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Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote: OUCH! That must have hurt a certain author! I haven't read _Titan_, but I guess now I'll just have to. I mean, if a book gets a review like *that*... It's a well-written book, with a lot of cool ideas, but it's also just about the most depressing SF book I've ever read. __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com [Sponsored by:] _ The newest lyrics on the Net! http://lyrics.astraweb.com Click NOW!
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Kristin A. Ruhle wrote: I used to be on the old list before it turned into nothing but political issues and sports scores (and that was before the Iraqi war set the USA so apart from many other nations.) What I miss from before is discussion of not only sf works but science and philosophy. Also how about the works of the other Killer Bees? Hi Kristin, I don't think I was very active over there before you left. The other list still discusses (or again discusses?) science and philosophy, and there's even a discussion of _Earth_ that's supposed to start this weekend. But there are *definitely* lots of political issues still discussed, although not so much sports anymore. Reggie Bautista _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail [Sponsored by:] _ The newest lyrics on the Net! http://lyrics.astraweb.com Click NOW!
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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 [Sponsored by:] _ The newest lyrics on the Net! http://lyrics.astraweb.com Click NOW!
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At Stardate 20030529.0352, Bryon Daly wrote: Hello. I'm a regular over on the other brin-l and thought I'd stop by to say hi and check out Jeroen's new list. With 3 children under 3 (including a new infant) I'm really not sure I have the time to follow two lists regularly, but here I am, for now anyway. Welcome! :-) I'm 34, a software engineer, married with two girls ages 3 and 5, and live near Boston, Massachussetts, USA. Funny - that goes for me also, except for 3 kids instead of 2: I'm 34, software eng, Boston area. Hm. So many similarities. Are you *absolutely sure* that Robert Powell isn't just your alter ego? GRIN At first, with the mention of the negativity about humanity, I thought you mistakenly meant John Varley's Titan/Wizard/Demon trilogy, which I'd describe in a very similar way. (I found it quite depressing.) Then I checked online, and found this funny review excerpt for Baxter's Titan: BTW, folks would better off dipping their heads in a bucket of liquid N2 and battering them against a tree very very hard than reading Baxter's Titan. It would not surprise me if reading that book causes birth defects. ... This is the sort of book that justifies fatwahs. If WWIII occured right now, we could die happy knowing Baxter would never write again. If a dinosaur killing asteroid was headed for Earth and I knew Baxter had another book coming up, I would campaign for letting the rock hit, since it is obviously the work of a benovelent deity trying to save us from another Titan. -- James Nicoll, rec.arts.sf.written, 1998 OUCH! That must have hurt a certain author! I haven't read _Titan_, but I guess now I'll just have to. I mean, if a book gets a review like *that*... Jeroen van Baardwijk _ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com [Sponsored by:] _ The newest lyrics on the Net! http://lyrics.astraweb.com Click NOW!
