Ok, introductions...
I used to lurk on the old Brin-L, but only ever posted on subjects related to Brin's stuff,
and that only a couple times. I did get chided by Brin himself once for asking too many
questions about how the Kiqui got on board Streaker in Infinity's shore. I absolutely
will not participate in online political discussions, which is why I just gave up on that
mailing list years ago.
I'm 34, a software engineer, married with two girls ages 3 and 5, and live near Boston,
Massachussetts, USA.
I've read pretty widely in science fiction, and Brin has been my favorite for a long time now.
It is not that I think he is perfect, or better than all the rest in any pure sense, but I find I think like
he does. Not in opinion necessarily (but often yes), but mostly in how he constructs
a multi-threaded tail such as Earth or any of the uplift books. I also enjoy the
balance of optimism and pessimism that he presents his ideas with. I once read
Steven Baxter's Titan, and I just didn't like it. It wasn't badly written, and the ideas
weren't all that bad, but it was so negative on the potential of humanity that I don't
really want to read it again. When Brin puts forth an idea, he lets the good and the bad
effects just spin off it and get hopelessly tangled. Writers who oversimplify, or worse who
deliberately take things to an extreme to make the particular point they want to make tend
to bore me.
Anyhow. Never put that into words before, but I figured it would be helpful in introducing
me.
Rob
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