tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post5557086364162258871..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: ...What I've Been ReadingRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-2749744201047146912011-09-12T04:53:19.925-04:002011-09-12T04:53:19.925-04:00I only last night learned that PTerry wrote Strata...I only last night learned that PTerry wrote Strata before COM, I thought he wrote it around the same time as the bromeliad three (Truckers Diggers Wings).<br /><br />I also learned that he's seriously into assisted suicide.<br /><br />*sigh*wrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102470737392693528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-49132084777748055362011-09-10T08:06:36.474-04:002011-09-10T08:06:36.474-04:00I would not pass Robinson up because his politics ...I would not pass Robinson up because his politics are unfortunate. He is a gifted writer and storyteller. I won't buy his books new, but I'll certainly buy them used.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-17273077035887960902011-09-09T18:21:53.839-04:002011-09-09T18:21:53.839-04:00O-kay, KS Robinson is off the list. Not that ther...O-kay, KS Robinson is off the list. Not that there's list, or he was ever on it. <br /><br />Anyway. Besides Kauai tour guides, I finally found the safe place I put my ebook reader during the move, so I had to--HAD to!!!--start <i>Tros of Samothrace</i> over again.<br />Darn.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-43518128680020494862011-09-09T11:47:17.938-04:002011-09-09T11:47:17.938-04:00For me the Mars series really went of f the rails ...For me the Mars series really went of f the rails in the "fourth" book.<br /><br />Where *spoiler* <br /><br /><br /><br />all the terraforming starts to be undone by the "will of Mars" and the character shrug their shoulders and act like that's a good thing.<br /><br /><br />The massive loss of life or that many many Martians would use all their power to try to reverse the process is simply ignored.<br /><br />I guess an early warning sign was in a previous book (if memory serves) when the Martian constitution is written up and guns are explicitly banned. And everyone (including all the terrorists and freedom fighters and those that simply want to be left alone) sagely nod about how that's good.<br /><br />Because, violently independent people that just fought two revolutions and are very worried about this new government would be more than happy to hand over their guns.The Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173903164209256926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-52606935855012091862011-09-09T09:15:17.725-04:002011-09-09T09:15:17.725-04:00I can be pretty forgiving if the story is good. R...I can be pretty forgiving if the story is good. Robinson lost me, however, during the Mars series. <br /><br />So we are terraforming Mars and starting to cool down Venus by the end, while Earth is having environmental disasters due to global warming. Why not terraform Earth? It never seems occur to any of the supposed geniuses in the book.Drakenoreply@blogger.com