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Acadie by Dave Hutchinson

jae_lou's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

blevins's review against another edition

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2.0

Space opera novella that was a bit convoluted for my tastes. You'd think that something so short would be more direct...in this case, you'd think wrong.

melayne's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced

2.0

damianetienne's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5/5.0

De comienzo lento, pero el final es una verdadera joya.

acrisalves's review against another edition

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4.0

An ingenious space opera where a bunch of genetic engineers establish their own colony, away from earth authorities spite.
The president is chosen among the less political involved settlers and the current president could not be more displeased with his job! Particularly when a earth probe is found running in their direction.
This smart and enthralling story compels a fast paced reading until the final turnaround.

https://osrascunhos.com/2017/09/18/acadie-dave-hutchinson/

Envolvente e imaginativo, Acadie traz-nos um mundo colonizado por engenheiros genéticos que criaram um sistema política peculiar. Fugidos da justiça da Terra por terem ideias demasiado radicais para a evolução dos seres humanos, fundaram uma colónia num planeta sem grandes recursos minerais e por isso pouco provável de ser explorado pelos terrestres.

Para além dos engenheiros genéticos a colónia é composta por algumas pessoas que se encontravam na nave roubada a quem foi dada a possibilidade de se juntarem, bem como uma nova geração de seres humanos geneticamente modificados, de inteligência extrema, mas vidas mais curtas.

“They were just hardwired to see all the angles of a situation, all at once, in nitpicking detail. Some of the early generations had been shy, borderline Asperger-ish, but most of the more recent ones were fully socialized and you could have a normal conversation with them, even though you knew that, in their heads, they were simultaneously analyzing all the possible outcomes. It could be a bit spooky, if you let it get to you.”

A personagem principal é o presidente – a pessoa que menos se interessou pela política e que, por isso, acabou eleito. O gabinete que lhe é atribuído é o menos bem localizado, e o trabalho é chato mas simples. Pelo menos até ao dia em que aparece uma sonda terrestre que, quase de certeza, lhes denunciou a posição.

Com uma reviravolta final que não é totalmente original, Acadie consegue apresentar uma perspectiva interessante num contexto peculiar – uma colónia fundada por geeks
que se conseguem alterar morfologicamente, e que criam uma nova geração de seres humanos muito inteligentes, capazes de grandes revoluções tecnológicas.

I sighed and shook my head. This was what happened when a bunch of Tolkien geeks fot the power of life and death over an entire solar system, and I was almost exactly the wrong generation to appreciate it.

The line of figures moving along the white path resolved themselves into about a dozen elves dressed in silver armour and carrying bows and swords.

Sem ser uma leitura excelente, é uma história que escorre facilmente e que cruza engenharia genética com inteligência artificial, em que não faltam alguns detalhes geek para compor o conjunto.

schmidnj's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

4.25

erichart's review against another edition

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5.0

Just brilliant. Hard to review without spoliers, it manages to keep you guessing what's really behind the central mystery until the very end.

davidscrimshaw's review against another edition

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5.0

The only problem with this excellent piece of space opera is that it is only just over a hundred pages. I'd really like to read more about where this goes.

clarag's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

3.0

robotghostattack's review against another edition

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5.0

Initially, I was a bit put off by the sheer whimsy of the future tech in this novella. but then the ending slammed into me like a freight train and I'm in love with this story now.