tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post5376113870635143940..comments2023-09-11T08:32:39.024-05:00Comments on SFF Masterworks: SF Masterworks #67: Kate Wilhelm, Where Late the Sweet Birds SangUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-75684905805225079092010-08-04T09:22:36.510-05:002010-08-04T09:22:36.510-05:00Oh, it's definitely good. Just left me complet...Oh, it's definitely good. Just left me completely uninvolved...<br /><br />Also, check your e-mail. Not the place for this, I know, but...Simeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-40731062457740942082010-08-04T09:13:53.933-05:002010-08-04T09:13:53.933-05:00Writing the Silverberg at the moment. Should be u...Writing the Silverberg at the moment. Should be up in the next hour or so, depending on whether or not I choose to take a break for a while. I happened to have liked that one quite a bit ;)Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-12002801083564571792010-08-04T09:10:32.902-05:002010-08-04T09:10:32.902-05:00Haven't read the first and didn't like the...Haven't read the first and didn't like the second too much, so bring it on :pSimeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-42933252372425528872010-08-04T07:05:18.292-05:002010-08-04T07:05:18.292-05:00True. Later today, I'll start work on the Lin...True. Later today, I'll start work on the Lindsay and Silverberg reviews. There might be a lot more to argue about with those two! :DLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-20386233081236741182010-08-03T23:11:13.205-05:002010-08-03T23:11:13.205-05:00Oh well, beauty is in the eye and all that :)
htt...Oh well, beauty is in the eye and all that :)<br /><br />http://rolandscodex.blogspot.com/Simeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-45802715233745751372010-08-03T13:35:11.468-05:002010-08-03T13:35:11.468-05:00I found the setting to be okay, but nothing really...I found the setting to be okay, but nothing really spectacular. Then again, I'm not the sort of person who often pays attention to the scenery. The New York situation I thought was interesting, but it could have been written in a more direct, personal fashion. Come and think of it, your examples remind me even more why I was vaguely let-down by the book, as it was a good premise that was told competently, but it just felt as though there were some elements missing that could have made it an outstanding book rather than a good-to-very good work.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-35117362619305693842010-08-03T10:12:05.089-05:002010-08-03T10:12:05.089-05:00I have to disagree with you on this one. I truly l...I have to disagree with you on this one. I truly loved the book. Not so much for its ideas as for its melancholic atmosphere and world-building. The subtle way in which the clones found what has happened to New York is a great example for that. Also the way further generations could not comprehend abstractions was chilling.<br /><br />http://rolandscodex.blogspot.com/Simeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.com