Comments on: Greg Bear’s Mariposa goes on sale

By: Nate Cochrane

Nate Cochrane — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:31:37 +0000

I liked Darwin’s Radio, Eon, Forge etc. But for such philosophical SF I’d rather spend time with the other Greg, Egan.

By: Omphalos

Omphalos — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:30:17 +0000

I agree with Guang. Bear used to be incredibly good, but he has slid into mass-market thrillers, a’la Clancy now. Blood Music was an incredible novel, and there are others, like Eon, Anvil of Stars and especially Moving Mars.

By: Renai LeMay

Renai LeMay — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:46:36 +0000

I haven’t read any of his recent stuff — but there is quite a lot of interest in it in general.

By: Guang

Guang — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:14:19 +0000

I wish he had stuck with hard sci-fi. His “the way” series was amazing. Also enjoyed his Darwin series. I probably won’t bother to pick this one up though. If I wanted to read about current government politicking and power projection, my reading tastes would be mainstream rather than sci-fi.