Topic Actions

Topic Search

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 27 guests

Bowl of Heaven

For anyone who might want to have a side conversation...you're welcome here!
Bowl of Heaven
Post by Daryl   » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:23 am

Daryl
Fleet Admiral

Posts: 3562
Joined: Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:57 am
Location: Queensland Australia

I've just finished reading the first in a new hard SF series.

Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven.

I don't think it is a spoiler to say that it involves interstellar ramships and an artifact a bit like a mobile Ringworld. (Cupworld?)

The science is (as expected) well researched. Story line and characterisation are ok but a bit clunky after Weber, still well worth reading.

I do love big concepts, and they don't come much bigger than this
Top
Re: Bowl of Heaven
Post by TN4994   » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:46 pm

TN4994
Captain of the List

Posts: 404
Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:41 pm
Location: Apache County Arizona

Daryl wrote:I've just finished reading the first in a new hard SF series.

Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven.

I don't think it is a spoiler to say that it involves interstellar ramships and an artifact a bit like a mobile Ringworld. (Cupworld?)

The science is (as expected) well researched. Story line and characterisation are ok but a bit clunky after Weber, still well worth reading.

I do love big concepts, and they don't come much bigger than this

But the in-between wait, is decreasing our lifespans.
Not to mention tbe lost of dignity whe we begin begging for crumbs of the next book.
Top

Return to Free-Range Topics...