Divergence

"The Eye of Gargantua is not a natural wonder of the stellar system. Because it is not natural." Divergence is the second instalment in Sheffield’s Heritage Universe series, and is a sequel to Summertide. It is also a novel of ideas, and doesn’t spend a lot of time on characterization. The characters......more

*DLING DLING SPOILERS ALLERT* Finalmente un Urania decente. All'inizio mi ha lasciato un po' sfasata ma si leggeva bene. Ovviamente è normale considerando che non ho letto il primo volume. Poi piano piano tutti i punti sono andati a posto. Mi è piaciuto che ci siano pure gli intermezzi con la spiegaz......more

Divergence is a sequel to Summertide and is the second book in what became known as Sheffield's Heritage Universe series. It's an exciting novel of big ideas on a big canvas, exploring cosmology and -really- ancient artifacts and all manner of interesting large-scale physics. He doesn't take much ex......more

The pleasure of this book is in the world building. The amount of detail that went into crafting each alien species, their home world, culture, appearance, etc. is truly breathtaking. Throughout the book, there are encyclopedia-style journal entries about the varies races. While interesting to a cer......more

There is something about Sheffield that makes him hard to read. His characters are all okay, but they do and say things that are often hard to believe. His science is grand, though, and the settings original and interesting.......more