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Michael F. Stemper wrote:
On 21/07/2025 08.04, James Nicoll wrote:
It's the only Stross I've not been able to finish.-a I've stayed up to dawn to finish many of his other books.Which 2006 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Air by Geoff Ryman
Accelerando by Charles Stross
Banner of Souls by Liz Williams
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
The Stross and the Reynolds. I've read the Stross multiple times.
I was amused to see Keith cited in it.
Reynolds is always a slog for me, so I've never reread anything
of his.
I didn't finish my first Reynolds, either.-a Now I devour them.
On 23/07/2025 17.03, William Hyde wrote:
Michael F. Stemper wrote:
On 21/07/2025 08.04, James Nicoll wrote:
It's the only Stross I've not been able to finish.-a I've stayed up to dawn to finish many of his other books.Which 2006 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Air by Geoff Ryman
Accelerando by Charles Stross
Banner of Souls by Liz Williams
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
The Stross and the Reynolds. I've read the Stross multiple times.
I was amused to see Keith cited in it.
Reynolds is always a slog for me, so I've never reread anything
of his.
Stross and Bujold are the two authors that I'm reading in close to real time. >This is actually the first time in my life that I've been reading stuff that >isn't decades old.
I didn't finish my first Reynolds, either.-a Now I devour them.
Just out of curiosity, was it _Revelation Space_? That was mine, and almost >kept me from ever reading anything else by him.
2006: J. Richard Gott III's methodology suggests 80-year-old Queen
Elizabeth will live until somewhere between 2032 and 2066, a European heatwave sets a record that will surely stand in perpetuity, and
Profumo's demise at an advanced age reminds Britons of the dire
consequences for politicians of scandal... nil.
Which 2006 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
On 23/07/2025 17.03, William Hyde wrote:
Michael F. Stemper wrote:
On 21/07/2025 08.04, James Nicoll wrote:
It's the only Stross I've not been able to finish.-a I've stayed up toWhich 2006 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Air by Geoff Ryman
Accelerando by Charles Stross
Banner of Souls by Liz Williams
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
The Stross and the Reynolds. I've read the Stross multiple times.
I was amused to see Keith cited in it.
Reynolds is always a slog for me, so I've never reread anything
of his.
dawn to finish many of his other books.
Stross and Bujold are the two authors that I'm reading in close to real time.
This is actually the first time in my life that I've been reading stuff
that
isn't decades old.
I didn't finish my first Reynolds, either.-a Now I devour them.
Just out of curiosity, was it _Revelation Space_? That was mine, and almost kept me from ever reading anything else by him.
On 23/07/2025 17.03, William Hyde wrote:
I didn't finish my first Reynolds, either.a Now I devour them.
Just out of curiosity, was it _Revelation Space_? That was mine, and almost >kept me from ever reading anything else by him.
Stross and Bujold are the two authors that I'm reading in close to real time. >This is actually the first time in my life that I've been reading stuff that >isn't decades old.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:34:25 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper" ><michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
Stross and Bujold are the two authors that I'm reading in close to real time. >>This is actually the first time in my life that I've been reading stuff that >>isn't decades old.
Is she still writing? I first discovered her in the late 80s when she
was first published in Analog - I think it was 'Falling Free' (it was
her first story about the Quaddies which preceded the Miles series)