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Tides of Light

Galactic Center, Book 4

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Tides of Light

By: Gregory Benford
Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein, Kristoffer Tabori, Stefan Rudnicki
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Onboard an ancient starship, Killeen and the Bishop tribe escape the mech-ruled world of Snowglade. Seeking refuge on a faraway planet, they discover vast wonders: an organic life-form as large as a world, a planet-coring cosmic string, a community of humans ruled by a brutal tyrant, and ultimately an alien race more awesome than any they have encountered. As they battle for survival against these myriad dangers, Killeen and his crew will gain an unforeseen ally - one that may determine humanity’s true destiny.

©1989 Abbenford Associates (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Fiction First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Exploration Space Opera Interstellar Solar System
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Further adventures of humanity near the centre of the galaxy. At first I found this hard going as Benford attempts to portray an alien mindset with all the limitations English contains. In the preceding novel I'd just about gotten used to the dialect employed by the remnants of the human race although "Naysay" was starting to irritate, as did the shallow posturing of the characters. Then he throws a new race of cyborgs at us, with even stranger ways of speaking. This in itself is a valiant attempt to portray otherworldliness without actually being a complete success. Getting used to it is the most I expected, but after a while I found myself getting into the rhythms of speech and thought processes of the protagonists. That was when I started living in the story, which is where I want to be. By the end I wanted the next episode.

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