier to survive underground in bunkers than in space.
— Feb 26, 2026 11:13AM
I can't see that it is possible to break the Moon into 7 big pieces - fragmentation would start immediately.
If it were possible it would take hours at most, not 7 days, for scientists to note the inevitable catastrophe.
It's orders of magnitude easier to survive underground in bunkers than in space.
