This is not near the 'rich' and well developed story or character that must have been sparked by a character in Lucifer's Hammer.
Couldn't get hooked in on the flag waving paraded thruout the book. There were also pretty big flaws with situations and decisions presented by other characters which don't seem based on realistic possibilities. Remaking 'PCs' and developing a on-the-ground postal system when there would exist plenty of 'wire' IN PLACE that could much easier be cobbled into, at the very least,
a telegraph system.
Brin may know esoteric tech stuff, but he lacks roll-up-sleeves DIY practicality.
The story winds down with an 'action scene' - phooey. Just doesn't impress or enlighten me.
Couldn't get hooked in on the flag waving paraded thruout the book. There were also pretty big flaws with situations and decisions presented by other characters which don't seem based on realistic possibilities. Remaking 'PCs' and developing a on-the-ground postal system when there would exist plenty of 'wire' IN PLACE that could much easier be cobbled into, at the very least,
a telegraph system.
Brin may know esoteric tech stuff, but he lacks roll-up-sleeves DIY practicality.
The story winds down with an 'action scene' - phooey. Just doesn't impress or enlighten me.
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