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Jack McDevitt's Omega was a decent enough sci-fi book. The basic idea is that there is a massive nanotech cloud floating through the universe, destroying any object in it's path made up of right angles (of a sufficient size -- a book wouldn't be big enough, but a skyscraper would). There's one of these clouds floating towards Earth, but it's not due for a few more centuries. As would be expected by human nature, the denizens of Earth at the time chose to ignore such a far off threat.
Enter a space exploration team which discovers one of these clouds heading towards a world populated by sentient beings. Beings of a vaguely Athenian world which happen to look like characters from a popular childrens' story. Public sentiment grows and a rescue mission is launched. Will they make it? Will the interference of a alien species affect the development of the creatures (shades of the Prime Directive)? Will I care enough to find out?
Honestly, not really. The story didn't move very well, nor were either the characters or the plot all that interesting.
Posted by Casper at August 17, 2004 12:25 AM