Every half-decade or so, I try to read Vinge's Fire Upon The Deep.
I got twenty pages in this time. I guess I'll try it again in a few years when the feeling of distaste isn't so strong and someone recommends it strongly again.
I dislike Vinge's style of writing so much. I've read some of his other works, and it always seems like work to read.
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That's too bad. I really enjoyed that one.
ReplyDeleteGood!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of zones of thought, of ancient evils in computational matrixes, of hive mind dogs. That's all real cool.
I just can't stand the style.
Also: Were you at Dreamation? I didn't see you!
I didn't make it to Dreamation!
ReplyDeleteA Deepness In the Sky is even better, and works as a standalone novel, but if you don't like his writing it probably won't help.
Oh, gosh! I'm sorry I wasn't able to find room for you!
ReplyDeleteComing to Nerdly?
Probably not going to Nerdly, but we'll see.
ReplyDeleteI dug the first one, couldn't finish the second one. I liked Rainbow's End which is much lighter.
ReplyDeleteI find that Vinge tends to have at least three extremely distinct writing styles for each book, at least one of which doesn’t show up until halfway through.
ReplyDeleteI’ve known people who couldn’t slog through the first half of Deepness in the Sky to get to the parts I was sure they’d like — and I’ve known people who were completely turned off by the genre shifts in the middle, going from a novel that was great to one they were slogging through.
I second Rainbow’s End, but then, I loved all three of them.
Once I got past the religious faith in free market capitalism, I enjoyed both those books quite a bit. I agree that Deepness is probably a better book.
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