Lynn McGuire
2017-12-08 21:30:11 UTC
_Eon_ by Greg Bear
https://www.amazon.com/Eon-Greg-Bear/dp/0765380498/
Book number one of a three book space opera series. The series is also
apocalyptic (kinda). I read the well printed and excellent paper trade
paperback. I think that I am going to order the next book from Big
River but the $19 price is stopping me. I may order the "new" one on
Big River for $11 + $4 shipping instead. I have over 500 books in my SBR
Authors, stop dating your books ! Do not put hard dates in your books
unless they are over a 100 years out ! This book was first published in
1985 and has the "Little Death" in 1993 and the "Death" in 2005. Both
"deaths" are related to the usage of nuclear weapons on the Earth. I
guess that the book could now be looked as alternate history instead.
The book also talked about the Soviet Union past 1991 which was a little
grating. And tablets are called slates and usb drives are called bulk
memories in the book. Of course, not many people understood in the
1980s how much the internet was going to change things starting around 1995.
Overall, I like that book despite the dating problems and the underseen
technology. The universe is extremely rich and well thought out. The
death of the Earth is stupidly started which is just like real life.
Many of the details of the "potato" / asteroid expansion are not very
well explained that I can understand but that is not important to the story.
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (268 reviews)
Lynn
https://www.amazon.com/Eon-Greg-Bear/dp/0765380498/
Book number one of a three book space opera series. The series is also
apocalyptic (kinda). I read the well printed and excellent paper trade
paperback. I think that I am going to order the next book from Big
River but the $19 price is stopping me. I may order the "new" one on
Big River for $11 + $4 shipping instead. I have over 500 books in my SBR
Authors, stop dating your books ! Do not put hard dates in your books
unless they are over a 100 years out ! This book was first published in
1985 and has the "Little Death" in 1993 and the "Death" in 2005. Both
"deaths" are related to the usage of nuclear weapons on the Earth. I
guess that the book could now be looked as alternate history instead.
The book also talked about the Soviet Union past 1991 which was a little
grating. And tablets are called slates and usb drives are called bulk
memories in the book. Of course, not many people understood in the
1980s how much the internet was going to change things starting around 1995.
Overall, I like that book despite the dating problems and the underseen
technology. The universe is extremely rich and well thought out. The
death of the Earth is stupidly started which is just like real life.
Many of the details of the "potato" / asteroid expansion are not very
well explained that I can understand but that is not important to the story.
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (268 reviews)
Lynn