Eon: 1

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She finds libraries and books from human future, some of which describe a catastrophic nuclear exchange between the US and Soviet Union, after which the survivors built their habitats inside the asteroid and went to find a new habitable planet.

In fact, one can intelligently argue that mankind is still very, very close to destroying itself in a number of frighteningly different ways. When she determines the date of this nuclear war, she is shocked to find that it is only two weeks into the future! My only complaint is that there is a Cold-War race to examine the asteroid that now feels very dated.We can’t fault authors for working within the zeitgeist of their times and attempting to explore the ramifications of our ability to use and misuse advanced technology. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there? Allowing the former owners of this vessel to travel across the universe using their own feet as a vector. On the other hand, more time could have been allowed to develop the many characters and their own story lines, the esoteric concepts more carefully explored if it was spread out over several books.

The Stone is a hollowed out asteroid; containing seven chambers each with their own landscape and cities.

This confirms an earlier suspicion, as I thought I saw paragraphs the first time I checked it on the app right after posting. Bear emphasizes that just because one belongs to a group doesn’t mean one’s own identity and choices are subsumed into that group. A gigantic alien construct that shows up in the vicinity of our Earth, the origin or purpose of which is unknown.

As for the ending: I know that Bear had a sequel in mind, but that does not excuse the rather hurried and dissatisfying conclusion. Eon also did not have much of the morally contemplative ideas that I usually love to have in any SF title. In the last chamber, they find the opening to a tunnel that extends way beyond the size of the asteroid.

Many SF authors have incredible technical imagination but for some that does not translate into visionary political views.