On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:28:29AM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > IIRC, I didn't get much past that point myself, which is why I was > reluctant to suggest it . . .
I read all three, with liberal skimming over the boring parts in each one. Some characters viewpoints just weren't interesting, and some detailed passages were just too detailed.
I think 3 three could have been combined into one (losing about 2/3's of the pages of the trilogy) and it would have been stupendous novel.
As it was, I quite enjoyed them, and would recommend them, if you are comfortable with skimming/skipping over the slower parts.
I'll probably get back to them someday. OTOH, I'd be hesitant to suggest them to someone who apparently is not a big fan of hard SF in order to see how KSR handles terraforming, which was the particular question I had which began this thread.
I've read so many books over the years in which terraforming was a part of the plot that I'm having a hard time thinking of one or a few which I would recommend to such a person (by profession a geology professor), which is why I came to the list with the question. Has anyone thought of another, shorter work which would be good?
-- Ronn! :)
Almighty Ruler of the all, Whose Power extends to great and small, Who guides the stars with steadfast law, Whose least creation fills with awe, O grant thy mercy and thy grace, To those who venture into space.
(Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn)
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