Jack McDevitt's Omega was a decent enough sci-fi book. The basic idea is that there is a massive nanotech cloud floating through the universe, destroying any object in it's path made up of right angles (of a sufficient size — a book wouldn't be big enough, but a skyscraper would). There's one of these clouds floating towards Earth, but it's not due for a few more centuries. As would be expected by human nature, the denizens of Earth at the time chose to ignore such a far off threat.
Enter a space exploration team which discovers one of these clouds heading towards a world populated by sentient beings. Beings of a vaguely Athenian world which happen to look like characters from a popular childrens' story. Public sentiment grows and a rescue mission is launched. Will they make it? Will the interference of a alien species affect the development of the creatures (shades of the Prime Directive)? Will I care enough to find out?
Honestly, not really. The story didn't move very well, nor were either the characters or the plot all that interesting.
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