Gale Dillashaw

Anyone that has read the books will see immediately that this series has almost nothing to do with the books other than the names of the main characters and some vague adaptation of the theme of psycohistory. That being said, the series could have been good on its own but no, it isn't. Instead Apple turned a thoughtful book into a formulaic Hollywood scifi shootemup with enough explosions and hand to hand combat to satisfy the most bloodthirsty teenage video gamer.