Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton
This is the first book in the Commonwealth Saga. It has a lot going on. A murder-mystery storyline. A spy story. A first-contact story. And some action-adventure happening too.
Hamilton creates an interesting universe and spends many, many pages filling it in. Long, but I enjoyed it.
Polostan by Neal Stephenson
I’m not sure what to say about this one. It’s historical fiction set during the cold war following a woman born in the US, taken by her parents to the USSR, returned to the US as an older child, then back to the USSR as an adult. Her life is not smooth.
It’s the first in a series so hopefully more happens later–making this all foundational, but otherwise it never seems like much happens.
