Re: Dan Simmons on Larry Niven?

On Feb 16, 7:22 am, m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mike Van Pelt) wrote:
In article <JOcyxyAyYhtHF...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
GSV Three Minds in a Can <G...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I guess it depends what you want from a novel - if you want
closure and halfway believable science, then go with Niven
and Pournelle. If you want a sort of re-tread of Chaucer,
with lots of interesting questions but no satisfying
answers, then Hyperion is your book.

That seems like a pretty good analysis to me. I read
"Hyperion" and found it less than wonderful. Not bad (I'd
certainly never say it was the stupidest book I have
ever read) but not really my sort of story. Certainly
not something I'd be likely to pick up and re-read, like
"Ringworld" or "The Mote in God's Eye", or "World of
Ptavvs", or...

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That's interesting. As an INTJ, I do like closure. A book without
answers is frustrating. There needs to be some "end" to the story,
even if it isn't obvious and I have to work a bit to figure it out.

Doug

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