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  • House of Suns

    From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 5 10:59:09 2025
    This is another piece of space opera that I first heard about in this
    newsgroup and I want to second the recommendation for it here. Many
    cultures consisting of clones each of one individual surviving together
    in the universe until one group is nearly wiped out. This does feel like another book designed for sequels which is something I dislike, but it
    does stand alone and the premise is an unusual and well-handled one.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Default User@21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Tue Apr 8 04:11:29 2025
    Scott Dorsey wrote:

    This is another piece of space opera that I first heard about in this newsgroup and I want to second the recommendation for it here.

    There is a short work in the same universe, Belladonna Nights. It is
    collected in the recent anthology, New Adventures in Space Opera,
    edited by Jonathan Strahan.


    Brian

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  • From Jerry Brown@21:1/5 to defaultuserbr@yahoo.com on Tue Apr 8 16:24:15 2025
    On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 04:11:29 -0000 (UTC), "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Scott Dorsey wrote:

    This is another piece of space opera that I first heard about in this
    newsgroup and I want to second the recommendation for it here.

    There is a short work in the same universe, Belladonna Nights. It is >collected in the recent anthology, New Adventures in Space Opera,
    edited by Jonathan Strahan.

    Thanks. I'll check it out.

    I've found that I prefer Reynolds' standalones (House of Suns, Century
    Rain, Terminal World) to Revelation Space, and wish he'd extend at
    least some of them, so it looks like he finally has.

    --
    Jerry Brown

    A cat may look at a king
    (but probably won't bother)

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  • From Titus G@21:1/5 to Jerry Brown on Wed Apr 9 17:06:10 2025
    On 9/04/25 03:24, Jerry Brown wrote:
    On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 04:11:29 -0000 (UTC), "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Scott Dorsey wrote:

    This is another piece of space opera that I first heard about in this
    newsgroup and I want to second the recommendation for it here.

    There is a short work in the same universe, Belladonna Nights. It is
    collected in the recent anthology, New Adventures in Space Opera,
    edited by Jonathan Strahan.

    Thanks. I'll check it out.

    I've found that I prefer Reynolds' standalones (House of Suns, Century
    Rain, Terminal World) to Revelation Space, and wish he'd extend at
    least some of them, so it looks like he finally has.


    I love the series including Revelation Space just as much as the
    standalones. (I didn't finish the YA Revenger.)
    Poseidon's Children 3 books 14 stars.
    Prefect Dreyfus Emergency 3 books, 15 stars.

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  • From Default User@21:1/5 to Jerry Brown on Thu Apr 10 00:28:39 2025
    Jerry Brown wrote:

    I've found that I prefer Reynolds' standalones (House of Suns, Century
    Rain, Terminal World) to Revelation Space, and wish he'd extend at
    least some of them, so it looks like he finally has.

    The Revenger triology was interesting. If you're not familiar with
    with, the background is out solar system, but greatly transformed long
    before. All the planets and other bodies were torn apart and used to
    build various habitats in orbit around the sun. Several civilizations
    have risen and fallen over the centuries, some to a higher
    technological leve than the current one. Artifacts from the various
    ages are hidden in various locations. Commerce (and piracy) are based
    on light-sail ships.


    Brian

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