Great addition to the HUTCH series. Loved it.
This far-future novel is about mankind's attempt to learn the truth behind mysterious lights in space called moonriders.Space travel and industrialization just has not paid off the way humanity had hoped.
Of McDevitt's books, I've read Eternity Road, Ancient Shores, and Moonfall. I've found each of his books readable, but not exactly well-written.
Odyssey is the fifth book in the adventures of Priscilla Hutchins, 23rd century space pilot. "Hutch" has been a wonderful character, a likable, work-a-day gal whose calm courage and quick thinking never fails to save the day.
Unidentified Flying Project Annihilators.Priscilla Hutchins is now a senior administrator in the Academy, dealing with politics and all that fun stuff.
About 350 pages too long. Slow, plodding, laborious, and in the end goes nowhere.
I enjoyed it because I really like McDevitt's stuff, but it's a bit slow-moving in the first half. You get the feeling that he puffed it up to make a good novella into a novel.
Ok...after taking a look at some of the other reviews, I have to say that I think that some people need to read Mr.
Odyssey (2006) is the fifth SF novel in the Hutch series, following Omega. In the previous volume, Priscilla Hutchins instigated a plan to save the Korb civilization from the Cloud.
I have never liked the Hutch series as much as the Chase Kolpath books (Talent for War, Polaris, Seeker), so I'm biased, but I just don't like this version of the universe...it's more of what we have, only with aliens.
Like all the Mcdevitt's books this one is a nice and entertaining read. I think that the first books of the Omega Series were better, and (maybe) this series is getting a bit long (hence the four stars).
I won't bore you with a plot summation (the previous reviewers took care of that), but I will defend the author's right to produce an enjoyable (if mediocre) addition to an otherwise fun to read "beach book" series. I read the negative reviews before purchasing my copy, but they did not deter me.
I love McDevitt. I have everything he's written.
I'd read all of the previous installments in The Hutch Series, and while the later books in the series had become repetitive in theme and action, they were at least readable.With ODYSSEY, McDevitt adds to the pile of scientific junkers being produced by the leftists who seem to dominate the SciFi writer's guild.
I, too, have read all of the previous entries in the "Hutch" series and was excited to dive into this latest chapter. Some have commented that the pacing was too slow with no action until the end but I found the plot to be an effective tension-builder, because I knew the action would eventually occur.
