Starbound Audiobook

" I found this book harder to finish. Like the first book much of the background description takes way too long. I found it difficult to engage in the characters. The whole attempt to explain the Others was incomplete to me. Many good story lines were left unfinished. "

" Not as good as I'd hoped. Sometimes the story seemed sluggish, almost painfully so I thought. It helped pass some time but not one of the better novels I've read in recent weeks. "

" Ended like a week of "Dilbert" where Scott Adams didn't know how to get out of the story. "

" I absolutely loved Haldeman's Mindbridge and The Forever War. However, I do not think any of his subsequent books have come close to these. Every once in a while I pick up one of his new books to see if he has "recaptured" this genius. Not yet. "

" Review on Mostly Fiction and interview with author on Science Fiction and Other ODDYsseys. "

" Sort of like a Spencer novel. Haldeman grinds through his standard paces, but I find him enjoyable, so I'm ready to overlook the mechanical nature of the story where others might not be. "

" Hmmm, probably my least favorite of his books. "

" While the writing isn't horrible and the story not the worst I've read, the perspective-switching without any identifiers drove me mad and ruined the experience. "

" A fantastic novel. Shades of "Pushing Ice", "2001" and "Contact" combine in an engrossing and moving story. "

" Weak end and a splintered style, cool ideas "

" I enjoyed this book and I thought it was a good follow up to to the first novel. I read several reviews that said it was boring and slow but I enjoyed the story of the long space flight to Wolf 25. "

" Didn't really like this book much. It bored me, thus I sort of skimmed through the latter part of the book. "

" This was the dark sequel to Marsbound. Humanity must face a heartless, omnipotent alien race that expects it to bow down as slaves. "

" Haldeman is a good, clear stylist (he teaches SF writing at MIT), and this novel features some engaging characters - more than its prequel - but the plot is strangely bloodless, as are the book's principal alien antagonists. Good ending, though. "

" Ugh, rotating 1st person POV without chapter headers detailing which character is speaking and use of journaling. Wish I had known before I picked up the book. If it hadn't been so short I probably wouldn't have finished it. Also not a fan of super powerful all knowing aliens. "

" Sequel to MARSBOUND. More ersatz late Heinline, with sex scenes/talk shoehorned into what is essentially a juvenile with less than a full novel's worth of plot. Downer ending too. "

" Somewhat disappointing sequel to "Marsbound." This has the feel of a space opera that Haldeman felt that he had to resolve quickly at the end, while leaving room for another book to tie up a lot of loose ends. "

" Ended like a week of "Dilbert" where Scott Adams didn't know how to get out of the story. "

" Ugh, rotating 1st person POV without chapter headers detailing which character is speaking and use of journaling. Wish I had known before I picked up the book. If it hadn't been so short I probably wouldn't have finished it. Also not a fan of super powerful all knowing aliens. "

" Sequel to MARSBOUND. More ersatz late Heinline, with sex scenes/talk shoehorned into what is essentially a juvenile with less than a full novel's worth of plot. Downer ending too. "

" Hmmm, probably my least favorite of his books. "

" Not as good as I'd hoped. Sometimes the story seemed sluggish, almost painfully so I thought. It helped pass some time but not one of the better novels I've read in recent weeks. "

" Didn't really like this book much. It bored me, thus I sort of skimmed through the latter part of the book. "

" Not as good as Marsbound, but at least it answers the lingering questions from the first book.What I likes about Marsbound was its believability.This book delves into the radically speculative science fiction, which strains my rigid credulity. "

" Again with the surprisingly downbeat endings! "