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Review: The Nemesis List
By R J Frith
Covers light years, but goes nowhere
I used to read a lot of what was known as “hard” science fiction, but gave up around the time that Asimov and Heinlein died, as a lot of what was on offer was getting too clever for it’s own good, with science and adventure both taking a back seat.
When this book came up on the Amazon Vine review system, I had hopes that it might offer something akin to the Foundation stories, or even Star Trek DS9. Sadly although there might be superficial resemblances to both, this book is just not well enough structured to engage my imagination the way they do.
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