Jeffrey Miller- >How was it? I've been avoiding Brin lately (gasp!) as the last 2 I read, Sundiver and >Practice Effect, I found to be.. well, not my favorite books ever. Not bad, per se, >just not so great. Hearing what little I have about KP, I'm worried its an Saturday >Night Live book - takes a neat premise and goes too far with it.
Avoiding Brin? Well, ok, Practice Effect could be considered "lighter" on the "sink your teeth into a big juicy Brin scale", but there is a great "meaty" side of that scale not to ignore. I remember thinking that Sundiver was just an appetizer to Uplift, but I read Startide and Uplift War first. The list is one way that I try and figure out what books to read, based on members who seem to have similar tastes, etc (and Wednesday chat recs). Brin has some wide writing diversity, at it's simplest/very gross representation- Brin does physics, Brin deals with sociology, etc all the way to Brin does mystery. Sure they are all scifi, but he can move between worlds in many ways. If you read KILN people from a "story" perspective it is good, if you look at things based on all the "roles" and personalities we have and how we integrate all those "selves" it can really be fun. As much as the ending is not my favorite, he explores some of the ways our "roles"/"selves" seek to make order of things/metaphysics. Again, depends on what you like, which Brin to read to get the biggest mindful- plenty of people around to help you pick. One of the things that I like about Brin is that even when the story seems simple, you have to appreciate the work/effort that went into it when you look back on them- riding down the road I often find myself chewing on something that I read weeks earlier. Dee catching up on mail slowly _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
