It’s aimed at “young” adults rather than “not grown up yet” adults but it’s pretty good. The story is vaguely reminiscent of “Ender’s Game”, ie the main protagonist is a high achieving misfit who is bullied by his peers.
Being aimed at teenagers, it’s fairly light on the science (although there is a bit in there) and it’s a pretty easy read, I got through it in an few hours today.
I’d say it’d be a great sci-fi starter( gateway drug ) for smartish pre-teen kids, not necessarily just teenagers. I’ve passed it on to Lauren and ordered the next 2 books in the pentalogy.
There are two volumes to his short stories, and all stories are presented in the order in which they were written. Will be interesting to see how it evolves over time. To give it some context, I am three stories in, and it is 1957.
The man who makes physics sexy… the new Hawking… His writing is luminous. By the time I had finished reading I was in serious awe of the author (David Aaronovitch The Times)
) for smartish pre-teen kids, not necessarily just teenagers. I’ve passed it on to Lauren and ordered the next 2 books in the pentalogy.
