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Mar. 31st, 2024 10:16 amI have formed a vague & probably untenable ambition of reading all the Nebula nominees this year, the first of which I managed to get round to (that I hadn't read already) was The Terraformers.
This book is a sort of multigenerational saga on a planet that's being gradually prepared for habitation by humans [and others]; the first section takes place while the planet is still a protected zone inhabited only by terraforming staff, the second section focuses on urban planning during the very early stages of settlement, and the third section focuses on corporate land grabs and gentrification on the now heavily settled planet.
Conceptually this is a very cool premise, I really enjoy science fiction that explore cultural shifts over the long term and the book is dealing with a number of ideas that I find extremely interesting! I am really glad to have read it, I think it's an ambitious project, I am always glad to read books that give me things to think about and argue with and this book certainly gave me a lot to think about and argue with, as everyone who has had the pleasure of communicating with me in the past three days now knows in excruciating detail because I have not been able to shut up about it.
( OKAY NOW WE ARE ENTERING THE HATER ZONE. major spoilers etc )
This book is a sort of multigenerational saga on a planet that's being gradually prepared for habitation by humans [and others]; the first section takes place while the planet is still a protected zone inhabited only by terraforming staff, the second section focuses on urban planning during the very early stages of settlement, and the third section focuses on corporate land grabs and gentrification on the now heavily settled planet.
Conceptually this is a very cool premise, I really enjoy science fiction that explore cultural shifts over the long term and the book is dealing with a number of ideas that I find extremely interesting! I am really glad to have read it, I think it's an ambitious project, I am always glad to read books that give me things to think about and argue with and this book certainly gave me a lot to think about and argue with, as everyone who has had the pleasure of communicating with me in the past three days now knows in excruciating detail because I have not been able to shut up about it.
( OKAY NOW WE ARE ENTERING THE HATER ZONE. major spoilers etc )
