Axis

While not quite reaching the heights of its predecessor, which had the core mystery of the dark sky to sustain it through the first part of the book, this is still high quality science fiction. If you wanted to n ow more about the aged universe of the Hypotheticals then this is the place to come.

I really enjoyed this book, it did tie up a few ends from Spin and of course set up more entertainment in book 3.Yet again RCW develops characters with ease and quickly too. But its all sent against the backdrop of the fact something we understand so little of is controlling our destinies and to what end and do they even realise or care Great stuff!

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Spin was a fantastic novel, well written with complex interesting characters and above all, a fantastic story. Spin also left open a question into the nature of The Hypotheticals and what they wanted with humanity. This book tries to answer that question. Axis too is well written and the characters are interesting, but they are not a well filled out as the Spin ones. Some of the charters seem to have little point in the story, Brian especially so. But the main issue is the story isn't as good or as well thought out and the end seems rushed and unsatisfactory.This is a good book, but it suffers from following a truly great book. If you haven't read Spin, do so because it is a great story. If you have read Spin, then it is worth reading Axis, just don't expect too much of it.

Having loved Spin this sequel was a slight disappointment but it was never going to equal Spin. Worth checking out if you enjoyed Spin. Being honest my score for Axis is three and a half but as this is not an option, four it is.Ray Smillie

Like Spin, Axis is really imaginative , thought provoking and disciplined, all essentials of good science fiction. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

I loved Spin so I was hopeful for this, but I was rather bored. Far less epic in terms of scale or time, there was little to keep me going. This has put me off reading the 3rd one in the series, I would suggest you just enjoy the original Spin and then move on.

First book in the series was excellent and I couldn't put it down. This follow-up is a chore. I'm told the third book is much better, let's hope so.