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Post by Bartwald on Apr 3, 2004 15:29:17 GMT -5
I bought it today 'cause the author's name was kind of encouraging, the plot revolves around the Anakin - Obi-Wan bond and the book was cheap.  Alright, what I want to know now is: is this stuff good by any chance? Or - if you haven't read it - is it known as a good piece in the Star Wars circles? The problem is that my heap of Books That Sound Interesting But May Turn Out Crap is constantly growing and without good encouragement I'm not sure how much time will pass 'til I finally open it. Thanks for any help! |
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Post by spacer on May 21, 2004 16:33:03 GMT -5
I want to help you definitely, but well wait a moment sorry I haven't read this book! ;D Let's try another way  Greg Bear is very well known to me but mainly because of the one book (no title as usual but this I should have memorized by heart) It is about the asteroid which suddenly appears in the sky just in the parking Earth orbit. Scientists naturally are exploring it but this is hindered a bit by the current political situation (it's about future whis is already out-of-date you know Soviets vs USA) and suddenly in this asteroid they discover the inner tunnel which is unfathomable and endless but in which they find a deserted city which is very similar to the human city. In reality it is almost identical save for some extra gadgets. You know another parallel dimention story. But why the hell I remember this book so well. ;D It holds still unbeaten record of my trial readings that is I tried many times through many years to pass through the beginning and I was always stuck in the middle of the beginning of course ;D But two years ago my struggle was concluded happily, I had finally read the whole thing. Well, as you can imagine the beginning is not very exciting but then the plot is O.K., at moments it is even very good. The second book by Bear was follow up story of Asimov's great Foundation saga. It was a blasphemy  I resented the most the way he twisted and misunderstood the original Asimov's plot, well I think he haven't done the homework and wrote the prequels very sloppily. That's all I know about him folks ;D |
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Post by Bartwald on May 22, 2004 1:47:37 GMT -5
Thanks, spacer!
I have already started reading 'Rogue Planet' and it's a toughie: Bear wanted to open it with a blast (i.e. another race Anakin takes part in), but then killed the tension and the pace with the overuse of high-tech vocabulary; the effect is, after a while you don't really know who is doing what, and what exactly the possible dangers are. But I'm going to keep going on with the story.
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Post by spacer on May 25, 2004 9:50:33 GMT -5
Thanks, spacer! I have already started reading 'Rogue Planet' and it's a toughie: Bear wanted to open it with a blast (i.e. another race Anakin takes part in), but then killed the tension and the pace with the overuse of high-tech vocabulary; the effect is, after a while you don't really know who is doing what, and what exactly the possible dangers are. Well, Bear is sometimes unbearable for the reader ;D |
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Post by Bartwald on May 25, 2004 9:59:43 GMT -5
Yes, now I can see he is... my dear - should have stayed away from Bear! Now I have to bear the cross... |
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Post by spacer on May 25, 2004 11:16:36 GMT -5
The more you suffer the more chances you'll be taken straight to Heaven. I mean Sci-fi Heaven ;D By the way the title of the book I wrote about previously is [glow=red,2,300]EON[/glow] |
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Post by spacer on Nov 24, 2004 1:43:17 GMT -5
I've got more data about Greg Bear as I started to read his next book. You might be surprised that I've desided so after my unfortunate experience with [glow=red,2,300]EON[/glow] but I thought that I should give him one more chance to evaluate him better. I've just started to read [glow=red,2,300]The Forge of God [/glow]. And it is quite different from the previous book.  It is much more exciting and readible, the plot grabs attention. Well, it isn't the best level but I'm satisfied and I can say that he can write a good book after all which isn't a suffering for a reader. |
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Post by spacer on Apr 13, 2005 1:59:19 GMT -5
I had a long pause in reading it, but I 've completed reading it just now at last.
The best part was the second half of the book, it was much more exciting, though the suspence was a bit different than usual. But it was nice to see in the end that no hero is shielded from the sudden death. Definitely the ending wasn't boring happy end. Though after the real ending there was an additional epilogue written to cast more optimism but I think it was an idea of an editor not the author. That was spoiling it a bit, without it it would be much more darker and mysterious. The suspens was really something like in Hitchcock. We know what is to happen but would this happen after all.??
My evaluation:
good quality with few exceptions
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Post by Bartwald on Apr 13, 2005 10:58:02 GMT -5
So sorry but this is one of the books I just couldn't finish. I was constantly falling out of the plot because of too many technical details about the spaceships and all. Not my cup.
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Post by spacer on Apr 25, 2005 2:03:46 GMT -5
I like technical details but they must be clear and intriguing to evoke vivid pictures in my mind.
I love when it is done using simple language without resorting to jargon or patter.
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