ALT.SF4M

  Stuff I've Read Recently

   • p***....@n***.****i.com
     14/02/1998 00:00:000 UTC

     Actually discussing SF here!

     Just finished Cosm (Gref Benford) and Earthling (Tony Daniels).

     Both of these ended up as recommended reading by *someone*, but

     not, I think, by me.

     Earthling's main problems were the tripart story, the pieces of

     which were unconnected (and the ending of which was better

     left off). Anyone know if the parts were original published

     seperately? Or just the midpart, which actually worked as

     story, sort of?

     Cosm was a better read, far more coherent (and how can I not

     have a soft spot for anything that starts out on Long Island!),

     but untimately unsatisfying. The indictments of univerty

     beauracracies were rather heavy handed at times, but fun, the

     ending left me feeling kind of like he ran out of steam and

     decided to end the book, rather than actualy *end* the book.

     Comments, anyone?

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