Greg Bear keeps getting mentioned on "excited to read" lists from all over the science fiction universe, and I keep giving him a chance to impress me. He never has.
"Hull Zero Three" is the story of a generation-ship going haywire. But it's told from the perspective of one of the confused individuals on board, and the narrative thus echos that confusion. Mostly, what we have is a set of adventurers going through a sequence of odd battles, with a "what has gone wrong?" mystery buried underneath.
It feels very much like the old TSR space RPG called "Metamorphosis Alpha", from way back in the late 70s...
I never felt like I cared about any of these characters; many of them were non-human to begin with, so any kind of sympathy was hard to feel. And any kind of plot that evolves by moving from place to place with little reason leaves me frustrated.
I was not impressed.
2 of 5 stars.
"Hull Zero Three" is the story of a generation-ship going haywire. But it's told from the perspective of one of the confused individuals on board, and the narrative thus echos that confusion. Mostly, what we have is a set of adventurers going through a sequence of odd battles, with a "what has gone wrong?" mystery buried underneath.
It feels very much like the old TSR space RPG called "Metamorphosis Alpha", from way back in the late 70s...
I never felt like I cared about any of these characters; many of them were non-human to begin with, so any kind of sympathy was hard to feel. And any kind of plot that evolves by moving from place to place with little reason leaves me frustrated.
I was not impressed.
2 of 5 stars.
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