Cetaganda

 This one sucks, avoid it.  It also has nothing to do with any of the other books, so don't worry about missing anything.


6.0/10

Tatja Grimm's World

A very early work by Vernor Vinge, this is really nothing like his later novels(starting from "The Peace War").

 This is also not science fiction, but fantasy, so don't expect to encounter any new ideas as is customary in Vinge's SF works.

 The setting is a planet where stone age civilization lives along side other slightly more modern groups(they have barges and reading).

 It follows Tatja a stone age girl, who is exposed to reading by one of these barges, and soon she is off to reach her potential.

  This is a mildly entertaining story, but even by fantasy standards it is nothing special.  I can't really recommend it.

6.5/10