The Io Encounter (Ice Moon, #3) by Brandon Q. Morris

The Io Encounter (Ice Moon, #3) Reviews

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  Pere

  3.5 Estrellitas redondeando a 4 se lleva esta nueva entrega de Luna Helada.
  
  De nuevo un libro muy disfrutable, quizás no tanto como el anterior, pero divertido de cabo a rabo. Comete los mismos "errores" que los anteriores, y es que la tripulación del ILSS pasa por nuestro sistema solar como si fueran exploradores del nuevo mundo, a saco. No sientes la expectación de que estén ante una nueva luna, o la majestuosidad que deberían sentir los protagonistas ante los espectáculos que se deberían brindar ante sus ojos, lo intenta, sin conseguirlo del todo a mi modo de ver. Aun con todo la aventura es muy entretenida, en este caso deja de ser, a mi modo de ver "hard scifi" para ser un poco más "aventura" pero lo importante es que me lo he pasado bien leyéndolo.
  
  Me queda el ultimo de la saga, veremos cómo se porta.
  Totalmente recomendados si os gusta la scifi y la aventura
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  Gernot1610

  3.5 Punkte für den letzten Band der Trilogie. Die Serie wird von Band zu Band schwächer, aber Gesamt eine Tolle Story auf internationalem Niveau.
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  reherrma

  4.7| "Io" ist der 3. Teil der Eismond-Trilogie von Brandon Q. Morris (Matthias Matting), inzwischen ist klar, dass es einen 4. Teil geben wird, der die Trilogie zur Serie erweitert. Nachdem auf
  Enceladus eine Schwarmintelligenz in dessen Ozean auf dem Saturnmond endeckt wurde befindet sich die ILSE, nach einem Zwischenstopp auf
  Titan, auf dem Rückweg zur Erde. Seit über einem Jahr leben sie auf engstem Raum zusammen, verloren einen geliebten Menschen. Nun spaltet sich die Gruppe erstmals; die Chinesin Jiaying wirkt unnahbar, seit sie ihre Beziehung zu Martin beendete. Aus dem All empfängt die ILSE seltsame Signale, wahrscheinlich aus der Gegend des Enceladus. Könnte es sein, dass eine unbekannte Lebensform versucht, mit ihnen zu kommunizieren? Die Nachricht enthält viel Rätselhaftes und ein eindeutiges Ziel: Jupiters Vulkanmond Io birgt eine unberechenbare Gefahr für die Menschheit…
  Waren seine beiden Vorgängerromane solide Hard Science Abenteuer, wendet sich der Stil in diesem Band.
  Erstmals kracht es im Team. Geheimnisse scheinen zwischen den Crewmitgliedern zu stehen und die im letzten Part fast greifbare Harmonie zersplittert in viele rätselhafte Konflikte, die im Team nicht offen geklärt werden können. Es geht um Verrat, Vertauen und Mut, eingebettet in ein faszinierendes Weltraumabenteuer.
  Gleichzeitig verschiebt sich die Perspektive auf die Mission durch Einführung eines zweiten Handlungsstrangs auf der Erde. Die Geheimdienste der USA und China schmieden ein Komplott um die Nachricht von der Existenz einer intelligenten Lebensform auf dem Saturnmond Enceladus geheimzuhalten, gleichzeitig versuchen sie ein Genozid, um diese Lebensform zu vernichten, zusammen mit dem Tod der Besatzung der ILSE denken sie, die bestehenden Machtverhältnisse auf der Erde beizubehalten.
  Gleich zwei Spitzel befinden sich an Bord der ILSE, und keiner davon bösartig. Die Mission zu manipulieren stürzt beide in tiefe Existenzkrisen. Eine spannende Wendung, die das Buch für mich zu einem Pageturner gemacht haben...
  Im Anhang gibt es wie auch in den vorherigen Bänden einen wissenschaftlichen Teil, in dem der Autor über die Eigenschaften des jeweiligen (Titel)-Mondes aufklärt, stets nah am Stand des aktuellen Wissenstandes...
  Wie bereits bei Philip P. Peterson stelle ich mir auch bei M. Matting die Frage, warum die deutschen SF-Großverlage um die beiden Hard Science Stars (!) einen großen Bogen machen. Für mich sind sie die einzigen Autoren, die sich um dieses Kern-Genre der SF in Deutschland verdient machen und so der SF neue Leser zuführen.
  
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  Sketchy_tunes

  Ein schöne Fortsetzung der Serie. Ein letztes Mal muss sich die Crew der ILSE auf den Weg zu einem bisher unerforschten Mond begeben, dieses Mal ist es Io, ein Mond des Jupiters.
  
  Die Umgebung ist wirklich interessant beschrieben, die Wendungen in der Handlung sind überraschend aber plausibel. Die Charakter sind nicht die Stärke des Autors aber sie sind durchaus dreidimensional gestaltet.
  
  Wem die ersten Bände gefallen haben, Dr. wird auch bei diesem Buch viel Spaß haben.
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  Kevin

  This is the third book in Brandon Q. Morris' Ice Moon series. On the way home from Saturn, the ILSE takes a slight detour to Io. This is the weakest of the series so far but that reflects more on the high quality of its two precursors rather than the lack of it in this one.
  
  Events on Earth are now affecting the mission and not in a good way. In this novel, we encounter humanity at its worst. It could mean disaster for the now familiar characters (assuming you have read parts one and two) if they do not figure out a way out of their predicament. Jiaying finds herself isolated from the crew with difficult decisions to make. I felt her pain when reading the book.
  
  After getting information from Enceladus, the crew of ILSE lands on Io. I have come to expect great descriptions of the titular moon; the descriptions of the moons have been one of the strengths of the series. The lifeform they encounter is interesting and suitably alien, though I found the eruption subplot unconvincing. There is an eruption imminent that potentially puts Earth at risk. Thankfully ILSE is there to do something about it and this scenario has not affected Earth detrimentally in the entire history of life on Earth and Io?
  
  One more book to go to complete the series, which is most definitely on my to-read list.
  
  
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  Ralph

  Morris' storytelling is as good as ever and, his knowledge of the Jovian moons is displayed once again as his characters visit Io, the volcanic moon. Morris paints an amazing and challenging landscape for Francesca, Hayato and Martin as they attempt to survive this volatile environment. Amy, Jiaying and Marchenko must face their own problems aboard the ILSE when they are forced to abandon their crewmates on Io.
  
  After reading this 3rd book in the series, I have become an adjunct member of the crew and I am concerned for them during the danger they face. Morris tells the story using current day scientific facts combined with some strikingly logical assumptions to create a very believable environment for this adventure. I look forward to hanging with the crew again, during their "Return to Enceladus", the next (and possibly final) book in the series.
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  Samyann

  This review addresses the entire series of The Enceladus Mission, which consists of four full-length novels: The Enceladus Mission, The Titan Probe, The Io Encounter, and Return to Enceladus. Read in sequence as most characters traverse all four books, as does the story.
  
  Plot. A group of astronauts from several countries responds to a probe signal coming from the moon of a distant planet indicating potential life. Through the four novels, space travel is defined in painfully intricate detail. The entire series consists of a series of mundane problems, occasionally life-threatening, that arise with regularity - one after another. Expected relationships between characters develop, including a pregnancy. Shipboard AI's misbehave, save the day, stuff goes wrong, stuff gets fixed, etc.
  
  Liked. The Enceladus Mission series is pure SciFi. The "what-if" possibilities are there, which in my opinion, makes the best SciFi. No drooling zombies, aliens with clicking knees, jump scares. No sex, no gratuitous profanity. Coincidently? Breakthrough Enceladus is a proposed privately funded astrobiology mission to look for macrobiotic life in the volcanic eruptions of water emanating from the moon - true - Google it.
  
  Not so hot. Wording isn't particularly smooth - no contractions; more effort should have been applied to story rather than space technology, which can be boring to some readers. The ending left much unanswered.
  
  Written by Brandon Q. Morris, narrated by Doug Tisdale Jr., each book in the area of eight hours of listening, all books released 2019.
  
  Recommended to the nerds among us; lots of techy stuff to pick apart.
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  Mario Janusic

  I am torn apart between giving it 3* and a 4* rating. So I am settling on 3,5* :)
  Although I really enjoyed the book - plot and characters are just great - all is perfect continuation on the first two books, I have few problems I have hard time reconciling with.
  
  First one is that Brandon Q. Morris for the first time (since I've been reading his books) introduces terrorism as a key plot development, which somehow doesn't fit in the book.
  
  The second one is that it's extremely improbable that life on Io, which was developing for million or billion of years, is just about to threaten Earth as the crew was returning from their trip from Titan. Among all that million of years where this could have happened, I find it almost impossible that this would happen just so perfectly timed that ILSE crew can go there and prevent it.
  
  Also, I don't really understand how ILSE, which was on its way back to Titan, was able to abort this mission and return to Io. Since they used Jupiter's gravity to accelerate to Titan, what kind of propulsion would allow then to change course so rapidly?
  
  But apart from that, I still think book is excellent and I don't regret reading it :) Looking forward for next book in the series!
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  Damianopoulos Damianos

  I have just finished "The Io Encounter".
  
  Well, this book gave me the impression of an extended chapter of the whole series.
  
  Yes, it did have some suspense, which always came out ok after a short while.
  
  Although the idea of the Marchenco transfer to the data cube has been coming up in science fiction it seemed to me a bit lightly dealt with in this case. It shouldn't take the form of just plugging and unplugging the data cube.
  
  Generally the book did not satisfy me so much, as I found the whole plot a bit scant and too predictable.
  
  Since, I've started the series, which I consider just as one plot really, due to my "completionism" (cf. perfectionism), I will go through the last two books of the series, "Return to Enceladus" and "The Jupiter Catastrophe" looking forward to some real excitement and authenticism in the coming reading endeavour. After that, I think I'll go on with something totally different, which I hope I find.
  
  Happy reading all!
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  Frank Becker

  Auch der dritte Teil der Eismondserie ist wieder eine nette Geschichte; trotzdem kommt das Buch für mich nicht auf volle Punktzahl. Im ersten Teil versucht das Buch ein Thriller zu werden - was aber nicht richtig funktioniert. Ich fürchte der Autor ist dann doch zu sehr Naturwissenschaftler: denn der "Sci"-Anteil ist gut. Die Situation wird schön aufgebaut, aber die Auflösung ist dann doch irgendwie zu einfach - insbesondere "das Problem" auf der Erde ist dann irgendwie weg.
  Trotzdem Empfehlenswert.
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  Rod

  This was enjoyable if a little predictable in how it ended and, more, how it arrived at the ending. Having said that, I realize that the other directions the story could've gone would've required dramatic changes in the crew and significantly altered the direction of the story. To tell this part of their story there aren't a lot of options and once down the path you kind of have to follow it to the end. And there are certainly some enjoyable new aspects -- particularly for me the inclusion and integral use of a radio satellite installation of which I'd recently read.
  
  I continue to enjoy the science aspect of the series. More hard science is always appreciated.
  
  By now, I'm invested in the crew. So I'm along for the ride with all the highs and lows just to read more of their experiences in the next book.
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  Beau

  This series has grown on me. I had some issues with the first book, but the second and third have shown a progression to more interesting characters. There's now a very fundamental question about different types of life, sentient AI's, learning to get along with (and even care for) people that you have to work with.
  
  I wish I could hang out on a moon of a gas giant for a weekend. I would take so many pictures. If I lived, I mean.
  
  
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  Jamie Rich

  The Io Encounter: Hard Science Fiction (Ice Moon Book 3) by Brandon Q. Morris
  
  This is the third installment on this series and is the best so far. The author seems to know a lot about thepalces we travel to, but his conjectures about space craft are lame.
  Happily the characters are well written enough to keep you turning the pages.
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  Thomas James

  Excellent fun and even educational
  
  I chose this rating because it was enjoyable, there were few if any big gafs in the story and I even learned some things. I think if there is any one criticism it would be that the vastness of space is ignored. It only takes them a few days to get from one planet to another. Oh well, still a good story and a lot of fun.
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  Oscar Lares

  Overall great book. The story developed a bit slower compared to the last 2 books but again the use of physics, science, theory and engineering kept it super interesting for an engineering mind like mine. It was also alot to take in especially near the end. I feel like there could have been a bit more character development. But a super great entertaining read!
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  Elyse

  Still ok and I'll probably read the fourth.
  
  However, the characters and dialogue are increasingly flat. Plot development is pretty predictable.
  
  And what about the sinister presence expected here (according to the entity on Enceladus)?!
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  Kenneth

  Thoroughly enjoyable
  
  This series of books is really enjoyable, with a very good story line and plausible scenarios while keeping a sci fi edge to it all. I particularly like the characters and find they add to, and maintain the story. A very good and recommended read
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  Kissu

  Este es el libro que más emocionante me ha parecido. La vida que se está formando en Ío es encantadora y realmente pude meterme en los problemas de la tripulación de la ILSE. No soy gran fan de las aventuras y la acción, pero creo que aquí estuvo bien. Lástima que la Tierra siga indemne.
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  Roger John Jones

  Incredibly Stupid
  
  So here we have Jing, knowing that everyone including herself is going to be killed not realizing that her parents will die too? Unrealistic.
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  Rodney Forstall

  Great ending to good sci-fi trilogy!
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  Gary Davis

  Excellent
  
  As always I say thank you to the author for all the science he teaches me... And am looking forward to reading the next book... Which I've already purchased.