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Second Genesis (Genesis Quest) Kindle Edition

by Donald Moffitt (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Many centuries ago, an alien race known as the Nar were able to recreate human beings from genetic code, broadcast from Earth into outer space by a beleaguered humanity. Although the Nar are kind and benevolent masters to the humans, discontent leads the humans to revolt, and the Nar realize that they do not yet fully understand their rebellious creations. They allow a group of humans to travel millions of light years through the galaxy, in order to discover what has happened to the original occupants of planet Earth. However, none of the human participants of the expedition are prepared for what awaits them at the completion of their journey... 
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    April 1, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J2IK6B4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (April 1, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3394 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 371 pages
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Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Science Fiction
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2023
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This book reminds me of some of the Edmond Hamilton stories! It would be great if he wrote a sequel - I can think of hundreds of ways a sequel could go
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Rob Swenson
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good add the first book, but a worthy read
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2016
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First books often set up the story, and so it's a challenge for authors to overcome the powerful inertia of discovery in the first book. And to create a new story, which stands in its own right. Many authors become somewhat episodic, like with the "Harry Potter" series. This once ties up the fate of now immortal Man, finding out what happened to Earth, and then deciding exact to do. It is probably much tougher than writing for more mortal characters. But it presents serious food for thought on what we might be like, what we might become, and the nature of life in the universe.
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Carolyn Hess
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely different.
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2021
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I can’t say that I was in love with the beginning of the book. It seemed slow. But as the various plots developed I became hooked. And the whole premise of another life form in space who created man from info from radio waves and then man returns the favor when the mother world is exterminated by two galaxies colliding kept me enthralled. I am always into happy endings.
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Alan Robertson
5.0 out of 5 stars Very very good
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2013
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Genesis Quest & Second Genesis by Donald Moffitt are very intelligent and interesting books. They are packed with originality, and have vivid descriptions of an epic space journey full of unexpected but credible scenarios. These are books that draw you in, and even if you intend to have a fast read, you will soon sling that out the window and settle down to a more protracted read as you get sucked in to the saga.
Donald Moffitt is a top writer, and his books have a permanent place in my library.
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Giest
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all time favorites
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2015
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My biggest, and honestly, single complaint about this book is, there is no book 3 in the series. I would LOVE to read about the possibilities posited in the final chapter of book 2.

I read this book, as well as the first in the series, when they came out in the 1980's, and it is still one of my favorite stories. If you like grand story telling on a scale that spans multiple galaxies, then you HAVE to read these. You won't be sorry.
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Doris L. Sudduth
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story, but...
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2021
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It would have been nice to have some new characters fleshed out. There are so many typos!!! It gets frustrating to see contractions that mean 're but are 've.
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Michael Valdivielso
5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes you can't go home...
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2004
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The Nars had recreated mankind and now man wanted to go home. With the help of the Nars, in the form of a interstellar tree, mankind started a journey to return to the Milky Way and find the system of Sol. In return the humans broadcast the Nars' genetic description. The journey is long, both in time and distance, and it turns out to be VERY dangerous. Even a race gifted with immortality has to be careful when entering the region where Original Man used to be the masters.
Because the Earth has new masters now...
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Bookaholic
2.0 out of 5 stars Spans a million years...and takes just as long
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2010
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I really enjoyed the prequel to this novel (Genesis Quest) because of its fascinating portrayal of an alien society and its relationship with its human creations. So I really looked forward to reading this book...but alas, it was not nearly as good.

One of the reviewers asked why this book isn't considered a classic in the league with Asimov's Foundation. I'll tell you why: it is a book only an astrophysicist could love. The first 3rd of the book seemed to take forever. There are pages and pages of dialog, exposition and description about orbits, propulsion, space maneuvers etc. I really began to skim a lot. Because of this, my involvement was superficial. In fact the author did not spend a lot of time making these characters come to life. They are mostly just abstractions--vehicles to tell a story that spans millions of years. Oh yes, did I mention that these characters are immortal, which makes them seem even less three-dimensional. It was an interesting travelogue as the ship skirted a black hole and discovered Original Man's artifacts. But the only time I felt emotional involvement was to be scared sleepless when the travelers encounter the horrors that Original Man's genetic meddling have unleashed on the galaxy. And still, even when the characters are fighting for their lives, the prose is weighted down with minutiae of engineering and physics.

I realize that it is very difficult to tell a story that spans millennia. Perhaps it could have been handled better as a series of generational epics. The Foundation series is a collection of novellas. Perhaps if Asimov's entire future history had been seen through the eyes of one set of characters, it might have been compared with this book. But it probably wouldn't have been as good, and it certainly wouldn't have been the Foundation series we know and love.

A reviewer says that this is not a galactic shoot-em-up. I agree on this point. In fact Moffett's characters, having been created and reared by the empathic Nar, have no conception of violence or defending themselves against hostile species. We have humans who can traverse light-years....trying to invent a bow and arrow. Hmm.

"This book spans millennia...and takes just as long to read."
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