Seeker
by Jack McDevitt
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Author: Jack McDevittEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-31
ISBN: 0441013759
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Ace
Book Reviews of Seeker
Book Review: not worth your time, really
Summary: 1 Stars
I usually rely on Hugo and Nebula award-winners to help me wade through the mediocre science fiction / fantasy, and get to the good stuff. But I feel let down in this case: This book is actually mystery, and a tepid mystery at that (slow and non-clever). The science fiction trappings ranged from unremarkable to underwhelming ('sorry, our bureacracy deletes reports after 3yrs', 'in an age where messages take as long to travel between systems as people do, you might as well visit in person than send a letter'). I felt I was maybe 20yrs in the future, but certainly not 10000yrs. The *only* bit of world-building I found interesting was the way humans and the alien species regarded each other, and this was an incidental bit of only 2 chapters.
I'm not sure why this book won a Nebula; myself, I squarely peg it as part of the mountain of competent-writing-but-uninspired s.f./fantasy. Whether you like action, ideas, characters, or mystery, there are many better choices out there.
Summary of Seeker
With Polaris, multiple Nebula Award-nominee Jack McDevitt reacquainted readers with Alex Benedict, his hero from A Talent for War. Now, Alex and his assistant, Chase Kolpath, return to solve a riddle that leads them to the edge of known space.McDevitt, Jack Books
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