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  Short Book Review

   • c******u@s*****a.net
     18/04/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     Hi, fellow Sci-Fi fans!

     This is a short review of the Dan Simmons book "Phases Of Gravity"

     copyright 1989, published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing.

     You may know Dan Simmons as one of the great new horror authors, but

     Phase of Gravity is a great sf read. It concerns the plight of one of

     the original moon-landing astronauts, who longs for a return to space.

     His dreams are squelched by our economy and NASA's new directions (away

     from any forseeable moon-based efforts). He has to come to grips with

     his earthly bonds and his sense of unrest caused by being a frontiersman

     on a fenced-in territory. I especially liked the way Simmons described

     the fictional astronaut's physical pain that results from going for too

     many hours in a row away from the controls of any large machinery (that

     should hit a lot of happy commuters where they live!).

     Simmons is an excellent talent for our time and, for IMHO
     (30-something),

     he could be my generation's Hemingway.

     p.s.- Don't forget to check out William Gibson's "Burning Chrome," too!

     Ray

       • s******j@**.com
         18/04/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         In article <9604181917591.The_Win-D.*******d@d*****i.com>,

         Kevin Conod wrote:

         >In article <4l54ho$***@n***.******a.net>, c******u@s*****a.net
         (Raymond E.

         >Hutchinson) writes: > Hi, fellow Sci-Fi fans!

           >> This is a short review of the Dan Simmons book "Phases Of
         Gravity"

           >> copyright 1989, published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing.

         [review deleted]

         >Thanks for the book review Ray!

         >I have not read "Phases of Gravity", but I did enjoy "Hyperion" and
         "Fall of

         >Hyperion." I hear that he has a sequel out, but can't think of the
         title at

         >the moment.

         That would be "Endymion," which I just started reading.

         Simmon's LOVEDEATH collection is most good, too.

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       • k******d@d*****i.com
         18/04/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         In article <4l54ho$***@n***.******a.net>, c******u@s*****a.net
         (Raymond E.

         Hutchinson) writes: > Hi, fellow Sci-Fi fans!

         > This is a short review of the Dan Simmons book "Phases Of Gravity"

         > copyright 1989, published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing.

         > You may know Dan Simmons as one of the great new horror authors,
         but

         > Phase of Gravity is a great sf read. It concerns the plight of one
         of

         > the original moon-landing astronauts, who longs for a return to
         space.

         > His dreams are squelched by our economy and NASA's new directions
         (away

         > from any forseeable moon-based efforts). He has to come to grips
         with

         > his earthly bonds and his sense of unrest caused by being a
         frontiersman

         > on a fenced-in territory. I especially liked the way Simmons
         described

         > the fictional astronaut's physical pain that results from going
         for too

         > many hours in a row away from the controls of any large machinery
         (that

         > should hit a lot of happy commuters where they live!).

         > Simmons is an excellent talent for our time and, for IMHO
         (30-something),

         > he could be my generation's Hemingway.

         Thanks for the book review Ray!

         I have not read "Phases of Gravity", but I did enjoy "Hyperion" and
         "Fall of

         Hyperion." I hear that he has a sequel out, but can't think of the
         title at

         the moment.

         > p.s.- Don't forget to check out William Gibson's "Burning Chrome,"
         too!

         Mmm...good stuff. I'm in the middle of "Virtual Light" right now....

         --Doc

         k******d@d*****i.com