The Far Shore of Time by Frederik PohlMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
"The Far Shore of Time is a science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl. It concludes The Eschaton Sequence and the adventures of Dan Dannerman, an American government agent of the near future who becomes involved with the discovery of advanced and warring aliens." (wiki)
The focus again is the technology, which is described in my last two review of the series or sequence is the ability to make copies of anything and transmit that information to reconstruct the object elsewhere at FTL almost as fast as Quantum Entanglement, the method used is Tachyons. Think of it as a 3D printer/startrek transporter. The difference is one can make multiple copies of living or inanimate objects.
Some copies can be sent to different parts of the universe, the only set back is that there must be a receiver at the destination. The conveyance carrying the receiver doesn't have FTL capabilities. The Question here is how did the Aliens discover earth? It seems that the advance alien species send out interstellar ships randomly. When the AI discover radio or other form of transmissions from an technological civilization, copies of the the advanced civilization scientist are sent to the ships to start working on the data and then direct the ships to these worlds.
These worlds would then be assimilated to advance species and given an assignment according to their prominent cultural characteristics. in earth case, well humans are killers and they would make good soldiers. Humans are also good with using their technology or stealing technologies from others and using it to...eh... kill.
There is more to the plot of the third and last book of the sequence. And it is more of a better read than the second. I hoping for a 4th book but he passed.
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