tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post6647877703776946776..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Gregory Benford: Sailing Bright Eternity, Galactic Center Book 6Fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-17081795318264059682013-05-19T21:23:12.455-07:002013-05-19T21:23:12.455-07:00Wallfly,
I'm glad you enjoyed my comments on ...Wallfly,<br /><br />I'm glad you enjoyed my comments on the series. I think it is one of the great achievements in SF. Benford has much to be proud of here. <br /><br />I am planning on doing a third reading some time in the near future. There's so much I suspect that I missed the first two times around.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-30574421727882779062013-03-22T21:24:01.677-07:002013-03-22T21:24:01.677-07:00Fred,
I started GC by reading the first book and ...Fred, <br />I started GC by reading the first book and then somehow skipping the second (until much later). Great Sky River was something of a revelation to me, it was stylistic tour de force, I thought Benford has upped his game from Timescape etc. I found the saga of the Bishops transporting and compelling, describing a transhuman society with the sufficient (but not excessive) amount of detail to make it both comprehensible and vertiginously exotic. (And I think I've become much more selective in SF reading over the years, Ian Banks is fav but I am still awed by Benford's achievement). But I am glad to have stumbled on to this review because it confirms my feelings about GC. Thanks.Wallflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852136998154262919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-67581936888020314532012-06-12T11:15:31.973-07:002012-06-12T11:15:31.973-07:00Fred:
Yep, same Gregory. Can email me at
xbenford...Fred:<br /><br />Yep, same Gregory. Can email me at<br />xbenford@gmail.com<br /><br />Hartwell's still interested, too.<br /><br />Ever go to a con? & where do you live?Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507537950789426671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-5165750213906592482011-09-19T16:10:31.483-07:002011-09-19T16:10:31.483-07:00Gregory,
How do I get in touch with you?
Are you...Gregory,<br /><br />How do I get in touch with you?<br /><br />Are you the same Gregory who commented last year with the label of Anonymous and then signed in as Gregory?Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-27023208906921046852011-09-19T13:11:30.508-07:002011-09-19T13:11:30.508-07:00I talked to Hartwell about your analysis of the se...I talked to Hartwell about your analysis of the series. He's very interested and would like to see anything you have, even just the whole string comments book by book. He can help you shape it; best editor I ever had.Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507537950789426671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-74237713252841611282010-06-13T07:40:32.187-07:002010-06-13T07:40:32.187-07:00Rab,
Thank you for the kind words. They are appr...Rab,<br /><br />Thank you for the kind words. They are appreciated. <br /><br />As I mentioned earlier, the series is scheduled for a reread in a year or so.<br /><br />I'd enjoy reading your comments when you start reading them.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-32885267700695355002010-06-12T23:28:19.808-07:002010-06-12T23:28:19.808-07:00A much-belated comment here -- by more than a mont...A much-belated comment here -- by more than a month! -- but having only just found my way here recently, I have to say your insightful posts on Benford's Galactic Center series are, collectively, the finest examination of those books I've ever read. Honestly, you make me want to pull them off my shelf and reread the whole series right now! And I'll probably end up doing just that within the coming month. Thanks for reminding me how much I liked them, and reminding me that it was time to get reacquainted.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-91195098083866173762010-05-17T09:07:11.127-07:002010-05-17T09:07:11.127-07:00Gregory,
Thanks for the offer of assistance and f...Gregory,<br /><br />Thanks for the offer of assistance and for the suggestion. But, to be honest, revising it into a critical essay would be beyond me right now. <br /><br />However, I will keep your suggestion in mind, in case I change my mind.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-72925771891098766292010-05-16T10:31:26.756-07:002010-05-16T10:31:26.756-07:00Thought occurs:
Shape these entries on the novels...Thought occurs:<br /><br />Shape these entries on the novels into a critical essay, and send it to NEW YORK REVIEW OF SF. Hartwell is looking for just this sort of close reading.<br /><br />I'd be happy to read it and comment in draft.<br /><br />GregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-87090326777783986292010-05-15T10:38:35.942-07:002010-05-15T10:38:35.942-07:00WCG,
Thanks for the kind words.
What surprises...WCG,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words. <br /><br />What surprises me is that although I had always considered Benford's Galactic Center works to be one of the best SF series ever written, I hadn't realized just how good it really is. <br /><br />My commentaries just barely scratched the surface. I haven't even mentioned the action sequences, which are as good as any I had read, or the various alien life forms found in the novels, many of which are among the most bizarre I've ever encountered in almost six decades of reading SF.<br /><br />I'm already planning on a reread in a few years. I've replaced my pb copies, which were falling apart, with hb editions, which should survive a couple of rereadings.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-90542486710677075942010-05-15T09:40:52.925-07:002010-05-15T09:40:52.925-07:00Great review, Fred.Great review, Fred.Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.com