Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780007132386
Edition: New Ed
ISBN: 0007132387
Label: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: March 01, 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

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Rating: - Homo Superior for the 21st Century
The virus children of Bear's `Darwin's Radio' are growing up in a terrified world. The children are being rounded up and kept in special schools where they are studied, but not allowed to learn anything which might help them escape.
Bear sequels in the past have not lived up to the quality of the first instalment and sadly, this is the case here. Despite it being a good solid novel and streets ahead of most of the competition it lacks the tightness and pace of the original. It also includes ... Read More

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Rating: - Good but could have been so much more.
This is a good solid book that follows on well from Darwins Radio. It gets bogged down in scientific terms in places, as if Bear is showing us what he knows rather than progressing the story and the story lines could have been developed so much more, with more focus on some plot lines and less on others. Never the less if you like Darwins radio, you will like this and overall it is a good story that keeps you turning the pages.

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Rating: - Thought provoking
This is a very good book. The science is good enough to be believable - nothing is too exagerated and the reactions to the 'children' are all too credible. I read Darwin's Radio, enjoyed it, but found this to be a much stronger book in which the characters are fleshed out in a much fuller way. I look forward to reading more of Greg Bear's work.

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Rating: - X-men grown-up
"Darwin's Children" is a provocatively titled novel, dripping with menace and postulates the "what if?" scenario of a fictional leap in human evolution.

As serious scientific fiction, it is very well written. The prose flows well, the dialogue believable, the characters interesting and all representing a side in the debate of the ethics and emotions of the above scenario. All with a prevading sense of menace.

The fiction is based on generally established science and the book ... Read More

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Rating: - wow - mind blowing / opinion changing
This is fab yarn & well told. I love the characters & the intricacies of the plot. Bear as usual makes you believe in the people & you get carried away hoping for a happy ending. The scary this is that it's so possible, the scince is such that I genuinly think that this may happen or something very similar ... I want to think that the human race would be kinder, but deep down I know we're not that nice. This tale make me feel guilty & question what I would do ... But theb that's Greg's style all ... Read More

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