Re: Dan Simmons on Larry Niven?

Gene Ward Smith <gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sea Wasp <seawaspObvious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:47B67715.4010509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Twaddle. Hyperion is a murky, wandering mess with
little to recommend
it, while Mote is a cracking good yarn.

Hyperion has pretensions towards asking interesting
questions, but Mote delivers.

Mote is written with all the grace and elegance of a hippopotamus
crashing through a plate glass window. What's the difference what
so-called big ideas are present when it might as well have been
scrawled on a paper bag in purple crayon?

-David
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  • Re: Dan Simmons on Larry Niven?
    ... Hyperion has pretensions towards asking interesting questions, but Mote delivers. ... Mote is written with all the grace and elegance of a hippopotamus ... crashing through a plate glass window. ...
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  • Re: Dan Simmons on Larry Niven?
    ... little to recommend ... Hyperion has pretensions towards asking interesting ... questions, but Mote delivers. ...
    (rec.arts.sf.written)