Revelation Space

Absolution Gap is the fourth and final book in a series; as such, I will write about my impressions of the entire series as well as the final book specifically. The series also includes Revelation Space, and Chasm City.

Overall, the author has a fresh voice, an innovative concept of the future, and interesting stories to tell. The plot twists through some very surprising (and sometimes, too surprising) turns.

While I enjoyed the journey into the mind and vision of the author, some aspects of the books did not turn out well. Characters sometimes had surprising depth, but at other times served as little more than a plot advancement. Technology was applied in new and interesting ways, but some of them (the chasm city cablecars, for example, and some of the details of the computer interactions) had noticeable errors or simply felt wrong.