| Starbound |
 ISBN: 044101979X LibraryThing | This is the newly released sequel for Marsbound which I really liked, so I was excited when this arrived the other day. This book is much like the previous one stylistically, being written as a set of mostly first person diary entries. However, the people writing these entries are older now, and this feels less like a teen fiction novel. There is also more than one narrator in this book, unlike the first, with generally each chapter being narrated by one of three people. This can be a bit jarring at first, because it takes a while to realize that a new person is narrating and that's why the point of view changed. You get used to it though. This book is also quite Heinlein like in this level of sex, which is similar to Marsbound, but not true of all of the Haldeman books I've read -- I think it might be a relatively recent change to his style.
Overall a good book, I enjoyed it, and I can't wait for the next one in the series (which Joe finished at the end of 2010). Tags for this post: book joe_haldeman mars aliens exploration space_travel sanity first_contact marsbound Related posts: Marsbound; Earthbound; Rendezvous With Rama; Red Mars; Mars: A Survival Guide; Camouflage ; The Coming; The Apocalypse Troll; The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress; Agent to the Stars; Redshirts; Runner; The Ship Who Sang ; The Accidental Time Machine ; Logos Run; Buying Time; Destinies Volume 1 Number 1; A Hymn Before Battle; A World Out of Time; Jupiter |
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