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[james_davis_nicoll]

What panel topics would induce you to watch if I was one of the panelists?

I've suggested one on space colonization with me, Charles Stross and a couple of Space Colony True Believers, as well as something related to my f/m posts.

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[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I'd quote from Stover on anthopology here but by reviewing something I'm interacting with it so I am part of the process as well.

Eon is nonsense but at least it was pretty nonsense. Bear's more recent books are just a bit dull, retreats of stuff other people did better first.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

That's the impression I got from just reading summaries of them, but I wasn't sure if it was true.

At one time, I thought of Bear as a logical heir to Clarke; he had a similar way with evocative imagery, and his novels tended to have similar themes.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Speaking of authors whose later books dwindled into a sad echo of what once was....