Very good book. Seeds of Earth starts off the Humanity's Fire series and is a great book. It's written in a George R. R. Martin type style where every chapter is coming from the perspective of a different character. This is both great but also bad. It's great because you get to see multiple stories that are all linked somehow, and you also get to witness everything from a different character's perspective instead of just seeing it through one character's eyes. It's bad because it gets confusing at times as to who is who. There were a few times where I would have to go back and look to remind myself who this person (or alien) was. Another flaw in the book is that it takes a little while to pick up so until then you're kind of just reading about some small events. Sometimes a big event will happen and you will think to yourself, "Oh now is where it gets exciting," but then it goes back to being in a way boring. However, at the end of the novel you sit there wanting to read the next book immediately. It is a very good book and I recommend it to those who love science fiction. What a piece of crap. I couldn't wait to finish it, and only did so to see if it got any better. There are some brief moments of amusing writing and, oh, God, it kept seeming like it had promise. But, each time I thought the author was finally going to settle into some reasonable plotline or character development, he'd throw in some bizarrely explained and poorly contrived "twist" that had little if any rational tie-in. If you're going to have an ancient, evil nemesis that inhabits some obscure nook in an alternate realm of the multi-verse, and that the very premise of the book depends upon, try bringing it in somewhere before page 450. More, a little background or context on the political machinations of the various galactic powers would be nice. Simply naming them and proceeding without said context is simply confusing and signifies really lazy authorship.Personally, I'm blown away that Iain Banks gave this an up-review. That man's a scifi god, and the pages of this book aren't fit to wipe his ass with...
What do You think about Seeds Of Earth (2009)?
It was O.K. - don't know if I'll try the others in the series, but we'll see.
—Cameo
