Reviews

Probability Space Tor Books 2002

Analog “As usual, Kress is brilliant. One of our best. Don’t miss.” Locus “Probability Space offers the pleasures, delivered, with all Kress’s unfailing intelligence and skill, of lovers united (though not without the possibility of future heartbreak), villains defeated (though other villains remain available and willing), acti ons completed (as much as they can be in a world of flux), and puzzles solved (except for the stubborn ones buried in the human, or alien, heart).” New York Times “Probability space is the third novel in a popular series by Nancy Kress, a writer who has won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. She is so deft in supplying background information that I had no trouble understanding the characters and the desperate situat ion they find themselves in....I look forward to reading more about this metaphorically rich variant in the social contract.” SCIFI.COM The concluding volume of [this] trilogy...ties up everything that has gone before in a robust and enticing manner. Moreover, the book—thanks to deftly inserted backstory—stands up well on its own. (Experienced readers will of course enjoy extra resonances .) And by opening two years after the action of the previous book, the stage has been reset with a multitude of intriguing new factors which insure that novice readers start on an equal footing with the older ones. Amanda's newfound maturity, lovers' disc ord between Kaufman and Grant, the remaking of a shattered culture on World, the tumultuous political scene, additional glimpses of the enigmatic Fallers: All these developments and more show that Kress was determined to push her future history into previ ously unseen territory. Kress manages to keep her two plots rollicking along at equal rates of high speed. “ Books & Bytes “...an exciting climax to a strong series.”

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