Gravity Dreams

By L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Book Overview

In Earth's distant future, Tyndel is both teacher and mentor, a staunch devotee to his conservative and rigidly structured religious culture. Then a rogue infection of nanotechnology transforms him into a "demon", something more than human, and he is forced into exile, fleeing to the more technologically advanced space-faring civilization that lies to the north, one that his own righteous people consider evil. Although shaken by his transformation, he has the rare talent required to become a space pilot. What no one, least of all Tyndel, expects, is his deep-space encounter with a vastly superior being--perhaps with God.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812566610
• ISBN13: 9780812566611
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable once you see how the the print flows on the page...Then becomes a book you can't put down!

Enjoyable once you see how the print flows on the page...Then becomes a book you can't put down! I bet that statement just confused you, yet it says just what is needed to make reading this book, and enjoyable experience. If you have read L.E. Modesitt Recluce Saga and his work of The Spellsong Cycle, then your expectations would be high for Gravity Dreams too. Before purchasing this book, I read the reader's reviews of L.E. Modesitt's other works, and they did not have the 5 star across the board reviews that the Recluse Saga had at the time I read those reviews. So I was a bit concerned about ventering into his other works. But I figured to give it a try. So after purchasing Gravity Dreams, I decided to read it, and found it was dry and slow to start, so I shelved it, for maybe later I would read it. After about 2 years, I tried it again, and then I looked at those dry area's of print, those area that were the highly complicated story of Fiction, was all in a altered print. So I then started to speed read or skim those areas when I came to those altered word of print. At that point, the book, became one of those books you just can't put down, that you find yourself running late, because you just have to keep read some more of the book. Author L.E. Modesitt it appears to have written this book, so those that enjoy those high discriptive and very dry areas may read them, and those that do not, will see the chagne of print on the page, and be able to identify those area's that are not that important to the story and can skim through that area, so all types of readers may enjoy this book, Well Done L.E. Modesitt!

A good book(this from a action junkie)

While in Norway, and traveling all over the country, I had a lot of time on my hands, visiting the few good book stores in Oslo, i found a limited selection(but still impressive for a non english speaking country) of books in english, among them was Gravity Dreams, I decide to give it a shot, mainly because of lack of other good choices. I have to say that I am a action junkie, I often feel cheated if someone doesn't die in at least the first twenty pages of the book. After reading this book, I was glad I picked it up, this was one of the best books I have ever read. The book is more about self-discovering and how someone from a backwatar society blends in with a advanced space faring society. The book presents some very great ideas on how a futuristic society should be. Overall the book concentrates on the development of the main character and his struggles to come to terms with his new life. For your average action fans this book my seem bit dry, but for anyone who wants some really good plot and character development then this is a the book for you.

Amazing

I loved this book. Well, now that I've gotten that out of the way, let me go on to say that I'm impressed by that Tyndel reacted to each new situation he was in. He is definitly not a static charachter as you can tell by the end of the book. Each individual section of the book was unbelievably well though out, from Dorcha, to the station, and especially the way Overspace was represented. You could see all the places and things in this book with vivid definition.I especially liked the way Nano-tech was used. It was just another part of life. Like Televisions and radios are to us, Nanites are to the Rykhashans.A few things I didn't like though: Just why was Tyndel more perceptive, and able to handle Overspace, than normal demons? Also, as previously noted, why doesn't Tyndel have any male friends?

Excellent Read

This was the first book I'd ever read by Modesitt. Boy, was I glad I'd found him! He's an excellent writer and philosopher.I found that the plot helped propel Modesitt's thoughts and comments on society (rather than his story standing alone). Reading his books made me really think about society, an individual's role in society, and what society's role is. (Should society care about the individual?)A highly recommended read for anyone interested in thinking.