Skyward - Der Ruf der Sterne

Paperback, 576 pages

Deutsch language

Published by Knaur.

ISBN:: 978-3-426-52686-6

(1 review)

Wo alle Chancen enden, beginnt die Hoffnung: das packende Science-Fiction-Abenteuer von Bestseller-Autor Brandon Sanderson über die Kraft der Hoffnung und eine zu allem entschlossene junge Frau

Seit Hunderten von Jahren wird die Welt der jungen Spensa von den Krell angegriffen – nur die Flotte der Raumschiff-Piloten steht noch zwischen den überlegenen Aliens und den Menschen.

Hoch oben bei den Sternen als Pilotin ihre Heimat zu schützen ist alles, wovon Spensa jemals geträumt hat. Doch ihre Chancen dafür stehen gleich null: Spensas Vater gilt als Verräter, seit der Pilot urplötzlich sein Team im Stich gelassen hatte und dabei getötet worden war. Jedoch könnte eine unerwartete Wendung Spensa, allen Widerständen zum Trotz, doch noch hinauf zu den Sternen führen ...

Mit Spensa hat Bestseller-Autor Brandon Sanderson eine ebenso einfallsreiche wie furchtlose junge Heldin geschaffen. »Skyward« ist ein Science-Fiction-Abenteuer in bester Blockbuster-Manier.

3 editions

Pixel reviewed Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

The real MBot stands for Mushroom not Murder

4 stars

Sure, she jokes that her ship with huge guns should really be classified as a fighter ship, a murderbot even. But no, the ship disagrees: with a partial fungal database, the stealth features must have been intended for swiftly foraging across the land. Fuck yes, finally some good mushroom loving representation in fiction, where mushrooms are cool and neat to check out - not mind controlling monsters.

I think a former classmate recommended the author to me. At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it. YA can be really cringey, and there were the seeds that could have been hard cliches. A part of me worried it was going to be an attack on titan or hunger games. In the end, the story really matured to be unique along with commentary on classism. I could tell how committed the author was to building an immersive world …

Sure, she jokes that her ship with huge guns should really be classified as a fighter ship, a murderbot even. But no, the ship disagrees: with a partial fungal database, the stealth features must have been intended for swiftly foraging across the land. Fuck yes, finally some good mushroom loving representation in fiction, where mushrooms are cool and neat to check out - not mind controlling monsters.

I think a former classmate recommended the author to me. At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it. YA can be really cringey, and there were the seeds that could have been hard cliches. A part of me worried it was going to be an attack on titan or hunger games. In the end, the story really matured to be unique along with commentary on classism. I could tell how committed the author was to building an immersive world and I found the flight combats surprisingly engaging. It wasn’t too overtly romantic either which was a relief. Still, it would be nice to have some queer trans rep given this is supposed to be a far flung future.

Fans of the murderbot diaries might enjoy this too. It’s not an incredibly difficult read but is very lengthy to keep you company for a while.

I’m dreading that the first two audiobooks are audible exclusives. The rest aren’t though!

Subjects

Science fiction