The Rapture Effect

The Rapture Effect is a novel by Jeffrey A. Carver published by Tor Books in 1987.

Plot summary

The Rapture Effect is a story about cyberspace, alien cultures, and galactic battles in the Argus system, the focal point of simultaneous interest between a colonial fleet from Earth and an alien society searching for its lost ancestors.[1]

Reception

J. Michael Caparula reviewed The Rapture Effect in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 85.[1] Caparula commented that "the author seems to have been trying to do too much, and sacrificed a good story in the process. A lot of dress-up ideas with nowhere to go."[1]

Kirkus Reviews states "Solid storytelling, then, after some initial silliness, and plenty of narrative drive--especially where the aliens are concerned--despite the thin, implausible characters and a general air of ho-hum familiarity."[2]

Reviews
  • Review by Dan Chow (1987) in Locus, #314 March 1987
  • Review by Bob Howe (1987) in Fantasy Review, June 1987
  • Review by Tom Easton (1987) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1987
  • Review by Janice M. Eisen (1988) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, September-October 1988
  • Review by Ken Brown (1988) in Interzone, #26 November-December 1988
gollark: If doing nothing creates more evil than some sort of complex evil-creation system, then a good evil maximizer would decide to switch to doing nothing, if it was made aware of this.
gollark: Probably less bad stuff, though, than an organization which is actively trying to do bad stuff and is somewhat good at it.
gollark: Competent evil is going to do lots of evil things. Not-very-competent not-evil is not going to do many things, but at least it won't do many evil things.
gollark: > Fascism is evil, but at least its competentCompetent evil is probably worse than not-very-competent not-evil.
gollark: They have divides about how to grill things.

References
  1. Caparula, J. Michael (January–February 1989). "Space/Fantasy Reader". Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer. World Wide Wargames (85): 58.
  2. "THE RAPTURE EFFECT by Jeffrey A. Carver | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
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