(urth) Other SF writers?

oblate777 at speakeasy.net oblate777 at speakeasy.net
Fri May 23 10:48:16 PDT 2008



On Fri May 23 13:26 , Adam Thornton <adam at io.com> sent:


>>> The best hard SF writer currently publishing right now is, IMO, Karl
>>> Schroeder, who deserves to be better-known than he is.  _Lady of  
>>> Mazes_ deserved a Hugo; it was head and shoulders against everything else  
>>> that year that was actually nominated.  His current series, Virga, is more
>>> adventure and less thoughtful, but is still becoming quite good as it
>>> develops.
>>
>> I'm in the middle of _Lady of Mazes_ right now and am very impressed
>> so far.  He reminds me of my choice for best hard SF writer: Ken
>> MacLeod.  I think his first two books, _Star Fraction_ and _Stone
>> Canal_are my favorites, and _Newton's Wake_ (which is probably the
>> closest in feel to _Lady of Mazes_), but everything he's written is
>> very good.
>
>The first Virga book didn't do much for me.  _Lady of Mazes_ was much  
>better.

I've been reading the Virga books and I must agree. However, my favorite 
Schroeder is still _Permanence_. Not only a great book in toto, but it 
also includes a chilling re-imagination of intellectual property in the
nano era.

rob t. (probably not related to adam but who knows?)



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