People are going around sleeping with everyone on the ship, it seems. There is a lot about sex-which was used as a verb, oddly, as in "she sexed only once, with so-and-so" and "they sexed often, but not with each other." Not that it matters whether the author wants to use words stylistically to convey a future society different than our own, perhaps, but I think in this case it illustrates the mood prevalent in this story. This recording is new, but it was originally published in 1980. It was much more like a classic 1970s space opera, which, to be fair, is sort of what it is. Martin's signature grim mood and expert plotting. This, I imagined, would be brought to perfect life by George R.R. So I visualized the vast emptiness of space, strange things happening while not knowing who to trust, and a sense of some madness lurking just beneath the surface. I think the summary compared it to both Alien and the Shining. Given the synopsis and the introduction, I was expecting a dark, sci-fi horror tale, with tones of Alien and maybe Event Horizon. I was waiting for it to come out and was really excited about it, and as soon as it was released I put my other book on hold and started listening to this right away. I knew it was an old novella of Martin's from back in his heavy sci-fi days, but I had never heard it before and this recording is new. I will probably take heat for this, but in all honesty I found this book very underwhelming. Only Melantha Jhirl, a genetically enhanced outcast with greater strength, stamina, and intelligence than other humans, has a chance of solving the mystery - and stopping the malevolent being that’s wiping out her shipmates. Captain Eris claims to know nothing about the elusive intruder, and when someone, or something, begins killing off the expedition’s members, he’s unable - or unwilling - to stem the bloody tide. The team’s telepath, Thale Lasamer, senses another presence aboard the Nightflyer - something dangerous, volatile, and alien. Yet that’s not the only reason the ship seems haunted.
But Captain Royd Eris remains locked away, interacting with his passengers only as a disembodied voice - or a projected hologram no more substantial than a ghost. When a scientific expedition is launched to study a mysterious alien race, the only ship available is the Nightflyer, a fully autonomous vessel manned by a single human. This is the definitive edition of an electrifying tale that combines the deep-space thrills of Alien, the psychological horror of The Shining, and, of course, the inimitable vision of George R. From the number one best-selling author of A Game of Thrones - a chilling mystery set on a seemingly haunted spaceship, soon to be an original series on Syfy.
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