Depends on when you became aware of the Potter boom. I'd say, from what we've heard in the UK which started booming earlier, and so was aware of the burgeoning Stateside interest before some segements of the US were (?), that the boom has been gathering pace for the past eighteen months/two years. Whatever.
Terranesia is well written, almost painterly in style. Good Egan stuff.
My gripe is that in terms of the plenitude of ideas, when compared to Diaspora, this one falls short. More like one of his short stories, only elongated.
Don't get me wrong, this book is a good novel when compared with run of the mill authors, but not an Egan pinnacle.
Hmmn... and the anti-religion theme is wearing a bit thin for my taste.
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Why no ftp?
Why no mirrors?
Put the duh in dot com
Anything else they cry for a techie.
Pathetic? Yep.
Hmmn... the tune I remember was 'When I'm sixty four'.
Okay, so moral equivalents...
Blah blah - just making the point.
Depends on when you became aware of the Potter boom. I'd say, from what we've heard in the UK which started booming earlier, and so was aware of the burgeoning Stateside interest before some segements of the US were (?), that the boom has been gathering pace for the past eighteen months/two years. Whatever.
Terranesia is well written, almost painterly in style. Good Egan stuff.
My gripe is that in terms of the plenitude of ideas, when compared to Diaspora, this one falls short. More like one of his short stories, only elongated.
Don't get me wrong, this book is a good novel when compared with run of the mill authors, but not an Egan pinnacle.
Hmmn... and the anti-religion theme is wearing a bit thin for my taste.
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Hell, the English are part French anyhow...
shurely: and third