1. Forum
  2. Fidonet
  3. REC.ARTS.SF.WRITTEN

  • Angel Station. Walter Jon Williams.

    From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Fri Jun 19 17:27:22 2026
    Angel Station. Walter Jon Williams. A standalone novel.
    Apart from rereads, Micheal Flynn, and George Elliot, this has been my
    most enjoyable read this year. Four stars. I loved the bleak background
    of independent traders (in spaceships) fighting for survival for their livelihood as well as their identity from the economic threats of large "corporations" intruding into their area of space as well as the
    deceptions, betrayals, the bespoke alien construction, the pragmatic desperation ......... Just brilliant space opera dependent on pseudo
    science for plot as well as background. Just as good as Metropolitan and
    the Dread Empire Fall series.
    Until reading James Nicoll's review: https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-break-me
    I had forgotten the age of the incestuous siblings whilst reading but do
    not consider either to be objectionable or relevant given that they were genetically engineered and I do not recall any mention of a mother.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.17
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Don@3:633/10 to All on Fri Jun 19 13:42:59 2026
    Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
    Angel Station. Walter Jon Williams. A standalone novel.
    Apart from rereads, Micheal Flynn, and George Elliot, this has been my
    most enjoyable read this year. Four stars. I loved the bleak background
    of independent traders (in spaceships) fighting for survival for their livelihood as well as their identity from the economic threats of large "corporations" intruding into their area of space as well as the
    deceptions, betrayals, the bespoke alien construction, the pragmatic desperation ......... Just brilliant space opera dependent on pseudo
    science for plot as well as background. Just as good as Metropolitan and
    the Dread Empire Fall series.
    Until reading James Nicoll's review: https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-break-me
    I had forgotten the age of the incestuous siblings whilst reading but do
    not consider either to be objectionable or relevant given that they were genetically engineered and I do not recall any mention of a mother.

    From a Freudian perspective, Pasco is an analog of Moses, the law
    giver. Jewish Kabbalistic and Talmudic mysticism opposes the Torah's
    Mosiac tradition.
    Mysticism's anti-Mosiac attitude creates guilt. So this story
    conveys a technically magical mystical means to cope. Although Ubu and
    Maria are technically siblings, everybody can clearly see how it doesn't count.

    --
    Don.......My cat's )\._.,--....,'``. veritas _|_ telltale tall tail /, _.. \ _\ (`._ ,. liberabit |
    tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' vos |



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.17
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)