Joel Shepherd

"Same problems as in Cherryh's Alliance-Union Universe : what is human ? How can a government control expansion through the galaxy ? What do you do with Fleet when the war ends ? In France, we call the Army "la grande muette", the great mute, because soldiers aren't supposed to take side on the political ground. But, ever since the Roman Empire, history demonstrates this is a sham. So, an army turned truant.

The reading sometimes felt haltingly. I guess Shepherd wanted us to feel how data run through an android's augmented brain but it wasn't satisfactory. Either it's too articulate or not enough articulate. I often find myself wondering where the verb was or why a dot and not a coma. It didn't feel as much raw data as incomplete sentences and bad editing. The balance wasn't right.

That being said, I like it. I like Cherryh better (there isn't the breathless tension one can feel while reading her) but there is good action and interesting relations between characters.… (plus d'informations)