One of the first great science fiction novels I ever read, not long after Ender's Game, was Timescape. The characters were rich and the story and science felt plausible. For some reason I never picked up another Benford.
15 years later and I pick up Cosm, and struggle just reading the first 20 pages. He spends way to much time at the beginning talking about the mechanics of how this Supercollider works that goes way over the head of someone like me that never even took a basic physics course.
Are other Benford novels worth reading?
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
Foundation's Fear Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
Timescape is the only novel I've read. But I collect short fiction, and I have many anthologies, including every volume of The Year's Best Science Fiction, edited by Dozois, and The Year's Best SF, edited by Hartwell. When I get a new one, there are a handful of authors I search for and read first. Benford is one of them. His short fiction is great.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
His Galactic Center novels are off-and-on fantastic.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Dobbie, seriously? I've made two attempts at reading the 3B Foundation Trilogy, and given up in utter boredom both times.
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
Did you attempt to read all three, or just the first? The second book, by Greg Bear, does not follow the first and is written in a distinctively different style.