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James Nicoll
2025-01-01 15:43:20 UTC
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Meetpoint

A tour of the works of SFWA Grand Master C. J. Cherryh.

jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/meetpoint


The Realized World

A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-realized-world

Not sure if I will include his historical novels or not.
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Titus G
2025-01-02 03:56:24 UTC
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Is that means I have space to start stuff.
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The Realized World
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-realized-world
Not sure if I will include his historical novels or not.
I enjoyed his Dread Empire's Fall series with the third book the best.
The Accidental War, Praxis 1, was good but Fleet Elements disappointing
with much redundancy and similarity to Dread Empire's Fall.
Quillifer did not appeal to me at all but Metropolitan and City on Fire
were brilliant four star reads. I do not remember the poster(s) but I am
sure he was recommended to me here.
Tony Nance
2025-01-02 20:12:10 UTC
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Is that means I have space to start stuff.
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Post by James Nicoll
The Realized World
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-realized-world
Not sure if I will include his historical novels or not.
I enjoyed his Dread Empire's Fall series with the third book the best.
The Accidental War, Praxis 1, was good but Fleet Elements disappointing
with much redundancy and similarity to Dread Empire's Fall.
Quillifer did not appeal to me at all but Metropolitan and City on Fire
were brilliant four star reads. I do not remember the poster(s) but I am
sure he was recommended to me here.
With the exception of Quillifer (which I have not read), my WJW
experience matches yours very well. As such, I highly recommend Aristoi
(a stand-alone).

Tony
Titus G
2025-01-07 03:53:11 UTC
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Post by James Nicoll
Is that means I have space to start stuff.
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Post by James Nicoll
The Realized World
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-realized-world
Not sure if I will include his historical novels or not.
I enjoyed his Dread Empire's Fall series with the third book the best.
The Accidental War, Praxis 1, was good but Fleet Elements disappointing
with much redundancy and similarity to Dread Empire's Fall.
Quillifer did not appeal to me at all but Metropolitan and City on Fire
were brilliant four star reads. I do not remember the poster(s) but I am
sure he was recommended to me here.
With the exception of Quillifer (which I have not read), my WJW
experience matches yours very well. As such, I highly recommend Aristoi
(a stand-alone).
I got a copy the last time you recommended it but didn't get very far
being annoyed with difficult names and honorifics as well as a lot
of awkward unexplained names of procedures based on multiple
personalities inclusive of demons and communications.
This time, it wasn't till I was about half way through that I started to
appreciate and understand what was going on. The already negative
attitude didn't entirely disappear but the story and the responsibility
of "gods" became a lot more interesting. I was surprised with the
completely different perspective and content compared to his space
operas and Metropolitan to the extent that they seem to be written by
different authors.
Esoteric medical terminology, (cricothyroidostomy), weird mental powers,
(swadhishatana chakra), complex musical terminology, (isorythmic
polyphony) and the nature of the oneirochronic world slowed reading and
also confused me. 3 stars but I suspect that with a reread it might hit
4 because I would have a better understanding whilst rereading the first
half. Thank you.
Tony Nance
2025-01-08 00:46:37 UTC
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Is that means I have space to start stuff.
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Post by James Nicoll
The Realized World
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-realized-world
Not sure if I will include his historical novels or not.
I enjoyed his Dread Empire's Fall series with the third book the best.
The Accidental War, Praxis 1, was good but Fleet Elements disappointing
with much redundancy and similarity to Dread Empire's Fall.
Quillifer did not appeal to me at all but Metropolitan and City on Fire
were brilliant four star reads. I do not remember the poster(s) but I am
sure he was recommended to me here.
With the exception of Quillifer (which I have not read), my WJW
experience matches yours very well. As such, I highly recommend Aristoi
(a stand-alone).
I got a copy the last time you recommended it but didn't get very far
being annoyed with difficult names and honorifics as well as a lot
of awkward unexplained names of procedures based on multiple
personalities inclusive of demons and communications.
This time, it wasn't till I was about half way through that I started to
appreciate and understand what was going on. The already negative
attitude didn't entirely disappear but the story and the responsibility
of "gods" became a lot more interesting. I was surprised with the
completely different perspective and content compared to his space
operas and Metropolitan to the extent that they seem to be written by
different authors.
Esoteric medical terminology, (cricothyroidostomy), weird mental powers,
(swadhishatana chakra), complex musical terminology, (isorythmic
polyphony) and the nature of the oneirochronic world slowed reading and
also confused me. 3 stars but I suspect that with a reread it might hit
4 because I would have a better understanding whilst rereading the first
half. Thank you.
Ah - apologies that I did not remember already recommending it to you.
Glad it went better for you this time.

It is indeed an interesting contrast with his space operas and Metropolitan.

Tony

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2025-01-02 04:18:36 UTC
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Is that means I have space to start stuff.
The Realized World
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some hope-filled
inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan series. It's too bad
that didn't come about.


Brian
James Nicoll
2025-01-02 04:51:07 UTC
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Is that means I have space to start stuff.
The Realized World
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some hope-filled
inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan series. It's too bad
that didn't come about.
He mentioned it on his blog as recently as 2022.
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Default User
2025-01-02 06:49:29 UTC
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Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some
hope-filled inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan
series. It's too bad that didn't come about.
He mentioned it on his blog as recently as 2022.
I thought I had heard something recently, so before posting I checked
to see if any new book was out or in the works. I didn't find anything,
so I figured I hadn't got it right. I'd be happy to have something yet
come about. I'm thinking about getting the first two for rereads.


Brian
The Horny Goat
2025-01-03 23:08:50 UTC
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Post by James Nicoll
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some hope-filled
inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan series. It's too bad
that didn't come about.
I never saw those but one of the big names (Jerry Pournelle?) used to
write in alt.sysadmin.recovery - back when my main hard drive was 120
mb :)
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2025-01-04 04:55:07 UTC
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 04:18:36 -0000 (UTC), "Default User"
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Post by James Nicoll
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some
hope-filled inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan
series. It's too bad that didn't come about.
I never saw those but one of the big names (Jerry Pournelle?) used to
write in alt.sysadmin.recovery - back when my main hard drive was 120
mb :)
There were some authors that would participate in RASWF back in the
day. Dorothy of course, but she was out of the game by the time I came
around. Lawrence (don't call me Larry) Watt-Evans was prominent for
quite some time. Ryk E. Spoor AKA Sea Wasp was a group member before
becoming an author, as I recall.

No doubt I'm forgetting some.


Brian
Ted Nolan <tednolan>
2025-01-04 05:01:16 UTC
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 04:18:36 -0000 (UTC), "Default User"
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Post by James Nicoll
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some
hope-filled inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan
series. It's too bad that didn't come about.
I never saw those but one of the big names (Jerry Pournelle?) used to
write in alt.sysadmin.recovery - back when my main hard drive was 120
mb :)
There were some authors that would participate in RASWF back in the
day. Dorothy of course, but she was out of the game by the time I came
around. Lawrence (don't call me Larry) Watt-Evans was prominent for
quite some time. Ryk E. Spoor AKA Sea Wasp was a group member before
becoming an author, as I recall.
No doubt I'm forgetting some.
Brian
Eric Flint would drop in from time to time for a couple of years(?).
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Robert Woodward
2025-01-04 05:50:58 UTC
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 04:18:36 -0000 (UTC), "Default User"
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Post by James Nicoll
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some
hope-filled inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan
series. It's too bad that didn't come about.
I never saw those but one of the big names (Jerry Pournelle?) used to
write in alt.sysadmin.recovery - back when my main hard drive was 120
mb :)
There were some authors that would participate in RASWF back in the
day. Dorothy of course, but she was out of the game by the time I came
around. Lawrence (don't call me Larry) Watt-Evans was prominent for
quite some time. Ryk E. Spoor AKA Sea Wasp was a group member before
becoming an author, as I recall.
No doubt I'm forgetting some.
Brian
Eric Flint would drop in from time to time for a couple of years(?).
IIRC, Jo Walton posted here from time to time.
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Tony Nance
2025-01-04 17:37:28 UTC
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Post by James Nicoll
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some
hope-filled inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan
series. It's too bad that didn't come about.
I never saw those but one of the big names (Jerry Pournelle?) used to
write in alt.sysadmin.recovery - back when my main hard drive was 120
mb :)
There were some authors that would participate in RASWF back in the
day. Dorothy of course, but she was out of the game by the time I came
around. Lawrence (don't call me Larry) Watt-Evans was prominent for
quite some time. Ryk E. Spoor AKA Sea Wasp was a group member before
becoming an author, as I recall.
No doubt I'm forgetting some.
Brian
Eric Flint would drop in from time to time for a couple of years(?).
IIRC, Jo Walton posted here from time to time.
As did Lois McMaster Bujold, Steve Miller, Matthew Hughes, and even
Damon Knight, way back when (with 1-2 annoying habits, iirc).

Tony
Ahasuerus
2025-01-04 17:51:53 UTC
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 04:18:36 -0000 (UTC), "Default User"
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Post by James Nicoll
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some
hope-filled inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan
series. It's too bad that didn't come about.
I never saw those but one of the big names (Jerry Pournelle?) used to
write in alt.sysadmin.recovery - back when my main hard drive was 120
mb :)
There were some authors that would participate in RASWF back in the
day. Dorothy of course, but she was out of the game by the time I came
around. Lawrence (don't call me Larry) Watt-Evans was prominent for
quite some time. Ryk E. Spoor AKA Sea Wasp was a group member before
becoming an author, as I recall.
No doubt I'm forgetting some.
Eric Flint would drop in from time to time for a couple of years(?).
IIRC, Jo Walton posted here from time to time.
As did Lois McMaster Bujold, Steve Miller, Matthew Hughes, and even
Damon Knight, way back when (with 1-2 annoying habits, iirc).
Joel Rosenberg, S.M. Stirling and Will Shetterly were frequent
contributors during the 1990s-2000s. Many other authors stopped by
occasionally: Susan Shwartz, John Christopher, William Tenn, Mike
Resnick, etc.
William Hyde
2025-01-04 18:05:45 UTC
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 04:18:36 -0000 (UTC), "Default User"
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Post by James Nicoll
A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
Back in the day, WJW used to post to RASFW. There were some
hope-filled inquires about at third book in the Metropolitan
series. It's too bad that didn't come about.
I never saw those but one of the big names (Jerry Pournelle?) used to
write in alt.sysadmin.recovery - back when my main hard drive was 120
mb :)
There were some authors that would participate in RASWF back in the
day. Dorothy of course, but she was out of the game by the time I came
around. Lawrence (don't call me Larry) Watt-Evans was prominent for
quite some time. Ryk E. Spoor AKA Sea Wasp was a group member before
becoming an author, as I recall.
No doubt I'm forgetting some.
Brian
Eric Flint would drop in from time to time for a couple of years(?).
IIRC, Jo Walton posted here from time to time.
As did Lois McMaster Bujold, Steve Miller, Matthew Hughes, and even
Damon Knight, way back when (with 1-2 annoying habits, iirc).
John Christopher posted here for a short time.

William Hyde
The Horny Goat
2025-01-05 19:28:54 UTC
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As did Lois McMaster Bujold, Steve Miller, Matthew Hughes, and even
Damon Knight, way back when (with 1-2 annoying habits, iirc).
One of the few regrets of the last 10 years was ditching the issue of
Analog (or was it Asimov's? I was getting both at the time) that
contained the first Miles novella....
Scott Dorsey
2025-01-04 18:14:20 UTC
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I never saw those but one of the big names (Jerry Pournelle?) used to
write in alt.sysadmin.recovery - back when my main hard drive was 120
mb :)
BIX was gatewayed to Usenet for a while and so a number of the Byte
Magazine authors appeared on usenet through BIX. Some were polite
and informative.
--scott
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