Arrival eBook Ryk Brown
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The Eden Project was a dream.
To start the first extra-solar colony…
To avoid the mistakes of our past…
To start anew.
Three generations, born and raised on a starship hurtling through space.
To never know an open sky…
To never feel the wind on their face…
To never witness the sun rise or set.
It is up to the advance team to set foot on each of these worlds, conduct their surveys, and send their findings back to the colony ship.
So many questions…
So little time…
Such an enormous responsibility.
Everything must go as planned, for the welfare of all the colonists depends on them.
“Arrival” is a 170,000 word, stand-alone novel.
Arrival eBook Ryk Brown
To explain my review title, I'll start with a mild (quite mild) spoiler alert: the advance team heading to the planet gets stranded there, and not all in the same place. The problem I have with the setup is that the issues experienced by the crew on their orbital insertion are myriad, as in every-single-thing-that-could-theoretically-go-wrong-goes-wrong. A lot of this is just crap design and maintenance of their equipment: they don't bother actually testing inflatable air brakes and expect them to work more than 60 years later (poof); fire suppression systems fail miserably when a comm line fails half a ship away (this wouldn't pass the Florida building code in 2016); fuel lines keep pumping despite a massive breech mid-ship causing a roaring inferno (auto-shut valves have existed for decades); multiple levels of comms gear simultaneously fail at the same time (OK, perfectly believable assuming Comcast built that part of the mission); etc.In short, these colonists didn't suffer bad luck. They suffered from an extreme case of inadequacy wrapped in a warm blanket of sure-minded stupidity and general incompetence. Failure was not only an option - it was built in from day one. They got what was coming to them. Maybe the orbital-entry scene was supposed to be suspenseful and action-packed, but as an engineer all I could do was shake my head and want to toss the program management team behind the mission out an airlock. I groaned all the way through.
I'll fast-forward and limit spoilers other than to say the prologue gave away pretty much any surprise the author attempted to preserve. Also, the author inexplicably side-lines some of the more interesting characters just as I started to care for them -- note I didn't say "killed" - I mean they become nothing but background radiation with zero storyline. The characters you get to like - and their stories - all go away and are never touched again, not even in passing. No dialogue, no interaction, no nothing.
The author obviously has ZERO experience with any kind of expeditionary work past, present or future. He put together a scouting-mission crew through deep space that included mission specialists who just decide last minute to tag along. Most of the crew is constantly afraid of everything and few have any real desire to do anything other than mope around. Heck, one of them spends her entire time in the book within touching distance of their downed spacecraft because she's terrified of open spaces. They are hardly the swashbuckling variety that humanity has historically relied upon for our frontiers. Again - when you are this careless picking your advance team you earn the repercussions of your bad choices.
Anyway, the premise was solid but the execution flawed. There were some legit good elements in here, but I just feel strung along by the author. He could have turned out a much smaller short story omitting nearly everything in the middle and nothing would have been lost. Too bad, because there was a great deal of potential here.
In summary, we're looking at Robinson Crusoe without the adventure. There are moments of discovery and adventure, but they are few and far between. Crusoe had its plodding moments, but these at least were geared towards the discovery of an inner resolve lacking in our characters.
The fact everything kinda works out in the end is due to a rapid application of deus ex machina. It feels like the author ran out of steam about 2/3rd through the book and just rushed things along by closing off major plot lines in favor of plodding through just one (deadline?)
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Arrival eBook Ryk Brown Reviews
Arrival is one of the most enjoyable books I have read this year - like some of the other readers, I was crying by the end. The story is at times both poignant and adventurous as twelve men and women are sent ahead by the colonisation ship Daedalus, to explore and survey three planets in the Tau Ceti system in the hopes one may be suitable for colonising. *Minor spoiler follows. Unfortunately their entry into the Tau Ceti Five atmosphere goes horribly wrong and two members of the crew become separated from the main group. Arrival chronicles the exploration of the survey team as they come to grips with Tau Ceti's ecosystems and the foibles/character flaws each of them possess. There are plenty of laugh out loud moments between the team members as they learn to work together and as they deal with personal moments of fear both from the local wild-life and at finding themselves in such an open space. The latter is particularly difficult for some, as the team were all born on the colonisation ship and have never known the wide open spaces of an actual a planet. Ryk has really out-done himself with Arrival - the characters are vey relatable, well developed and the interaction and dynmics between the characters is believable and funny at times; the action is well described and gives readers a glimpse into the difficulty and dangers of humans surviving in an alien environment. I highly recommend this latest offering from Brown - it's excellant.
This is my first read by this author. Unfortunately, it will also be the last. I am only half through the book, but can't believe how simplistic the dialog and storyline are. There is minimal character development of the childlike characters. They certainly do not seem like the kind of people who would venture out into space to explore other planets for potential population. The author has an annoying habit of always stating the obvious when it's completely unnecessary. I read the reviews before I purchased this book and was encouraged by all the reviews with multiple stars, enough so that I purchased it. My mistake. Except for the occasional swear words, this book could be recommended to pre-teen readers.
I have to agree with the one star reviewers. The writing is for a sixth grader; very simplistic and trite. "Frank went to the wardroom and asked whats for breakfast. Lynn said scrambled eggs. Oh good, said Frank". That is not a direct quote but it could be. And the whole book is written that way. It is ridiculous. I have hung with it through 70% thinking once some conflict happens it would get interesting but alas, it doesn't. Even when something happens the author resolves it on the spot.
I was very impressed with Ryk Brown's latest scifi novel... I have read all of his books, from the mediocre to his brilliant action packed and super fun Frontier Saga. But what "Arrival" lacks in action (at least in comparison to the Frontier Saga, which is practically pure action), it makes up for it with a very realistic story about Earth seeking out a new home across light years and 4 generations of explorers in the hope of beginning civilization anew with a fresh start. It has action, love, adventure, metamorphosis, survivalism, humor, friendship, a killer plague, new strange life, and a touch of philosophical introspection about how we live today and where it might take us if we don't wake up and change before it's too late. This novel marks a new chapter in Mr. Brown's career - one that shows a sense of maturity, balance, depth and finesse that is rare to find in today's active scifi authors.
I strongly recommend this novel to anyone even remotely interested in reading about what it might be like to explore beyond our solar system in search of a new home for the human race...
Now get back to finishing the next chapter in the Frontier Saga!!! And when is the TV series going to come out??? You're ready to take this to the next level!
To explain my review title, I'll start with a mild (quite mild) spoiler alert the advance team heading to the planet gets stranded there, and not all in the same place. The problem I have with the setup is that the issues experienced by the crew on their orbital insertion are myriad, as in every-single-thing-that-could-theoretically-go-wrong-goes-wrong. A lot of this is just crap design and maintenance of their equipment they don't bother actually testing inflatable air brakes and expect them to work more than 60 years later (poof); fire suppression systems fail miserably when a comm line fails half a ship away (this wouldn't pass the Florida building code in 2016); fuel lines keep pumping despite a massive breech mid-ship causing a roaring inferno (auto-shut valves have existed for decades); multiple levels of comms gear simultaneously fail at the same time (OK, perfectly believable assuming Comcast built that part of the mission); etc.
In short, these colonists didn't suffer bad luck. They suffered from an extreme case of inadequacy wrapped in a warm blanket of sure-minded stupidity and general incompetence. Failure was not only an option - it was built in from day one. They got what was coming to them. Maybe the orbital-entry scene was supposed to be suspenseful and action-packed, but as an engineer all I could do was shake my head and want to toss the program management team behind the mission out an airlock. I groaned all the way through.
I'll fast-forward and limit spoilers other than to say the prologue gave away pretty much any surprise the author attempted to preserve. Also, the author inexplicably side-lines some of the more interesting characters just as I started to care for them -- note I didn't say "killed" - I mean they become nothing but background radiation with zero storyline. The characters you get to like - and their stories - all go away and are never touched again, not even in passing. No dialogue, no interaction, no nothing.
The author obviously has ZERO experience with any kind of expeditionary work past, present or future. He put together a scouting-mission crew through deep space that included mission specialists who just decide last minute to tag along. Most of the crew is constantly afraid of everything and few have any real desire to do anything other than mope around. Heck, one of them spends her entire time in the book within touching distance of their downed spacecraft because she's terrified of open spaces. They are hardly the swashbuckling variety that humanity has historically relied upon for our frontiers. Again - when you are this careless picking your advance team you earn the repercussions of your bad choices.
Anyway, the premise was solid but the execution flawed. There were some legit good elements in here, but I just feel strung along by the author. He could have turned out a much smaller short story omitting nearly everything in the middle and nothing would have been lost. Too bad, because there was a great deal of potential here.
In summary, we're looking at Robinson Crusoe without the adventure. There are moments of discovery and adventure, but they are few and far between. Crusoe had its plodding moments, but these at least were geared towards the discovery of an inner resolve lacking in our characters.
The fact everything kinda works out in the end is due to a rapid application of deus ex machina. It feels like the author ran out of steam about 2/3rd through the book and just rushed things along by closing off major plot lines in favor of plodding through just one (deadline?)
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