Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Firstborn, by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke

Summary: The conclusion of the Time Odyssey. They discover a Q-Bomb (some kind of strange weapon capable of ... I'm not entirely sure what, but I think it involves more dimensions of the universe than we understand and it's capable of destroying life on Earth) headed towards the Earth and they have to find a way to prevent the dreadful impact.

Comments: The camera's and whoever's suitcase remind me so much of the Luggage from Discworld. Only difference is, the former are man-made and the latter magic.

They totally set it up for another story, but I'm not too sure where it would end up. Too bad this is billed as the conclusion of the story, so this hypotheical next book isn't likely to happen.

Overall, I enjoyed it. The technology involved is amazing, and to think that much of it is theoretically possible given enough time/knowledge. Amazing!

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