gek@ihuxj.UUCP (Glenn Kapetansky) (03/30/84)
Well, I liked it! I read page 1 last night, and page-the-last about three hours later. It's not headed for the Pulitzer, but it's good reading (and I don't know about you, but that's what I'm here for). Certainly better than the Alan Dean Foster drivel I was mainlining (just to get my fix until something good came along, you understand). Counteracting the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics is really no more unbelievable than Murphy's hyper-extension of the same law...and Brin was realistic to the extent of giving his protagonist a concussion after being bopped on the head.. Has anyone read Niven's new book, The Integral Tree? Is it worth reading? glenn kapetansky