http://www.literature-map.com/david+brin.html
You can use this map to find writers you might like to read. And what do you know? All around Brin are writers I like a lot. xponent Spelurking Maru rob ******************************************************** D Brin sez: >Some expected results... but also several different >misspellings of Michael Crichton, including one that's >closest in! For many years O.S. Card and I have been >"irked" by the massive overlap in our readership... >though my own "irk" is with a wry smile. All told? I >am rather pleased by the company I keep. The first thing I noted was *all* the "Killer Bees" present, plus notables such as Niven, Clarke, Heinlein, Pohl(twice), Vance, and Zelazny. You have a misspelled Neal Stephenson there too. Something of note is the page is not static, it changes somewhat with every visit. Iain Banks was on the page the first few times I visited but seems to have disappeared and i think I saw Stross there once too. One of the cooler items I see is Michael Chabon listed here. If anyone has not read "The Amazing Adventures Of Cavalier And Clay" you are missing out because it greatly deserves that Pulitzer it won. I started playing a game with myself using this website. Think of an author, one who is drasticly different from Brin. Frex: I can get to Brin from Stephen King in 2 clicks.(Clarke,Brin) I can get from Lovecraft to Brin in 2 clicks.(Banks,Brin) I can get from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Brin in 3 clicks.(Bradbury, Zelazny,Brin) The idea is to find the greatest degree of separation while using only the shortest possible paths. And you get to practice peer review!<G> xponent Not The Sites Intended Purpose Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
