![]() New readers won't feel lost, while returning readers won't feel they are being told what they already know. "For all that Cauldron draws on McDevitt's earlier novels, everything a reader needs to know to enter his wonder-filled world is included in the book, which can easily stand on its own. ".Displays (McDevitt's) talent for character building and seamless blending hard science with SF action/adventurer. But if he's right about reaching a high point and backsliding." I wanted more mystery and adventure, with more to the finale and less about the decay of human civilization. ![]() Cauldron is a more thoughtful book that gives readers a lot to ponder. His 2005 novel Seeker won a well-deserved Nebula award. His novels as well as a recent collection of short stories, Outbound (so good I wanted more), are solid, adventuresome, thoughtful reading. quite thoughtful and he has not forgotten how to Cauldron is Ace Books' Featured SF for November 2007 Preview of Cauldron Reviews One of Library Journal's Five Best Science Fiction/Fantasy novels of 2007. ![]()
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