Evolution's Shore
by Ian McDonald

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• ISBN13: 9780553374353
• Condition: New
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Book Review: Interesting idea that gets lost in sex and politics
Summary: 3 Stars

1. McDonald's main Character, a woman, is a promiscuous as Madonna, but unlike her does not have the ability to make 100's of Millions for those who tolerate her. In short, she's a slut, and maybe I'm old-fashioned, but as much as she sleeps around, I can't imagine the other characters in the book seeing through to her apparent heart of gold. In my experience, women like this are not taken seriously, which McDonald's plot demands they do. Times have not changed that much.

2. The amount and lurid descriptions of her sexual encounters in the book could have been left out, or left to the imagination, without any loss to the narrative. One gets the impression that McDonald was using it as filler to advance the plot. Pretty lame.

3. The political message comes through loud and clear: Africans - hearts of gold, Americans and non-British Europeans (with one exception - the idealistic Doctor/romantic entanglement) evil, racist scoundrels. I lived in Africa for several years...you can't put this romantic nonsense by me. I actually closed the book at one point and stopped reading for a few days because of some of this garbage. The slams against the U.S. are pretty blatant. Sorry Ian, we won.

4. The book is less hard science fiction than a novel about dramatic social change with the Sci-Fi thrown in to keep you interested. There was actually less concrete info about the Chaga in this whole novel than in the novella I read (which also featured evil Americans, I have to admit). In fact, the whole book reminds me of something by Samuel R. Delaney, and I HATE Delaney books.

For all that, I read it through, and enjoyed some parts, but the whole left me unsatisfied. It won't be a favorite, and will go to the donation box when I get a chance.

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• Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy
• Science Fiction