Starfish

Starfish

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A huge international corporation has developed a facility along the Juan de Fuca Ridge at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to exploit geothermal power. They send a bio-engineered crew--people who have been altered to withstand the pressure and breathe the seawater--down to live and work in this weird, fertile undersea darkness.

Unfortunately the only people suitable for long-term employment in these experimental power stations are crazy, some of them in unpleasant… (more)

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savage23x
savage23x
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:16:35 +0200

Read Starfish
Maelstrom and Behemoth the whole rifters trilogy a good mix of hard SF mixed with a fish out of water (sorry folks had too) story. With a world so nuts the people are made even crazier. But like now it’s people that make other people nuts. Strong characters and strong story.


sindrealmost
sindrealmost
Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:40:27 +0100

Peter Watts has in this book created an underwater world which you are glad to discover and explore along with the people in it. It describes creature’s environments and personalities in such a way that you actually wish you could see for yourself.

There is of course a sinister undertone that starts to hum in the story, and diverges into several different tunes to the point where you are left uncertain to which one you should be humming along to. But this is a good thing, it keeps the suspense,… (more)



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Language: English

Published in: 2000

Word count: 98,392 words (≈ about 7 hours)

Source: http://www.rifters.com

License: Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (cc by-nc-sa)


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