James Erwin

The shifting back and forth thru time, from space ship to space ship, from human POV to AI POV is confusing. Maybe not the best book for reading in starts and stops like I do. If you read one book at a time this likely won't be an issue for you. Great book especially if you're interested in AI. We need benevolent bad-ass AI's like the MasterChief's Cortana. Erwin's AI's can be terrifying. Really terrifying.

The sporadic pictures were more confusing than helpful. I don't think they added anything and were somewhat sophomoric. I would have strongly suggested their removal from the finished product. Let the words speak for themselves. The words are the art, they set the scenes and create the emotions.… (mer)