tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post85835458737721083..comments2024-03-29T07:34:18.331-04:00Comments on Fantasy Book Critic: "The Clockwork Rocket" by Greg Egan (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu)Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-67303886177479088672011-09-14T22:52:58.168-04:002011-09-14T22:52:58.168-04:00I see what you are saying about The Gods Themselve...I see what you are saying about The Gods Themselves but here it is different - there they meld, here they split; this results in vastly different cultures.<br /><br />The biology of the aliens is one the things I really look forward to see explored in the enxt installment since the questions of the role of the father, of why there are always (with the rare exceptions of singles like Yalda) exactly two pairs of two, how the math works and they do not get into geometric overpopulation,etc are hinted vaguely but the series clearly moves towards that; this book is in a way the physics and a little of the chemistry of the universe...Liviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-50509476250883836052011-09-14T22:40:39.170-04:002011-09-14T22:40:39.170-04:00I'll try and check this out. I'm surprised...I'll try and check this out. I'm surprised you didn't reference Asimov's <i>The Gods Themselves</i> since that is the canonical example of aliens who form single identities from multiple life forms.<br /><br />I'm a huge fan of Alastair Reynolds, but threw away <i>Accelerando</i> after a few chapters as unreadable.Ron Buckmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211462727803455291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-87152635596671356752011-07-18T03:54:35.144-04:002011-07-18T03:54:35.144-04:00Currently $3.99 in US Kindle store.Currently $3.99 in US Kindle store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-12122249463888690962011-07-12T11:08:03.870-04:002011-07-12T11:08:03.870-04:00Nope; Alastair Reynolds is the other sf writer tha...Nope; Alastair Reynolds is the other sf writer that truly knows his s in sf; Watts is very good in his biology, no question about it, but I am thinking here of the big natural philosophy picture in the style of say Roger Penrose Road to RealityLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-14204178798718040722011-07-12T01:40:00.689-04:002011-07-12T01:40:00.689-04:00Who is the other one beside Egan, Peter Watts, or ...Who is the other one beside Egan, Peter Watts, or Stross in his Accelerando mode?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com