[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Another thing -- does Vinge have a fixation on Pham Nuwen, the "hero to match and
>best all heroes"?
Well, it was a prequel to FutD, but Vinge isn't that widely read, so he has to make
the book stand alone - the result is a lot of time defining how he came to be who he
is. Also, Nau's opinion of Nuwen is very important in shaping events, so we need to
know some of the reason for that too.
Don't forget his intention for Focus for most of the book removes some of the heroic
status (I think that doesn't give anything away unless you've read it?, my apologies
if it did)
Overall, I liked it. The anthropomorphising of the spiders is in large part because
Sherkaner has goals which are so similar to our own, rather than because all spiders
are human-like.
Russell Chapman
Brisbane Australia
