The ship gains a grasp of storytelling and goes back to Freya, now wandering the biomes in a rite of passage common to many residents.
Again, interesting device a clever way to give the reader the technical background on a 159 year old ship that holds two thousand, one hundred twenty-two people. I thought maybe KSR was attempting something interesting with narrative voice and plot–how does a limited colony integrate the cognitively disabled when everything is calculated, almost down to the last molecule? But no–the next section begins with Devi trying to teach the ship narration. I tried to stay patient, though character and language are two components key to keeping me intrigued. She got in trouble for it, and since then they are cautious around her, and a lot of the time she keeps to herself.” They take care with that, because once she heard them making those jokes and she ran over roaring and knocked one of them to the ground and beat on his raised arms. They make fun of her, if they think she isn’t listening to them. All the kids are smaller than she is now, it’s embarrassing.
Creche is over and done, her time with all the kids she lives with so much, spending more time with them than she does with her parents, if you don’t count sleeping, it gets so tiresome to make it through all the boring hours, talking, arguing, fighting, reading alone, napping. I found myself alternately fascinated by ship logistics and bored by the simplistic structure of the narrative: Freya’s mother, Devi, is the head engineer, and we learn about various problems the ship and its people face through Devi’s troubleshooting. It is a clever introduction to a complex scenario, allowing the reader to see the world through child’s eyes, and providing for–somewhat–suspension of disbelief. Narration follows Freya, and the reader knows only as much as she does. It turns out Long Pond is in the Nova Scotia biome of a spaceship. Unfortunately, this a disappointment and a chore to complete.Īurora begins with Freya and her father sailing on Long Pond. I was looking forward to some space-faring sci-fi: I recently read Dune, and with plenty of news about The Expanse, the sci-fi series based on Leviathan Wakes, crossing my feed, I’ve been feeling nostalgic about space travel and unfamiliar planets. I don’t know how else to explain my reaction to a book so many enjoy.
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