tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post2863085564616864196..comments2023-04-27T04:39:45.647-04:00Comments on JT Thinks About Stuff: Book Review: The Abyss Beyond DreamsJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170062950345779215noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post-87439108067628365412016-08-05T10:00:01.689-04:002016-08-05T10:00:01.689-04:00I'd disgree with "decaying". It has ...I'd disgree with "decaying". It has technology equivalent to roughly the mid-to-late 19th century, and seems to have been stable in that state for centuries. (Which is itself hard to believe.)JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170062950345779215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post-79424330922468155862016-08-04T21:54:23.740-04:002016-08-04T21:54:23.740-04:00Bienvenido. It was decaying for 2000 odd years.Bienvenido. It was decaying for 2000 odd years.Varianorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09576040365080504873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post-9833855259875756962016-08-04T09:43:17.597-04:002016-08-04T09:43:17.597-04:00I'm curious about your final sentence. Which s...I'm curious about your final sentence. Which society was built around "crumbling technology"?<br /><br />I know the character you mean. I was also curious about what happened to her, but in the end she was pretty tangential. Her presence seems mainly to have been setup for the sequel (the last few pages of this book).JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170062950345779215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post-39202319972904202782016-08-03T20:25:41.524-04:002016-08-03T20:25:41.524-04:00That's pretty close to my take on it. I did fi...That's pretty close to my take on it. I did find it hard to put down. I will say that I think the prologues are necessary for a bit of emotional investment. I liked one of the characters, and found myself wondering throughout the book what happened to her. So there, perhaps, those pages are not as wasted as one might think. His take on a society built around crumbling technology was plausible and interesting.Varianorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09576040365080504873noreply@blogger.com