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    Gravity Dreams

    By L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

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    In Earth's distant future, Tyndel is both teacher and mentor, a staunch devotee to his conservative and rigidly structured religious culture. Then a rogue infection of nanotechnology transforms him into a "demon", something more than human, and he is forced into exile, fleeing to the more technologically advanced space-faring civilization that lies to the north, one that his own righteous people consider evil. Although shaken by his transformation, he has the rare talent required to become a space pilot. What no one, least of all Tyndel, expects, is his deep-space encounter with a vastly superior being--perhaps with God.

    Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
    The Saga of Recluce
    The Imager Portfolio
    The Corean Chronicles
    The Spellsong Cycle
    The Ghost Books
    The Ecolitan Matter
    The Forever Hero
    Timegod's World

    Other Books
    The Green Progression
    Hammer of Darkness
    The Parafaith War
    Adiamante
    Gravity Dreams
    The Octagonal Raven
    Archform: Beauty
    The Ethos Effect
    Flash
    The Eternity Artifact
    The Elysium Commission
    Viewpoints Critical
    Haze
    Empress of Eternity
    The One-Eyed Man
    Solar Express

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2010
    ISBN9781429995429
    Author

    L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

    L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is the bestselling author of the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce, Corean Chronicles, and the Imager Portfolio. His science fiction includes Adiamante, the Ecolitan novels, the Forever Hero Trilogy, and Archform: Beauty. Besides a writer, Modesitt has been a U.S. Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant and staff director for a U.S. Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.

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    • 4/5
      May11:Read this again after many years. I think it was probably better this time.Characters: The lead is a bit confusing. There's a lot of self-discovery, and maybe I just can't discover him the same way. A few important females in his life.Plot: Self-discovery with one galactic mystery. It really is about this one guy exploring his beliefs as he jumps forward a few millennium technologically.Style: Well rounded actually. Just enough sci-fi mixed with just enough humanity. Modesitt gets that engaging mix just right.
    • 4/5
      Competent SF - not bad, but sitting here a few weeks later I can't think of anything much to say about it. I think I'd enjoy more by this author if I felt more affection for the characters.
    • 4/5
      First, I want to say that I thought this was much better written than Dawn for a Distant Earth. I found both the characters and the setting more believable. And yet I still have mixed feelings about Gravity Dreams. After an engaging opening, I felt that the second and third sections dragged, with the pace of the plot only picking up again in the fourth section. The things I liked most about this book were: its intriguing concept and descriptions of FTL spaceflight (and what it takes to be a “space jockey”), its focus on the economic and social implications of its future world vision, and some thought provoking issues around the long term impact of nanotechnology. Modesitt also raised some interesting issues around the psychological impact of man's confrontation with a more powerful, more advanced alien being. On the other hand, while I found Tyndel reasonably believable, I can't say he appealed to me much as a character. I found his long period of refusing the opportunity to be a pilot, only to change his mind after an important plot development, to be monotonous and not-terribly convincing. To the substantial extent that this book is about Tyndel thinking about reality, truth, honesty, etc., I just didn’t find it truly compelling. I also found his slow, cool courting of Cerrelle to be a snooze. So on balance, I guess I would say that this is a big improvement over Dawn for a Distant Earth, but still not really my cup of tea.