A Deepness in the Sky

This book was long, and while I liked it more that Cosmonaut Keep, I still felt disastified by it by the end. Many of the concepts were fantastic, but like Cosmonaut Keep, the characters and story were so so. A shining light in this brown sea of sameness was Pham Nuwen. Sure he may be the quintessential badass "I've seen more than you can possibly imagine, kid" character, but at least he and his motives were complex and interesting. The idea that shone through with him is
the using of selective radio transmissions to effectcultures to advance, but still depend on you while you slowly glide across space in cold sleep was just sheer brilliance. However, and idea that started off interesting and debased into Deus-Ex Machina was the localizers, which started off and data collectors and manipulators and became an omnipresent control device for Pham.

Overall, Deepness was more flawed than polished, and while I don't regret reading it, I certainly would not read it again.