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>>>>>> Yeah, I'm liking it so far as well ...
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>>>>>Haven't got very far but, if there's a twist at the end, I'd guess he's the star of a 'Big Brother' style reality TV show.....
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>>>>Right now, it's more like the movie "The Truman Show".
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>>>Finished. An enjoyable read I suppose and, as a starting point for a movie script (which it appeared to be), it would make yet another 'gung-ho space adventure' movie with the usual special effects and happy ending.
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>>> As a novel : No. The hero had no real depth - mainly just a robot with a sense of humour. If he had never re-established contact with Earth (and given a better author) it could make a good book - sort of a cross between Hemingway's 'Old Man of the Sea' and 'Snows of Kilimanjaro'.......
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>>Done already?!?! You're a fast reader, or maybe you just spend more time reading that I do. I've still got a little less two hours left to go ... but, I only spend about an hour reading in the evening before bed.
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>I must admit I skimmed over the schoolboy maths bits on potato counting and solar panel efficiency :-}
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>>I like the guy, and it's probably *because* of his sense of humor.
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>All the other characters seemed even more 'two-dimensional'. I can't recall a single instance where we were told what they were thinking - they just talked at each other.....
Isn't what people say and what they are doing how you usually tell what they might be thinking ?
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