Stellaris: Infinite Frontiers - bookwyrm.cincodenada.com

242 pages

Swedish language

Published Dec. 31, 2016

ISBN:: 9789187687600
Goodreads:: 29738721

(1 review)

Description from Steam: "Hayden Quinn’s entire life has been about listening. He is the first to hear the signal, a distress call from the stars that answers the ultimate question once and for all: we are not alone. The Commonwealth of Man is divided by his discovery. Some see it as salvation for their dying world, others insist that answering the call will expose them to advanced alien species and a future of slavery in their thrall. Some are willing to go to extreme lengths to make sure that doesn’t happen. The first mission is a catastrophic failure, huge ark ships burning in the skies over Unity Prime. The brightest and best—scientists, warriors, historians—are all lost in the fires. The mission is set back years, and the grim truth is that any new crew Unity can muster will always be second best. But they can’t give up. The signal is …

Description from Steam: "Hayden Quinn’s entire life has been about listening. He is the first to hear the signal, a distress call from the stars that answers the ultimate question once and for all: we are not alone. The Commonwealth of Man is divided by his discovery. Some see it as salvation for their dying world, others insist that answering the call will expose them to advanced alien species and a future of slavery in their thrall. Some are willing to go to extreme lengths to make sure that doesn’t happen. The first mission is a catastrophic failure, huge ark ships burning in the skies over Unity Prime. The brightest and best—scientists, warriors, historians—are all lost in the fires. The mission is set back years, and the grim truth is that any new crew Unity can muster will always be second best. But they can’t give up. The signal is still strong. Carson Devolo, captain of the colony ship Terella, has a simple mission objective: find the Source. But can he trust his crew? And what discoveries await if they reach their final destination?"

Infinite Frontiers is a novel based on the Stellaris computer game by Paradox Interactive, written by bestselling author Steven Savile.

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Adam reviewed Stellaris: Infinite Frontiers by Steven Savile

Not bad but not amazing

3 stars

Rather light reading, probably targeting a wider audience. The main story was ok, with some cheap tricks to grab your attention early on. Phrases like "If only they hadn't..." and "They were the lucky ones..." are used frequently which to me felt more like spoiling the surprise than anything else.

Some characters develop pretty far but sometimes this is very sudden and hard to accept. The book is loosely based on the computer game, but this is mainly by mentioning some tech here, and some civilizations there.

A large portion of the environmental description focuses on describing what seems like misunderstood concepts in astrophysics. While that doesn't necessarily mean poor sci-fi, this book gave me the impression that the author skimmed through some out-dated low quality popular science magazine as the background research.

All in all and ok read.