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Summary: Lovelock is a great characacter - I await the sequel
Review: "Lovelock" tells a fairly mundane tale of an interplanetary "ark" from the point of view of an intellectually enhanced capuchin monkey. The monkey angle clearly works, and allows for an interesting examination of the line that we use to differentiate humanity, the soul, and the distinction between companion animals and slavery. With current advances in genetic engineering, the premise may not be that far removed from future reality. The small town aspect probably due to Kidd adds to Card's characterization, although two of the children of the colony, Peter and Diana are clearly reminiscent of Ender's brother and sister, and are likely Card's creation, and will surely play a more prominent role in the sequel. Indeed, the reason I came to amazon.com was to see if the sequel was published yet, and I am disappointed that it has not yet been.
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Summary: *****I want more**** Give me more!
Review: This is a cool book. It is funny. It is intriguing. It will make a wonderful series...if Orson evers writes another one! I read all the Earthborn, Earthclan, etc. books.
This can be another great series! Don't keep your fans waiting too long, Orson!
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Summary: Not worth the effort
Review: A less than impressive attempt to look at the ramifications
of genetic altering of species and slavery. The science-fiction
basis is unfirm at best, and non-existant at worst. The plot is also less than impressive and the characters plastic and rigid. I know Card can write better than this,
so I have to assume Kidd is a less than competant
SF writer.
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Summary: THE BEST CARD HAS WRITTEN TO DATE.
Review: A most compelling novel. I could not put it down. His characters are compelling & believable. I can only hope more books will be written in the Lovelock series.
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Summary: Thought provoking but uneven
Review: A thought provoking look at slavery and small town life on a colony ship. It has a appealing narrator, Lovelock, a sentient capuchin monkey, who acts as a prominent scientist's "witness". He has an unique prospective that keeps you interested.The major flaw is the portrayal of life on a spaceship. So many of the supporting characters are unsympathetic and unlikable busybodies. It seems more like life in a small town in the 1940's, before television, when all there was to do was gossip. I would think that there would be a level of sophistication that is lacking in the supporting cast.I understand that Ms. Kidd doesn't usually write science-fiction, but writes stories about small town life. It shows. I had no problem with the open-endedness of the novel, that the professional reviewer did. After all, it says "Book 1 of the Mayflower Trilogy right on the cover! No one criticized "Fellowship of the Ring" for being open-ended.
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Summary: Thought provoking but uneven
Review: A thought provoking look at slavery and small town life on a colony ship. It has a appealing narrator, Lovelock, a sentient capuchin monkey, who acts as a prominent scientist's "witness". He has an unique prospective that keeps you interested.
The major flaw is the portrayal of life on a spaceship. So many of the supporting characters are unsympathetic and unlikable busybodies. It seems more like life in a small town in the 1940's, before television, when all there was to do was gossip. I would think that there would be a level of sophistication that is lacking in the supporting cast.
I understand that Ms. Kidd doesn't usually write science-fiction, but writes stories about small town life. It shows.
I had no problem with the open-endedness of the novel, that the professional reviewer did. After all, it says "Book 1 of the Mayflower Trilogy right on the cover! No one criticized "Fellowship of the Ring" for being open-ended.
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Summary: Ms. Kidd adds something to Mr. Card's writing
Review: Card's Ender novels were entertaining, but Lovelock is something else. Kidd throws in more personality for the book, and gives the characters the flaws needed to make them seem more real, and less legend. Lovelock is a witness- a genetically enhanced animal with a metal jack in the back of his head. He follows a noted scientist, documenting her life. She takes him on a massive starship bound for a distant planet. He watches as her dysfunctional family falls apart around her ears, and gains a new awareness of himself. The ending is a cliffhanger. The next in the series is eagerly awaited.
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Summary: intriiguing but off-putting
Review: First, mea culpa, I buy everything by Card. I read this one and finished it wondering if I really wanted to read the rest of the trilogy. It was well written, the plot well developed, but all the characters were people (including Lovelock the monkey) I just prefer not to know or spend time with. Lovelock is very plausable. But his nature and his environment combine to drive him to become what I can only describe as a Charlie Manson character. I wonder how much of this book is Card and how much is Kidd.
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Summary: Good, hard s-f
Review: Fun to read, with more humor than most other books by this author. Interesting, critical view of human silliness as seen by a genetically enhanced monkey.
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Summary: Card and Kidd put together something bigger than them both.
Review: Hits a nerve...read it in one sitting. Where is the next one
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