I love Sundiver. I've read it to bits (literally). I feel it's the only Brin novel that has a proper well thought through ending. Of the ones I've read that is, so I wouldn't know for killn people. I'm afraid it'll probably be another year before that is on the shelves here.
Sonja "M. Malmkvist" wrote: > --------------------------------------- > Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > > 9You 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I'd say The Uplift War, but then I've only read the first three novels, as > the rest aren't available in Denmark. *sigh* > Malmkvist
