Jumpnauts

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Hao Jingfang, Ken Liu: Jumpnauts (2024, Head of Zeus)

English language

Published 2024 by Head of Zeus.

ISBN:
978-1-78669-655-7
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3 stars (1 review)

5 editions

A promising book, but let down by the way the story is presented.

3 stars

A story that merges Chinese-style SF with a high stake meeting with aliens that doesn't quite meet the expectations of this reader. The blend of martial arts with futuristic tech is there, but the story's characters and situations didn't really pull me into the story.

The story evolves around one girl who continues the work started by her father, figuring out that much of the advances by human civilizations in the past was driven by periodic visits by aliens. Now, another one is due, and she is determined to go and meet the aliens.

But her plans are complicated by the involvement of two antagonistic men: one is wealthy, with commercial connections through his family, the other is a military AI leader who wants his own Pacific League to triumph over the Atlantic Alliance. Together, through cooperation and rivalry, they will set out together to meet the aliens, survive a …

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