Sean Randall reviewed Federation World by James White
Review of 'Federation World' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I always enjoy this sort of book. Very Different from [b:Second Ending|448836|Second Treatise of Government|John Locke|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174868406s/448836.jpg|86945] but with many parallels to white's Sector General series.
" Why, Martin raged silently, were intelligent robots so stupid?"
as with much of White's science fiction, the technology has massive power but is often quite underplayed. The thought-provoking, logically meticulous quandaries remind me of [a:isaac Asimov|16667|Isaac Asimov|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1200326433p2/16667.jpg]'s Robot stories.
"'Don't worry,' Martin said dryly, 'I'm worried.'"
There's also a shade of humour and a light sprinkling of irony throughout the work, though not to excess. The whole federation approach is not something I think I like - I could see the appeal for Sector General as a hospital but gobbling up entire species is a little much for me. still, not a bad read and an interesting enough opener to 2010.