3.5
Brightness Reef
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Centuries ago, the Buyur race abandoned Jijo. Now off-limits to settlers, it's warded by guardian machines who will protect the planet until the Institutes of the Five Galaxies declare Jijo ready—in another million years—for new civilization.
But mere laws and guardians can't keep out the desperate. Clandestine bands of "sooners" have sneaked down to the lonely planet. Six intelligent races—all refugees—have bickered . . . then built a new society in the wilds of Jijo, hidden beneath forest canopies. Together they live in harmony—and in fear of the day their illegal colony will be discovered and judgment from the Five Galaxies will rain down upon them.
One day a strange starship finally does appear on Jijo. But its owners do not bring law or judgment. Only dire secrets. And they'll do whatever it takes to keep them . . .
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3.5
“remarkable. I almost DNF’d multiple times at the beginning, out of frustration over how many characters and alien races there were to keep track of, but I’m so glad I didn’t. Brin created a world I wanted to live in forever.
This book, however, does have the same flaws as Startide Rising - he makes some really weird choices with his female characters. In a book that is 95% character building, these choices are glaring. One of the main characters, a doctor/mathematician named Sara, says she thinks her patient would like her more if she was…prettier? This same character is threatened with r*pe and is flattered when a man protests? These were very far and few between, but they took me out of it completely.”
About David Brin
David Brin is an astrophysicist whose international-bestselling novels include
,
,
, and
, which was adapted into a film in 1998. Brin serves on several advisory boards, including NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program, or NIAC, and speaks or consults on topics ranging from AI, SETI, privacy, and invention to national security. His nonfiction book about the information age,
, won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. Brin’s latest nonfiction work is
. Visit him at www.davidbrin.com.
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