Starhawk

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Priscilla Hutchins has been through many experiences.This is the story of her first unforgettable adventure Priscilla Hutch Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream She s completed a nerve bending qualification flight for a pilot s license Her timing is far from optimal, however Faster than light travel has only recently become a reality, and the World Space Authority is still learning how to manage long range missions safely To make matters worse, efforts to prepare two planets for colonization are killing off native life forms, outraging people on Earth So there s not a lot of demand for space pilots Priscilla thinks her career may be over before it has begun But her ambition won t be denied, and soon she is on the bridge of an interstellar ship, working for the corporation that is responsible for the terraforming Her working conditions include bomb threats, sabotage, clashes with her employers and a mission to a world, adrift between the stars, that harbors a life form unlike anything humanity has ever seen Ultimately, she will be part of a life and death struggle that will test both her capabilities and her character Free Read [ Starhawk ] by [ Jack McDevitt ] – kino-fada.fr 5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum McDevitt has been writing books for a long time, but it wasn t until Starhawk that I finally got a taste of his work I was initially uncertain about jumping on board with this one, seeing how the book s main character as well as the setting have been established for a while in McDevitt s The Academy series However, after discovering that Starhawk is actually a prequel of sorts, I took the opportunity to use it as a 5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum McDevitt has been writing books for a long time, but it wasn t until Starhawk that I finally got a taste of his work I was initially uncertain about jumping on board with this one, seeing how the book s main character as well as the setting have been established for a while in McDevitt s The Academy series However, after discovering that Starhawk is actually a prequel of sorts, I took the opportunity to use it as a starting point How happy I am that I did Starhawk is amazing, introducing me to a whole new world of space exploration and adventure.The bo...I have never read a Jack McDevitt novel before, much less the Academy series where I would have met Priscilla Hutch Hutchins, the main character of said series This is a prequel to that series and thereby a good jumping point to get into the series Unfortunately, it s not a particularly compelling one, though there are many things that the book does ri...In Starhawk, we can see what very well may be our near future The space race has paved the way to global cooperation in the form of a space station in orbit around earth and we are capable of interstellar space travel to worlds far beyond our own Other planets have been discovered with life and we have made contact with other sentient races Unfortunately, advances in technology have not given us the answers to our ever present problems of over population, pollution and dwindling natural resou In Starhawk, we can see what very well may be our near future The space race has paved the way to global cooperation in the form of a space station in orbit around earth and we are capable of interstellar space travel to worlds far beyond our own Other planets have been discovered with life and we have made contact with other sentient races Unfortunately, advances in technology have not given us the answers to our ever present problems of over population, pollution and dwindling natural resources ...Dear Diary Why do authors use a characters diary to reiterate plot points that have already happened And why do they sometimes use news headlines at the end of a chapter to summarize the geo political situations they were too lazy to work into the story And why, if you don t have any sort of interesting iseas do some authors force a boring book on readers who are big fans Dear Mr McDevitt I am not your biggest fan, but ...This is one of those books that looks like it has everything an independent young female heroine, a somewhat tortured older male, alien contact, space flight, etc But it all seemed kind of by the numbers I found it hard to care about any of the characters, and I found some of their actions unlikely They find evidence of alien contact, their company tells them to shut up about it, and they do That didn t make sense to me I also thought the writing seemed kind of flat It definitely wasn t This is one of those books that looks like it has everything an independent young female heroine, a somewhat tortured older male, alien contact, space flight, etc But it all seemed kind of by the numbers I found it hard to care about any of the characters, and I found some of their actions unlikely They find evidence of alien contact, their com...Great READ I have a soft spot in my heart, some might say head, for early FTL novels.The major failing of the biggest franchise in this regard was that we saw the technology working and pretty far along.Jack McDevitt s books have at times worked backward to those days to come and shown a light on some of the troubles that could occur when humanity is new at leaving the local system.STARHAWK is the most direct version of this that we have seen.His quite good female character, Priscilla Hutchins i Great READ I have a soft spot in my heart, some might say head, for early FTL novels.The major failing of the biggest franchise in this regard was that we saw the technology working and pretty far along.Jack McDevitt s books have at times worked backward to those days to come and shown a light on some of the troubles that could occur when humanity is new at leaving the local system.STARHAWK is the most direct version of this that we have seen.His quit...I have read some of Jack McDevitt s standalone novels, the entire Academy series and the Alex Benedict novels as well I love the way that McDevitt writes science fiction He makes the science believable, but he doesn t sacrifice story or character in doing so I would count him as one of my favourite authors.The Academy series ended quite weakly, and I was looking forward to some redemption Hutch is back, and, as always, McDevitt does an excellent job with her characterization His writing als I have read some of Jack McDevitt s standalone novels, the entire Academy series and the Alex Benedict novels as well I love the way that McDevitt writes science fiction He makes the science believable, but he doesn t sacrifice story or character in doing so I would count him as one of my favourite authors.The Academy series ended quite weakly, and I was looking forward to some redemption Hutch is back, and, as always, McDevitt does an excellent job with her characterization His writing also continues to be strong That said, the rest of the novel doesn t really seem to go anywhere I won t spoil anything here, but I kept waiting for a big reveal, but as a prequel, McDevitt is stuck, as he can t write a story that contradicts the later novels in the series In the end, I was left feeling that there was absolutely no reason t...Though this is the 7th book in the series numerically, it is really the prequel that gives you background on Priscilla Hutchins and her first few missions Good character development and setting of the timeframe 2195 As usual with McDevitt s books great action...Priscilla Hutch Hutchins returns in an adventure she might have been better off skipping I felt left down by my favorite sci fi author on this occasion The book is light and entertaining, but does not rise up to the enthralling read of previous titles Like time travelers never die it would have been better suited to a short story There is not enough here for a full book.Mr McDevitt s editor should shake him up a bit, he can do so much better So let s go into specifics The pace is slow Priscilla Hutch Hutchins returns in an adventure she might have been better off skipping I felt left down by my favorite sci fi author on this occasion The book is light and entertaining, but does not rise up to the enthralling read of previous titles Like time traveler...Okay read A prequel has its own set of difficulties I avoided looking up characters to see where they ended up, though I m pretty sure there were a number of characters that appear later Mostly this was a typical Hutch book but with a younger Hut...

Starhawk
  • English
  • 27 July 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 407 pages
  • 0425260852
  • Jack McDevitt
  • Starhawk