Hull Zero Three

Subjectively, this just didn't work for me. I'm not the biggest fan of first person novels anyway, and for some reason I really hate any story where the narrator goes through the process of discovering words like “food” and “air.” I realize that in the context of this story it is appropriate, but it's a pet peeve (the only notable exception that comes to mind being the whale in Hitchhiker). I've always loved Bear's books, this one just didn't do it for me.