Matt Grimaldi wrote: > Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > �You may decide for yourself whether my opinion on Brin > > books is worth anything or not from the fact that my > > favorite book set in the Uplift universe is still _Sundiver_. > > Sundiver is a bit of a style anomaly in the Uplift series, > the only mystery novel set in the Uplift universe. Now that > I say that, I'm beginning to see some possible Larry Niven > influences in that novel. Also, as an early Brin novel, you > can see some of where his current writing style came from. > It's a decent mystery novel, but it's probably near the bottom of his books for me. When the subject of books to reada comes up outside Brin-L, I usually suggest SR and TUW as the first ones to read, then to go back to Sundiver as a sort of prequel.
What's interesting, and something we talked about briefly, is that he's returned to the mystery novel, in a way, with Kiln People. Jim ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
