--- Ray Ludenia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jan Coffey wrote:
>
> > Look in at the members page, I'm the guy "hovering over Greg Benford ;-)"
> > Seems I was so thrilled to meet him I followed him around like a puppy
> asking
> > silly questions just to be communicating with "the man".
>
> GB was a most impressive guest of honour at Aussiecon a few years ago.
> (Thanks again for the ticket, Julia). He spent many hours on many panels,
> and was very approachable in the corridors. He put up with talking to a
> small group of us over a cuppa for over an hour. Talked about some of the
> stuff he was working on (physics-wise). Apparently he used to put in a
> couple of hours on physics when he got back to his hotel room at night.
> Certainly had stamina.
>
> Just finished "Furious Gulf". Can't say it really grabbed me.
>
Wow! really? I have read and re-read all of the "center" Novels and still
can't get enough. Every other sci-fi is compared to these books. I privatly
have the "center" scale. It it's good enough to be files in the "center" of
the bookshelf next to GB then it's a better book than those which are out on
the edges.
Other books you would find spiraling outwards from "the center" include
_chiller_ by Sterling Blake, _Manifold_ series from Stephen Baxter, Brin,
Bear, Asimov, Dick, Clark, Stephenson, Sterling, Rucker, Brunner ...remember
their are 4 directions in which to go <^v> out so the linear order isn't that
important.
If you havent read Sailing Bright Eternity it really ties the whole thing
together. I remember when I was reading it I kept singing an Ozzy song (I
know but, well it was on the radio all the time...and I like the music
...anyway)
"who can we get on the case? we need Nigel Walmsley again" - "Someowne to put
you in place, we need Nigel Walmsley again"
Jan
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