Seeker
by Jack McDevitt
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Book Reviews of Seeker
Book Review: Winner of Nebula Award for Best SF Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
This book just won the Nebula Award for best SF Novel in 2006, which was well-deserved. It is a superbly well-written and complex SF mystery, which so engaged my interest that I have embarked upon a program of reading everything that Jack McDevitt has ever written. I cannot praise the author or this book too highly. In particular, I enjoyed the intellectual and philosophical aspects, as well as the action and adventure elements. I further really appreciated the strong female character, a great role model for all women.Book Review: Character driven SciFi
Summary: 4 Stars
Not much to say that hasn't already been written, But want to throw my two cents in on this one because it is a very good novel. McDevitt's story is 9,000+ years in the future and instead of going over board with the descriptions of what a future world is like, he just presents the future in a matter of fact manner. FTL travel is employed, AI's are common. He let's the characters really develop, and the plot carries the water. Nice twists and turns, has a gum-shoe element that works well. Worth reading!Book Review: Exploring the Universe one meeting at a time...
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is brutally slow. It is also really low on tech, action and adventure... pretty much everything that I read the space opera genre for. The minutiae that this author delves into seriously do not warrant the time or effort of hard sci-fi fans. Recognizing that I am not the target market, if you enjoy the plodding pace of a couple of old gumshoes (Barnaby Jones & Jessica Fletcher) in space... you might like this book that got on my recommendation list from Amazon.Book Review: Excellent!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is book three in Alex Benedict series, winner of the 2007 Nebula Award.
In this book Alex (antiquities dealer) and his faithful companion Chase Kolpath set out to find The Seeker, a long lost and forgotten colony ship sent from Earth to the stars thousands of years ago.
This book really makes you think about deep space colonization and all of the things that could possibly go wrong. I highly recommend this book to all Sci-Fi fans!!
Book Review: Very good SF book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first McDevitt book I have read and I really enjoyed it. It met all of the things that I want to read in a science fiction book. The characters were also very well built up. I particularly enjoyed the sequence with the Mutes and how the humans and Mutes view each other. I can see why this book won the SF awards, and I will certainly be reading other books in the Benedict series.