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Author name: Paul Melko

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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780765317773
ISBN number: 076531777X
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: February 05, 2008
Publishing house: Tor Books
Release Date: February 05, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 247669
Studio: Tor Books




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The debut novel from a exciting new voice in SF—about what happens after ninety percent of humanity leaves Earth
 
There is an artificial ring around the Earth and it is empty after the Singularity. Either all the millions of inhabitants are dead, or they have been transformed into energy beings beyond human perception. Earth’s population was reduced by ninety percent. Human civilization on Earth is now recovering from this trauma and even has a vigorous space program.
 
Apollo Papadopulos is in training to become the captain of the starship Consensus. Apollo is a unique individual in that he/she/it is not an individual at all, but five separate teenagers who form a new entity. Strom, Meda, Quant, Manuel, and Moira are a pod, as these kinds of personalities are called, genetically engineered to work as one and to be able to communicate non-verbally. As a rare quintet, much relies on the successful training of Apollo, but as more accidents occur, the pod members struggle just to survive.




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User popularity level:  out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Original, involving, "quint"essential...
The idea of humans who can share thoughts and feelings is not a new concept in SF but I have never read a book that pulled the reader into the personal experience so completely. The personalities of the characters have depth and the reader becomes involved as they get to witness "linking" from the point of view of each of the participants. Action is laced throughout as the pace kept me totally engrossed and wanting to turn the page. Very good book and made me want it to be about twice as long. This is an author to watch.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Time Well Spent
I loved reading Singularity's Ring. I became quite involved with the characters and found myself quite concerned over what became of them. Is that somewhere in the definition of a good read? Short and sweet, I wanted this book to go on and I can hardly wait for more from Paul Melko. Very highly recommended.



Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Nice Debut
Interesting view of the future where engineered human multiples struggle to find their place against an overbearing government and people's predujice. Looking forward to the sequel.



Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - A Singular Notion
Mr. Melko's efforts shine in this debut novel. He has an obvious grasp on what makes a book enjoyable to read. Any disparities with respect to the characters' voices, the setting, or the singularity concept are found only by reviewers who don't have anything better to do than spout off nonsense about a book they couldn't have written themselves.

To be sure, his future works will prove worthwhile even to his worst critics.





Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Great debut novel!
If I hadn't met Paul Melko last fall at Context 20 in Columbus, Ohio, I may have missed out on a great read! Paul was on a panel, and I spoke with him briefly afterwards, telling him I intended to buy his novel when it came out. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had any impetus to make this purchase, especially when I have so many other titles (about 4,000 more) sitting on my bookshelves. And it would have been most unfortunate if I hadn't read this. I had such a good experience reading it that after a couple of days, the adventure was through, leaving me wanting more. I'm not going to write a rehash here of what the novel was about...you can read that in the previous review and the description. What I want to emphasize with this review is that the cost of the book was worth every penny. If you at all liked Vernor Vinge's Tine race, or like the multiple narrative style of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, or what the world "could" be like in the future, this book will not disappoint.

Paul has a book of previously written short stories coming out this month, but I would love to see another adventure written in this universe. But perhaps whatever he has planned subsequent will top this! I'm looking forward to reading more Melko in the future.

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