A review by frakalot
The City Who Fought by S.M. Stirling, Anne McCaffrey
2.0
I wanted to enjoy this story for its effort to broaden the Brainship Universe but it is definitely a different beast. The writing style is distinctly cruder and although in my view the plot maintained some similar devices it was definitely out of place in the series.
This story seemed like it would be less of an expansion on what it's like to be the Brainship and more of an exploration of the tech in McCaffrey's Brainship Universe, however it ended up being not much of either. The premise does get you thinking about more Brain possibilities when you're not being distracted by poorly expressed sexuality and carelessly handled tragedy but after the introductory details this story did little to add to the series.
I'd have to agree with others that there were too many cringeworthy clichés in this one, it ruined the adventure for me at times... so much so that it got harder to persist the further I read.
This story still tried to approach ethical and philosophical issues head on even if it was not executed very well. I'm hoping the series gets back on track with the next one.
This story seemed like it would be less of an expansion on what it's like to be the Brainship and more of an exploration of the tech in McCaffrey's Brainship Universe, however it ended up being not much of either. The premise does get you thinking about more Brain possibilities when you're not being distracted by poorly expressed sexuality and carelessly handled tragedy but after the introductory details this story did little to add to the series.
I'd have to agree with others that there were too many cringeworthy clichés in this one, it ruined the adventure for me at times... so much so that it got harder to persist the further I read.
This story still tried to approach ethical and philosophical issues head on even if it was not executed very well. I'm hoping the series gets back on track with the next one.