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From: gail@calmasd.UUCP (Gail B. Hanrahan)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Brin, Sagan, etc.
Message-ID: <576@calmasd.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 14:29:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 27 14:29:37 1985
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In article <27800018@ISM780B.UUCP> jimb@ISM780B.UUCP writes:
>I happen to agree with you about Greg Bear; he paints nice pictures that have
>a high degree of technical verisimilitude.  (I've talked to the man and he
>has a manic sense of research and does *not* have a science degree or job.
>As far as I know, he's a full time fiction writer, which is a truly
>endangered species.)  But as nice (and moving!) as the pictures are, they
>haven't (yet) approached the breathtaking grandness of Brin or Wolfe.

If you haven't read them yet, read _Eon_ (just out in hardback),
or _Blood Music_ (also just out in hardback), or _The Infinity
Concerto_ (paperback, 1984), all by Greg Bear.  Dave Brin's
books are lots of fun, I enjoyed them tremendously, but Greg's
books consistently have more depth, and are still entertaining.
_Eon_ in particular really blew me away.  _The Infinity Concerto_
deserves a second reading.


I suppose I should mention that these folks are both good
friends...

-- 

Gail Bayley Hanrahan
Calma Company, San Diego
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