tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post116114800329972837..comments2023-10-15T23:55:58.457+08:00Comments on THE GRIN WITHOUT A CAT: banzai cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1161942171797599392006-10-27T17:42:00.000+08:002006-10-27T17:42:00.000+08:00Haha actually quite right about Adam Roberts as on...Haha actually quite right about Adam Roberts as one of his books is also on my to-read pile, including Ken Macleod, Ian MacDonald and Cory Doctorow (okay, the last one ent British but still...).<BR/><BR/>Alas, am currently overloaded at the moment so they're a bit down the road at the mo.banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1161939490296670462006-10-27T16:58:00.000+08:002006-10-27T16:58:00.000+08:00>>I figured I have to give all the upcoming new Br...>>I figured I have to give all the upcoming new British SF writers out there a try.<BR/><BR/>Adam Roberts! Adam Roberts!<BR/><BR/><BR/>I quite enjoyed Chasm City, actually, it felt very like a typically convolutued Van Vogt plot, refracted through a prism of post-cyberpunk crystalline muck. His other books, as Eldritch says, feel much more substantial, plot wise.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544406500208399638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1161937228327488192006-10-27T16:20:00.000+08:002006-10-27T16:20:00.000+08:00skinny: Whoops! Where did your comment come from? ...skinny: Whoops! Where did your comment come from? This is what I get for waiting to answer too long but unfortunately, I can't get my brain to work properly. Looks like you and eld ain't only the ones. <BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I figured that 'smart' = 'clever' but yeah, what you said. On the other hand, meself I place an automatic trust on the narrator unless given warning and Tanner's banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1161936672822749052006-10-27T16:11:00.000+08:002006-10-27T16:11:00.000+08:00eldritch: Hehe sorry about that. I've been trying ...eldritch: Hehe sorry about that. I've been trying to post a picture of the book cover; unfortunately, blogger isn't cooperating.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, like you, I was also using the stand-alone Chasm City as a jump-off point into Reynolds' writings. I suppose my main complaint is that the story was rather ambitious in its approach though I do appreciate Reynolds' effort in telling the story. And yes, banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1161936242958590492006-10-27T16:04:00.000+08:002006-10-27T16:04:00.000+08:00bc: er, me, i wasn't bothered by chasm city 'being...bc: er, me, i wasn't bothered by chasm city 'being smart'. i mean, reynolds creates smart SF, but i don't think it's the same thing as what you mean with this post. i may be wrong, but i think what you mean is it was 'too clever for its own good.'<BR/><BR/>then again, me, i didn't find it very 'clever', either, being pretty straightforward when you think about it. guess it stems from my reading skinnyblackcladdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836363711931295356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1161917235730095042006-10-27T10:47:00.000+08:002006-10-27T10:47:00.000+08:00I always wondered if Reynolds' stuff was good. I'...I always wondered if Reynolds' stuff was good. I've read the first few pages of "Revelation Space" and thought it was interesting enough, but have had way too many books pile up (you know how that goes) for me to consider buying it.Mahesh Raj Mohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12162547982406411283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-1161894790677303232006-10-27T04:33:00.000+08:002006-10-27T04:33:00.000+08:00I've been skipping this entry...until I saw that i...I've been skipping this entry...until I saw that it was actually a review of <I>Chasm City</I> and not <I>The Prestige</I>.<BR/><BR/>I'm not quite sure I understand what your (main) problem with <I>Chasm City</I> was, so feel free to clarify things for me. My brain is fuzzy and oversaturated with final requirements.<BR/><BR/>From what I can understand, the novel didn't draw you in, perhaps Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230929139934305168noreply@blogger.com