--- 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 ===== _________________________________________________ Jan William Coffey _________________________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l