On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Olin Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone here read Alastair Reynolds -- Revelation Space, Chasm City, > Redemption Ark. I've been reading his books for the past few months and > really loving them, but he doesn't seem to be that well known among science > fiction readers I've chatted with since I started. I'm also reading "A Fire > Upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge. > > Just thought I'd bring up some books, since that is sort of what drew me here > in the first place. > > Olin
Since the conversation has drifted to books, this is good cause for me to de-lurk.... I just recently read Revelation Space, Chasm City, and Redemption Ark (Absolution Gap is on the shelf waiting), and I thoroughly enjoyed them. The universe presented in the books is pretty interesting to me, and it has a certain "sense of wonder" about it, that there's stuff out there that the characters barely comprehend. I also like the grittiness of the society that has fallen from it's high after the melding plague took out the most advanced technology. Regarding Vinge, I wish he would write some more. A Fire Upon the Deep, and A Deepness in the Sky were amazing, and Rainbows End presents a really interesting "near future" speculative setting (given the increasing popularity of virtual worlds like Second Life, etc. Rainbows End becomes even more interesting). --mike _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
