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Re: SEV2
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Sun, 31 Jan 1999 06:07:37 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Call me quaint
Hi, Quaint! :-,
> but I like books that don't seem to go on forever
> without any sort of satisfactory resolution, answer to the questions
> posited, or point. So I didn't care for those much.
So you're definitely *not* a Dune fan, eh?
> Speaking of Vinge I think you might like her ex, Vernor Vinge. _A Fire
> Upon The Deep_ is particularly good, dealing as it does with an
> intergalactic net, complete with newsgroups and flamers, posers and
> misinformation and posturing. And that's just a backdrop for the real
> story.
The only satisfactory "future internet" book I've ever read was _The Long Run_
by Daniel Keys Moran, but that's really because of the politics involved with
the story. Everything else in this genre I've read is just hyped-up cheap
hack fluff. Even the "cyberpuke" segment of _Hyperion_ was slow and
forgettable. Having said that, I should add that you've sparked my
curiousity, and I will seek _A Fire Upon The Deep_.
> To level set you, I like Card and Brin and Heinlien (except for his last
> few ravers...). Niven and Pournelle to me are better together than they
> are separately.
I love Card (1), Larry Niven, *very* early Heinlein. (2) Niven and Pournelle
books seem to read like something by Robert L. Forward: conceptually
interesting, but lacking in the story.
One author I forgot to mention is Mark Twain. He's not generally regarded as
science fiction, but a lot of the themes in his books have the same basic
feeling as today's sci-fi. (3) And he's a *great* read.
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. For many good reasons, besides the fact that we're both Mormons.
2. My dad's a Heinlein fan, dislikes most Niven. I'm a Niven fan, dislike
most Heinlein. I wonder if liking one typically means you don't like the
other...
3. Quite probably because Twain is usually pretty good to steal a story from.
4. Long message, eh? I think I've hit a nerve. :-,
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