![]() The odd tone of the prologue vanished (later I came to understand it… still hate it, but understand it), and I was left discovering an enthralling universe filled with odd aliens and a very small cast of humans. The good news is that the next 80 pages were completely fascinating. But I had made promises, and I keep my promises at least 50% of the time. I wanted to put the book down and go read some James Barclay. ![]() Honestly I was prepared to be totally let down, but I pressed on so that I could give a newbie’s view on the novel.įirst impression? I read the prologue and absolutely hated it. See what all the fuss is about.” After all, A FIRE UPON THE DEEP is considered one of THE classics in SF. He had just sent me his review for Vinge’s THE CHILDREN OF THE SKY, and I thought, “Hmm. Likewise my good reviewer, Shawn, was a bit surprised at this glaring hole in my reading background. A week later I had a copy in my PO Box from that same publicist. I happened to mention to a publicist at Tor that I hadn’t read the Vernor Vinge classic, and he freaked out. I’m sure tabloids are going crazy somewhere. ![]() ![]() That’s why I let my reviewer, Shawn, handle most SF novels that are sent to me.Īnyway, back to my startling revelation. Every now-and-then I find an SF novel that I really enjoy, but it just isn’t my thing. In general, I think most writers of SF are far more interested in showing how intelligent they are rather than telling a good story. The thing is, and I’ve mentioned this before, I’m not a big SF reader. I had never read A FIRE UPON THE DEEP ( Amazon) until now. ![]()
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