On 17/11/2011 3:40 PM, Paul Fuller wrote:

>
> I enjoyed both "Matter" and "Surface Detail".
>

I've liked all of Iain M Bank's books even the ones without the M.

>>
>>
>> Which reminds me of James Blish's "The Seedling Stars" series.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blish#The_Seedling_Stars_.28Pantropy.29
>>
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>
> Haven't read that series. The only Blish I've read is "Cities in Fight".
> The idea was good but the writing seemed a bit heavy for my taste.
>

I read them a long time ago and I fear that I would not enjoy reading 
them now.


>
> Yes. Some old favourites you just can't risk reading again. Others stand
> up well.
>

Too true. It shows that it was the new ideas that captivated not the 
literary style.

 > I spoke too soon.
 >
 > Here are the details found at http://www.larryniven.net/mega.shtml:
 >
 > Author:  Colin Kapp
 > Title:   Cageworld 1:  Search for the Sun
 >           Cageworld 2:  The Lost Worlds of Cronus
 >           Cageworld 3:  The Tyrant of Hades
 >           Cageworld 4:  Star-Search


Well done. I really liked Colin Kapp's Unorthodox Engineers when I was 
young. And I see that I have a few of his books in pdf or txt format 
that I have not gotten around to reading, yet.


-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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