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Scott Laz
Posted 2016-05-23 11:31 AM (#13612 - in reply to #12424)
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Location: Gunnison, Colorado		Weesam: I have liked the little Greg Bear I've read: Queen of Angels, Slant, and Eon, though to me they represent a trend from the mid-'80s onward that I don't particularly appreciate--the tendency of SF novels to grow in length so that they often seem to be "overstuffed" with ideas. (Eon especially represents this trend, though Bear manages to pull it off well in that case.) I wonder if this was due to a perceived demand for "epicness" in response to the growing popularity of epic fantasy. The most memorable Bear stories for me, though, are the two novellas "Blood Music" and "Hardfought".

Tim Powers I've always wanted to read but still haven't gotten to. Any writer who hung out with Philip K. Dick is at least worth consideration! I hope to get to Medusa's Web this year.

Your comment on McDevitt verifies my impression (based on no good evidence) that he has found a vein to mine which his fans enjoy, but which he doesn't much stray from. (This is how I look at Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion fantasies, which I've read a bunch of now. I enjoy them a lot, but there's definitely a sameness to them.) Is there a standout McDevitt novel that could be recommended to someone who only wants to read one book?

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