Reviews for Quantum Rose

The average rating for Quantum Rose based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-08-10 00:00:00 Benoit Legare Here are a few reasons why it may have won the Nebula: * The entire novel is an allegory for quantum scattering theory. This is a clever and unexpected device. * The series brings back the old "space opera" style of science fiction. (Think "Star Wars.") * The technology described in the books is much more carefully balanced with current scientific knowledge than in most "space opera" books. And here's one reason why maybe it shouldn't have won a Nebula: "If thwarted passion could have powered space ships, she and Vyrl would have launched an entire fleet by now."

Review # 2 was written on 2008-12-25 00:00:00 Eoin O Tuairisg I picked this up because it was a Nebula Award Winner, and as a public librarian I need to read a diverse body of literature. My diversity unfortunately just happens to be within science fiction. I read a sexist comment once online where a guy said that he thought that women science fiction writers seemed to all be inspired by "Star Trek". He obviously wanted to start a flame war, and I of course don't think this is true. [Let me just say here, I think Octavia Butler was one of the best science fiction writers of all time of either gender:] Although I do think this book was inspired by "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" cartoon series and/or its lesser known sister cartoon "She-Ra." Because it is the sixth novel in a series you get the feeling that you are missing a lot of back-story. I downloaded the audio book version of the first novel "Primary Inversion" from my public library and that was more confusing than "Quantum Rose." Apparently they are all stand-alone and you don't have to read them in any order, I guess. I can't believe that this beat out a lot of well known competition for the Nebula in 2001.