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Stealing Light | 
| Author: Gary Gibson
Publisher: Tor
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 5105
Media: Paperback
Pages: 603
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.4 x 1.7
ISBN: 0330445960
EAN: 9780330445962
ASIN: 0330445960
Publication Date: June 6, 2008
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 Great read, some problems December 28, 2008
"Stealing Light" was a great read - I swept through it very quickly. The action moves through a series of settings, roughly aligned with the three parts of the book, and each setting is driven by different but overlapping concerns. The ending was good but seemed to be a rather sudden turn-around in the last page or two. I can't help but think that there was a better book lurking in here which weaves the plot strands a little more elegantly.
This might sound like a negative review but despite all this I really enjoyed the book and liked the ideas behind the plot. I felt the book had some resonances with themes in the "Babylon 5" TV series. I'll be trying one of Mr Gibson's other books.
 Average confusion October 13, 2008
This is a strange read from beginning to end. The plot was either frustratingly obvious, with the characters piecing it together like a drunk attempting a jigsaw puzzle, or just confusing, with random leaps of logic. There were some great ideas in there, original and solid, but the delivery was a little off. It's also worth saying that I'd read the next in the trilogy, if only to find out what happens next as the ending a very abrupt (and a little daft). Not a bad holiday read.
 Tripe October 4, 2008
Painfully badly written and the plot has more holes that the proverbial.
I struggled through it as I was told "it starts out badly but gets better stick with it", well it started out badly alright and just got worse. There was the odd glimmer of hope with some interesting ideas early on but it was all just too hokey for words. The `plot twists` are so heavy handed it's embarrassing and the characters are unforgivably juvenile.
I can't believe people are comparing it to Reynolds or Hamiltons work! Not even close.
Awful October 3, 2008
Very disappointed with this book... In fact I threw it away four fifths of the way through after finally giving up. Angel Stations is one of my favorite SciFi books of all time, its original, well written and the characters engaging and well developed. By contrast Stealing Light is poorly written derivative trash. The plot is a rehash of ideas that have been written many times before (David Brin anyone?) and the characters are very superficial, unbelievable and I found myself feeling no empathy whatsoever.
Go buy the new Ian M Banks book instead...
No Space Opera! October 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not a 'Space Opera' - I found it quite lightweight. It should not be compaired to Peter Hamilton.
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