Neverness

Name: Neverness
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

David Zindell

Mar 2017 · HarperCollins UK

3.5

2 reviews

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688

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An epic masterwork of science fiction, Neverness is a stand-alone novel from one of the most important talents in the genre.

The universe of Neverness is intriguingly complex and filled with extraordinary beings. There are the Alaloi, whose genes have ‘backmutated’ so that they look like Neanderthals... the Order of Pilots, which reworks the laws of time and physics to slingshot its members through dense regions of ‘thickspace’... the Solid State Entity, a nebula-sized brain made up of moon-sized biocomputers...

Against this backdrop stands Mallory Ringer, the headstrong novitiate of the Order of Pilots, who, against all odds, navigates a maze of interspatial passageways to penetrate the Solid State Entity. There he makes a stunning discovery. A discovery that could unlock the secret of immortality hidden among the Alaloi.

Ratings and reviews

3.5

2 reviews

Petey Mason

July 25, 2024

It just dragged on and on and on, some good ideas and concepts, but it was way too long and rather melodramatic. There was so much clunky dialogue that had me rolling my eyes in frustration. None of the characters were likeable in any way either, congratulations, I hated everyone. The way it reads, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was from the 50's with its severely outdated gender roles, but nope, from the late 80's. Get ready to jump back in time: Men are all barely restrained violent savages, and women are all secretive and conniving. Yeah nah no thanks.

About the author

After studying philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, and physics, David Zindell moved to the Rocky Mountains to devote himself to skiing, rock climbing, and writing. Writing won out and became the passion of his life. His story ‘Shanidar’ won the Writers of the Future contest, and he was nominated for a Hugo award for best new writer of the year. His internationally bestselling novel Neverness was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clark Award. His successive works include the Requiem For Homo Sapiens trilogy and epic Grail quest, The Ea Cycle. His most recent novels were The Idiot Gods, which tells of the orca Arjuna’s quest to speak to the human race about the future of life on earth, and The Remembrancer's Tale, a return to the Neverness universe.

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