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Terminal World   Alastair Reynolds
Science fiction novel about a far-distant future earth. Begins with what might be understood as a gloss on Dante’s journey. Characters get a little thin, almost stereotypical. Reynolds kind of falls in love with the world he created and spends too much time describing details that aren’t really important to the plot, and there is a lot of discussion among characters, so the narrative bogs down a little. And the lengthy, and much-too-numerous, conversations are stilted and implausible, got tedious. The ending is weak. Too much work for the payoff, too bad.