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richlevy · 09-09-2007, 04:11 PM

I'm reading Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear and I can't put it down. I just looked it up on Amazon and found out that there's a sequel.

Human reproduction, genetics, politics, and violence. A great story.

09-09-2007, 04:17 PM

I've read Darwin's Radio and the second novel... the second kinda' bogged down for me.

wolf · 09-09-2007, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I do want to read the rest of the Clan of The Cavebear books and reread the first three or four (I don't remember how many I read).

Do yourself a favor and stop after the first one. They just get worse. I call them Boddice-ripper of the Cavebear.

09-09-2007, 04:22 PM

LOL!!!! Funny!

SteveDallas · 09-09-2007, 08:34 PM

I completely agree that #2 and #3 are worse, but if I remember correctly they do have more sex scenes. (Of course these days we have the internet... we don't have to plow through rotten novels for that.)

monster · 09-09-2007, 09:30 PM

Beest likes Iain M Banks and Iain Banks (same author, one name for fantasy novels, the other more sci-fi, never remember which is which). I quite like them too, actually. Even though neither are "my genre".

skysidhe · 09-09-2007, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Do yourself a favor and stop after the first one. They just get worse. I call them Boddice-ripper of the Cavebear.

I'm glad someone else said it.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-10-2007, 12:29 AM

Be warned that Hamilton's Pandora's Star does not set a cracking pace. I have yet to see if Judas Unchained runs any quicker. Hamilton seems to write these five-hundred-page multideckers that move like Swedish cinema.

09-10-2007, 12:31 AM

If it is a solid story with fleshed-out characters I'm ok with that.
Moby Dick has been read once every two years for most of my life.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-10-2007, 12:37 AM

Been promising myself I should give Moby Dick a proper run through ever since Jeff Smith so convincingly raved about it in Bone. (Series of graphic novels. Deeper and more complex than most, and a big hit.)

I recommend about any Zelazny, though I'd give the nod to his earlier Amber novels over his later. Perhaps it was that I was younger? His language has the sensibility of a poet's. For a Zelazny intro, hmm: try The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth. Collection of short stories that should tell you if you want more of the late Mr. Z.

Oh: John Myers Myers' Silverlock. Older than it looks. Ya gotta like a story that starts with two men, shipwrecked, clinging to a floating yard, falling into conversation -- and each shortly concluding the other is a world-class bullshitter.

09-10-2007, 12:47 AM

Thanks man! I will put them on the list.

DanaC · 09-10-2007, 03:55 AM

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Beest likes Iain M Banks and Iain Banks (same author, one name for fantasy novels, the other more sci-fi, never remember which is which). I quite like them too, actually

Iain M Banks is his sci-fi name, Iain Banks is for the straight (though even these usually have a degree of magical realism) novels.

monster · 09-10-2007, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Iain Banks is for the straight (though even these usually have a degree of magic al realism) novels.

Yeah, you're right "fantasy" is not the right description (haven't read on in a while) Thanks.

SteveDallas · 11-24-2009, 08:02 PM

OK, dammit. Thread resurrection. Because I can.

Science fiction novels (2 or 3 books?). The protagonist is a woman from a rich family who, as a teenager sees a meteorite crash and gets scared about a "deep impact" type of even. As an adult she devotes her life--and family fortune--to preparing to meet this threat when it appears.

I can't remember the title or author. Well?? Bueller?

Griff · 11-25-2009, 07:17 AM

It sounds familiar but...

09-09-2007, 04:11 PM	#31
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I'm reading Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear and I can't put it down. I just looked it up on Amazon and found out that there's a sequel. Human reproduction, genetics, politics, and violence. A great story. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

09-09-2007, 09:30 PM	#36
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Beest likes Iain M Banks and Iain Banks (same author, one name for fantasy novels, the other more sci-fi, never remember which is which). I quite like them too, actually. Even though neither are "my genre". __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-10-2007, 12:29 AM	#38
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Be warned that Hamilton's Pandora's Star does not set a cracking pace. I have yet to see if Judas Unchained runs any quicker. Hamilton seems to write these five-hundred-page multideckers that move like Swedish cinema. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-10-2007, 12:37 AM	#40
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Been promising myself I should give Moby Dick a proper run through ever since Jeff Smith so convincingly raved about it in Bone. (Series of graphic novels. Deeper and more complex than most, and a big hit.) I recommend about any Zelazny, though I'd give the nod to his earlier Amber novels over his later. Perhaps it was that I was younger? His language has the sensibility of a poet's. For a Zelazny intro, hmm: try The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth. Collection of short stories that should tell you if you want more of the late Mr. Z. Oh: John Myers Myers' Silverlock. Older than it looks. Ya gotta like a story that starts with two men, shipwrecked, clinging to a floating yard, falling into conversation -- and each shortly concluding the other is a world-class bullshitter. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 09-10-2007 at 12:42 AM.

11-25-2009, 07:17 AM	#45
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It sounds familiar but... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-09-2007, 04:17 PM	#32
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I've read Darwin's Radio and the second novel... the second kinda' bogged down for me.

09-09-2007, 04:22 PM	#34
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	LOL!!!! Funny!

09-09-2007, 08:34 PM	#35
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I completely agree that #2 and #3 are worse, but if I remember correctly they do have more sex scenes. (Of course these days we have the internet... we don't have to plow through rotten novels for that.)

09-10-2007, 12:31 AM	#39
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	If it is a solid story with fleshed-out characters I'm ok with that. Moby Dick has been read once every two years for most of my life.

09-10-2007, 12:47 AM	#41
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks man! I will put them on the list.

11-24-2009, 08:02 PM	#44
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	OK, dammit. Thread resurrection. Because I can. Science fiction novels (2 or 3 books?). The protagonist is a woman from a rich family who, as a teenager sees a meteorite crash and gets scared about a "deep impact" type of even. As an adult she devotes her life--and family fortune--to preparing to meet this threat when it appears. I can't remember the title or author. Well?? Bueller?

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