tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573136768377847579.post109959694154882842..comments2023-12-28T17:51:10.368-06:00Comments on Spiral Galaxy Musings: Ruined, Ruined I Tell You!Karen Burnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16803309172414793939noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573136768377847579.post-37925572923429183012010-03-17T08:47:32.408-05:002010-03-17T08:47:32.408-05:00Tim - you are absolutely right; that's why I r...Tim - you are absolutely right; that's why I read both <i>Last and First Men</i> and <i>Starmaker</i> a few years ago! (I reviewed them on my old, now sadly defunct, website.) They were both amazing, I really loved them. I don't expect to have quite the same reaction to either <i>Odd John</i> or <i>Sirius</i>.Karen Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16803309172414793939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573136768377847579.post-14591797331123466022010-03-17T01:23:11.939-05:002010-03-17T01:23:11.939-05:00That should have been "although both have mom...That should have been "although both have moments of dry exposition."Tim Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057940001397928717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573136768377847579.post-24721680105338773842010-03-17T01:22:36.804-05:002010-03-17T01:22:36.804-05:00Odd John is important as an early Homo Superior no...<i>Odd John</i> is important as an early Homo Superior novel, but I think <i>Sirius</i> is somewhat better (although have moments of dry exposition). But <i>Last And First Men</i> and <i>Star Maker</i> are the motherlode--a sweeping future history of the Solar System and then the Galaxy that between them invented a huge fraction of common science fiction tropes. I think you might want to consider tackling those.Tim Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057940001397928717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573136768377847579.post-5571816845017383312010-03-16T21:50:09.816-05:002010-03-16T21:50:09.816-05:00I've read some Lovecraft short fiction, and I&...I've read some Lovecraft short fiction, and I'll be interested to see how he holds up at longer length.<br /><br />I *hope* to review all of those; but I've already skipped a few (the one I regret the most being George MacDonald's <i>Phantastes</i>.) But I'll try!Karen Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16803309172414793939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573136768377847579.post-57513742152505676912010-03-16T13:07:46.321-05:002010-03-16T13:07:46.321-05:00Lovecraft is great - I own the hardcover set of al...Lovecraft is great - I own the hardcover set of all his works. <br /><br />Looking forward to your reviews of those books.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com