Pushing Ice Audiobook

" Gritty realistic-style near-future sf stretches out to become far-reaching high-concept space opera. I liked it. The core of the story is the back-and-forth friendship / competition between two women, but its set in a wonderfully detailed world that feels real. "

" When I read Pushing Ice I really liked it! It was a triumphant return to reading for me. I bought a copy on a whim and thought it was fine. I really liked the hard scifi nature of the whole thing and utterly bizarre aliens. In hindsight, maybe not the most entertaining read. Alastair Reynolds is a fine author, but my novice impression is that his pacing is off in the two books I've read (Century Rain and this one). They both spend the first 3/4 of the book meandering around the main point, then the last quarter feels almost rushed. For a hard scifi fan, unmissable, maybe. "

" Good book. Not what I expected. Some parts dragged.3.5 stars. "

" Highly engaging, and science made sexy! I mean that in the most appropriate of ways - Reynolds takes real (and imagined) science and makes it integral to the story, as much a character as any of the people (or aliens). "

" Liked it. Hope he continues this storyline in future book... "

" Satisfying sf "

" Liked this book a lot, really felt part of the story. "

" I think the last half or less of this story wasn't as interesting as the first part. "

" So many ideas in this one. Very ambitious. Because there are so many ideas, they don't all execute to full effect. "

" A super interesting book. I still don't know how the author came up with everything! The space time travel got tricky to comprehend at times. Really makes you wonder what is out there in the universe. "

" starts out and is very interesting but as book progresses, plot gets a bit strange and characters are not as well developed. End of book was a let down - seemed author wanted to wrap everything up nice and neat and it did not work for me "

" Great roving epic of time and space - wish it continued as a series "

" Not too bad. Goes through lots of phases. Starts off as near space, just barely above modern tech space exploration. Then moves into colony building. Finally into contact with bizarre alien species and super-advanced tech. "

" A good modern space opera. A little tedious at first -- quite talky, with crew relationships outweighing action or gadgetry -- but once the adventure got going, the large-scale, far-future story was interesting. "

" A bit slow going in the first and middle parts but at the end it turns out pretty cool. "

" I'd say 4.5 stars. In the reviews in the beginning of the book someone said that reading this was akin to sitting down to one of your favorite comfort foods. I feel like that is a perfect way to describe Reynolds' works. They're just plain fun to read. "

" great science fiction read with a number of surprises. "

" Great start then...loses steam very quickly. No great shocking ending. Too bad. "

" I really liked this one. One of those big idea books which I tend to like. "

" I liked his House of Suns a LOT more, and Revelation Space somewhat more, but this is undeniably interesting. "

" Apparently, I still have a thing for "humans discovering huge alien artifact" kinds of hard sci-fi. "

" Fantastic hard sci-fi. Manages to be epic and intensely personal simultaneously. Lots of interesting but accessible ideas, not only relating to science but also the very nature of humanity. Loved the way the story was bookended. "

" Some interesting ideas, the writing was passable, but the characters were really annoying. "