I loved both of those as well as Lucifer's Hammer and their collaborations with Steven Barnes, The Legacy of Heorot and Beowulf's Children.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Enjoyed that book, but I think "Footfall" ,for some reason, got me more. > Maybe it was the whole thought of space-traveling pachyderms... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:00:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you > go "WOW!"? > > > > > > > For me, "The Mote In God's Eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. > Great ideas, semi-plausible scientific bases, fun read all the way through. > (And, apparently, some of my former friends agree -- the four who stole each > of the four copies I owned, that is.) > > > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > Subject : [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go > "WOW!"? > Date : Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:46:14 -0000 > From : "ravenadal" <ravena...@...> > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > The question about Asimov's "Foundation" septology leads me to ask what was > the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!" And, by that, I mean the > last novel that made your head spin around. For me it was William Gibson's > "Neuromancer" and that was published in 1984, twenty-five years ago! > > By-the-by, I am only interested in novel novels - do not summit graphic > novels. > > Thanks, > > ~rave! > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds >