A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe

I LOVED this book. The story was fantastic, the pacing was break-neck, and everything about the setting--from the sorcery-powered race cars, to the spaceships, and starfighters, to the badass murderous exoskeleton named Ranger--was incredible. Best of all, however, are the characters. Between the co......more

Nope. Once again I’m out of step with the consensus. I don’t get why people are besotted with this book. I appreciate the fact that White skipped the pretense of calling the space magic system by another name, such as The Force (Star Wars), biotics (Mass Effect), or telepathy/telempathy (Star Trek),......more

First, the fine and the good: It reads like any number of treasure hunting (or salvaging) space opera tomes in that we're focused on an ensemble cast with quirks, heisty moments, and quite a few getaway chases. Lots of action and overall, I have nothing I want to complain about when it comes to this.......more

This was reasonably entertaining. I loved the diverse cast of characters who, for the most part, were nicely fleshed out. The dialogue was good with bits of humour sprinkled in. The world created was interesting, providing a neat SF setting where almost everyone is a magic user. The story moves alon......more

3.0 Stars This was an action packed sci fi adventure. My favourite aspect was the racing. Otherwise this was a pretty standard story with stereotypical characters. I wanted to love it but only liked it.......more