On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > On 20 Aug 2008, at 17:17, John Garcia wrote: > > > Has anyone read Greg Bear's thriller Quantico? > > > > I enjoyed it. Bear always gives me some food for thought. > > Would you have read it if you didn't know Bear from his SF? Thrillers > are a much more lucrative genre than SF so it's not surprising SF > writers sometimes have a try at it (Gregory Benford's _Artifact_ was > another) but I think they usually have too much SF for the thriller > crowd and not enough for the SF crowd. > > Neither fish nor fowl Maru > > > -- > William T Goodall > Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk > Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ > > "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant > market share. No chance" - Steve Ballmer > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > It's most likely that I would have read it even if I had not know Bear from his other writings. I browse bookstores looking for something to read and based on past purchases, I would have picked this up. book junkie maru john _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l