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Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019

Purchased the first book of Jasper T. Scott's the "Dark Space" series back on August 8, 2013, then followed up by purchasing every new continuation. Guess one could accurately say that I had become a fan. Loved his stories, but back then I never thought of writing a review... I was too busy reading. Seems like now might be a good time to say that this series is well worth the price of admission and tell others just how much I've enjoyed this series.

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Razor Sharp

What the frek

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2019

3 stars for now as I just started the series. I bought all nine books at once. What I can't figure out is will cuss words really have changed that much in the future. I don't freking know but this new vocabulary is very freking annoying. It's about as annoying as finding a bunch of misspelled words in any story. You would be better off not using them at all. I don't know if I'll be able to finish all books. This review is solely for the missspelling of cuss words. Review for story linen to folllow.

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What the frek

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2019

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Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019

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"What just happened here?"

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2019

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"What just happened here?" After reading through all six books in this set that's what I had to ask myself.

I do appreciate an author who sets up a world, then peels layers back to show what else is going on. Roger Zelazny's Amber novels come to mind. I can't say the same for this series of novels. For whatever reason, I just didn't get a good enough grip on what was going onto be able to understand the world-building involved and all the subplots and plot twists with which I was presented.

I also got the feeling that, in the beginning, the author was working very hard to impress the reader with the fact that this tale was set in a far-future world. That, for me, works best when I can detect a line of development between what I know of the present world and the features of the future world encompassing the story. I didn't get that here. Futuristic-sounding names for things found in this future world didn't ring true to me, and being aware of them threw off my appreciation for that world.

Your mileage may vary, but I didn't enjoy the journey after having taken it, and I won't be taking it again.

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Kris C. Reinecke

A journey through creation with more than one god at your side.

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2019

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Dark Space concerns itself with the entire gamut of cloning, resurrection, the soul, etc. Is it okay to be cloned? What if there are two of us. These and many other questions are discussed in depth throughout the 6 books.

All the characters are well developed (although you will need a notebook to keep track of all of them). Multi-generational conversations about living, dying, cloning are abundant.

Then there are the god-like beings who can do (almost) everything. Did I want them to be omnipotent? Did they act like the God I am familiar with? it was a sprint through the six books as one impossible situation morphed into another. Did love conquer all? Well, almost. What do you do with two of your loved ones?

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Dark Space, an engaging possibility of the past, present, & future of humanity.

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2019

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Dark Space is the freewheeling story of Ethan Orthane and his family as they live multiple lives in mortal combat with a murderous Omnius, the AI who would be god, until finally, after confusing deaths and even more confusing rebirths, they come to comprehend the differing possiblities humanity might face. It is the story of life comingled with the jumbled lives of clones as the characters struggle to comprehend what life, death, rebirth, and even immortality might entail. Dark Space is an epic allegory of who mankind is, how they came to be, and what their destiny might be. At the same time, it is the accounting of how its many well defined and distinct characters fight galactic battles of death, destruction, and extinction. It is an epic space opera writ large by an master craftsman. If you like to wonder about beginnings, and endings, you will thoroughly enjoy this well written series of what might could be!

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ValuBuilder

How long can a person live, is a clone the same person?

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2019

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Start with what I disliked. I was put off at first by the juvenile seeming names of "future" inventions. It was almost like reading some of the very earliest science fiction (1940's era). However, I quickly got over that as I got caught up in the tale. This set of books was non stop action. I read them all as one novel, not even pausing between "books" (Kindle read) so I get a little lost trying to separate them, but what I can tell you is they get better as they progress. The author and/or the editors improved dramatically from book 1 to book 6. Right from the start the author starts addressing big issues like living forever, do clones count as living forever, what makes a god God, and lots of other juicy topics. The cool thing is that he wove them into such a captivating story that if you choose, you can completely ingnore those big questions and just enjoy the read. But if you want to double your pleasure look for the underlying questions that are being asked or dealt with and ask yourself how you would answer (or ask) those questions. Now lest I scare you off with all that "big issue " talk, rest assured that the author doesn't use the power of the pen to lecture you. No indeed, it is more like watching for clues and putting them all together. Those questions/issues are simply components of the story, not the story itself. Go ahead and read them (the series) and see what you think, does humanity have a soul?

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Fantastic and fun read

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2019

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Had the first three books but got this to reread those and have the story as one long giant adventure read. So glad I did. Author really builds a fantastic adventure with some sweet twists and turns to keep you on your toes. Pick this up and sit back and enjoy yourself.

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John L. Shilling

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Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2019

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I'm writing this review at the end of the fifth book. I will try to be vague, but there are some things I feel compelled to mention before I finish the series. The collectivist idea of the perfectibility of the human race through human actions, through social engineering..... an idea (Socialism) that George Orwell said was "....so stupid, that only an intellectual could believe it" ... or as Spock says, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one." I have never seen a more thorough exploration of this idea in the form of a novel. Well explored also is the idea of creating one's own God. So, we come to; Who decides what the Greater Good is? Who decides what Perfection is? In our world, it is one intellectual idealog or another. One or another megalomaniac decides that their own vision outshines everone else's. One or another megalomaniac decides that he is God.... History shows where this always leads, but people still try. Well, time to find out which side of the idea log you stand on.

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Geraldine M

Thought Provoking

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2019

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I read the.series.One after the other. The first.book dragged on but I.felt.The author was.trying to.lay.out.he characters. By the time the 2nd in the.series.came.in it.Moved much quicker. Following the plots.and twists became a little.difficult by the end of the 3rd.& 4th books, and transitions were a bit difficult when the author.would confuse the characters in 5th book. I have it.3 star because of this. Found myself in both 5th.& 6th book having to.go back several pages to see what I.missed. The author was able to pull all the pieces together by the end but.felt as though he was dragging it out, possibly to.please.all.readers, instead of.just.ending it. Overall, I.liked the series. It gave a different perspective into the human belief systems and in this regard, I.felt the author addressed all the idiosyncrasies quite well. Many times I would put the book down just.to.contemplate the different ideas and aspects he came up with.

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LoneGrayWolf51

Series is okay.

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2020

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First off, AIs are evil. By the second book in the series I began to not like most of the characters. By the middle of the second book I didn't care if any of the characters died. By the end of the second book I really wanted some of the characters to die. Unfortunately the characters have 9 million lives. I was happy when I thought some of the characters died,only to find out that they had miraculously survived. By the way, AIs are evil. By the end of the forth book I actually wanted most of the characters to die. The message I got was that AIs are evil and so are all women. One last thing, just in case you missed it, ALL AIs ARE EVIL, they all want to annihilate humanity or enslave humanity.

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