Eon
by Greg Bear
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Read in July, 2008
Eon starts out a little off kilter and ends in a completely different universe. It's a long journey (and a long book), but also a fun, fast ride.
Greg Bear's story, written in the early '80s, is set in 2005. Bear didn't foresee the Challenger explosion or the dissolution of the Soviet Union, so his vision of 2005 features a more advanced U.S. space program than the one we have today, and a completely different set of geopolitical challenges. Still, the premise is believable enough. A strange ...more
Greg Bear's story, written in the early '80s, is set in 2005. Bear didn't foresee the Challenger explosion or the dissolution of the Soviet Union, so his vision of 2005 features a more advanced U.S. space program than the one we have today, and a completely different set of geopolitical challenges. Still, the premise is believable enough. A strange ...more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
real sci-fi fans (too weird for anyone else)
This is exactly what I was looking for when I was in the mood for some good 80's sci fi. Bear is a "hard" sci-fi writer - a lot of science, not so much in the way of character development. Actually, Bear's characters are developed fairly decently, but his best efforts come in his mind-expanding scientific/philosophical speculation. I honestly don't know enough math or physics to follow some of what he was talking about, but the basic ideas are pretty mind blowing, which is what good...more
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Read in January, 2008
This book, set in the near future, was a very interesting sci-fi novel. It begins in the 1980's (when it was written) with a tense situation between the Soviet Union and the United States. After a small nuclear catastrophe, it continues in the early 21st century, with the appearance of a large asteroid in orbit. What commences is the story of a young American physicist and her adventures and discoveries aboard the Stone. The stories of other administrators and scientists aboard the Stone is ...more
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
hard-math-sci-fi fans, alt-history fans
Toward the end of the novel Eon, a few erudite humans and a handful of their descendants from some distant time in an alternate universe discuss how complicated is the plan they've pieced together to reconcile the various simultaneous realities and to allow a host of individuals and independent groups to follow their own destinies.
The good news about Eon is that the average reader won't have that much difficulty soring out what's going on, and the multiple endings are a lot of fun.
Eon ...more
The good news about Eon is that the average reader won't have that much difficulty soring out what's going on, and the multiple endings are a lot of fun.
Eon ...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Rather compelling remake of Clarke's Rendesvouz with Rama. It really needed to be three books, perhaps, as too much happened in the last third of the book, and a bit too quickly to really engage me. Theoretical time/space science becomes the magic pixie dust that makes everything possible in the last portion of this book, but I still enjoyed it, even what I had a hard time visualizing.
Why aren't hard science fiction writers allowed to use illustrations? It seems archaic and lame to have t...more
Why aren't hard science fiction writers allowed to use illustrations? It seems archaic and lame to have t...more
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Read in October, 1997
[from my book lover's journal; gestational notes for a review that never happened]
Setting=Earth & a new satellite (former asteroid), 2005.
Judith Hoffman="the Advisor" to U.S. govt/presidents as science expert
Garry Lanier=former pilot, head of U.S. involvment w/the Stone
Pavel Mirsky=Russian military guy
Patricia Luisa Vasquez=young physicist called to help figure out the big Question posed by the Stone
Olmy=main character among many people indigenous to the Stone & the...more
Setting=Earth & a new satellite (former asteroid), 2005.
Judith Hoffman="the Advisor" to U.S. govt/presidents as science expert
Garry Lanier=former pilot, head of U.S. involvment w/the Stone
Pavel Mirsky=Russian military guy
Patricia Luisa Vasquez=young physicist called to help figure out the big Question posed by the Stone
Olmy=main character among many people indigenous to the Stone & the...more
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Read in June, 2005
Written in 1985, Eon is set in the futuristic world of 2005. The United States and the Soviet Union are at each other’s throats and about to bring the world to nuclear disaster. An asteroid filled with evidence of a mind-bending alternate human future arrives in Earth’s atmosphere. Does the squabble over the asteroid help to bring about nuclear disaster or was it in our fate? Like a lot of hard science fiction, I had fun reading the discovery and clash of civilizations. Once the nitty g...more
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hard sf writer. awesome- stretches the imagination but doesn't try to get you to overly sympathize with his characters and their ethically / morally gray dilemmas the way orson scott card does. so being a very impressionable person i've found that this is actually safer for me because nowadays i just want to read and exercise a heatlhy bit of imagination a little rather than be tinkered with.
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Read in March, 2008
Hardcore SF, with emphasis on the S-part of the SF. Greg Bear does a fair job of envisioning one possible future for Mankind.
That is if an alien ship had shown up suddenly, just before the kickoff to US/NATO vs. USSR/Warsaw Pact. And Ralph Nader had ever amounted to much of anything. ~_^
Not too good for the casual reader, but great fun if you're a sci-file.
That is if an alien ship had shown up suddenly, just before the kickoff to US/NATO vs. USSR/Warsaw Pact. And Ralph Nader had ever amounted to much of anything. ~_^
Not too good for the casual reader, but great fun if you're a sci-file.
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Read in March, 2008
I'm currently reading this one, so I don't have a totally defined opinion of it. So far, it's kept my attention which is really saying something. LOL It's great for math geeks (one of which I am not) because the author is a physics and math guy. Lots of heavy interdimensional/spacial concepts, but they are presented in an approachable way thus far.
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Read in January, 2003
I don't read as much "hard SF" as, um, "soft SF" I guess, but this is defintely "hard SF", and it's definitely solid. Pretty much everything takes a back seat to tech in this novel, despite the fact that Bear has crafted an engaging heroine in Patricia Vasquez. It's been a while since I've read this, so I'll leave it at that for now.
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Holy brain exploding concepts! if you like hard sci fi, which is basically science fiction that uses what we already know of physics and such, this is for you.
I want to ruin some things for you so bad but i won't. Its part of a series that pretty much revolves around a time traveling meteor that goes by the name "Thistledown".
I want to ruin some things for you so bad but i won't. Its part of a series that pretty much revolves around a time traveling meteor that goes by the name "Thistledown".
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Read in January, 2005
I love time travel/time bending stories - this is may be a challenge for some... HARD SCI FI in the tradition of Issac Asimov - with more time and thought put into the science and it's ramification than the emotion/character. But thought provoking stuff!
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Read in August, 2008
This is the third time I've read this. (I have a pretty poor memory for plots, which is a great advantage!) I'm loving it. I really don't remember much, but it sure is a page-turner. I don't dare read it at bedtime. I stay up too late!
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Read in January, 2005
recommends it for:
Science Fiction Fans
A good take on an old meme, the mysterious artifact from an advanced alien civilization, Eon is that finest of things, a catalog of wonders, wrapped around a good old-fashioned adventure story.
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Read in January, 1999
It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
Now, you have to read it to find out how that fits it. Sci-fi fans will eat this whole as well as those new to the genre.
Now, you have to read it to find out how that fits it. Sci-fi fans will eat this whole as well as those new to the genre.
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Oh, come on, it gores on and on. The shell of a terrific story and a very interesting fictional culture is there, but the story goes on and on with little focus.
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This is an excellent book for die-hard science fiction fans. The science can get a bit heavy, but I didn't find it enough to take away my enjoyment of the book.
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My favorite passage was when he described the chaining of proteins on the ribosomes. This would help anyone visualize the molecular dance.
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At times a hard book to wrap your head around, but still quite an enjoyable read. Wasn't as crazy about the sequel.
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