red@ukma.UUCP (Red Varth) (03/29/85)
Allow me to recommend "Inheirit the Stars", "The Gentle Giants of Ganymede", and "Giants' Star" by James P. Hogan. I don't want to spoil the plot, for anyone, so I won't say too much. "Inheirit the Stars" is about what happens when an exploration team discovers a man on the moon in about 2000 A.D. Man -- genus Homo, species sapiens. The only problem with this is that he died ca. 50K years ago. This one is a lot of science, not so much fiction. But it's a real good yarn. I can't say anything about the 2nd and 3rd book without spoiling the first, so I'll stop. Any other opinions out there? Red
lindley@ut-ngp.UUCP (John L. Templer) (03/31/85)
> From: red@ukma.UUCP (Red Varth) > Message-ID: <1543@ukma.UUCP> > > Allow me to recommend "Inheirit the Stars", "The Gentle Giants of > Ganymede", and "Giants' Star" by James P. Hogan. . . . Any other > opinions out there? Yes, these are a favorite of mine too. I especialy liked the interplay between the head researcher and the biologist (names forgotten). Also the "trick tactics" near the end of "Giant's Star." -- John L. Templer University of Texas at Austin {allegra,gatech,seismo!ut-sally,vortex}!ut-ngp!lindley "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose."
chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) (03/31/85)
They were (like all of Hogan's work) a lot of fun, but I think he went
a bit overboard after the first novel. I don't want to say anything
spoilerish so I'd better stop here ...
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