nemo reviewed New Eden by Kishore Tipirneni
Review of 'New Eden' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
1.5 stars, rounded up to 2.
There were some good ideas in this book, but a lot of it falls flat: the characters are less than cardboard cutouts, there is too much forced philosophy, which doesn't even align well with the characters; and some of the SF is just implausible.
In SF, its always nice to go deep into your premise and consider all (from economic to sociological to long-term) consequences of the changes you've made. However this book keeps changing the premise and tries to cover too much ground with its laundry list of SF ideas. As a result, all of them get a shallow treatment, and the most interesting ones get sidelined.