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dustydigger
Posted 2017-11-10 10:29 AM (#16445 - in reply to #14249)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1990s SF Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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Location: UK		YAY! Finally finished the challenge Its been quite a marathon,this reading books from 1950-1999 in order,but very enjoyable and interesting.
For the 90s my favourites were Lois McMaster Bujold's A Civil Campaign,and Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep. Once again I had to struggle to get through KSRs Green Mars and Neal Stephenson' Snow Crash and Diamond Age.I just feel no affinity for either author,no matter how popular and feted they are.! lol.And I have put off Blue Mars yet again. Sorry,but I find KSR boring,though I do commend him for the remarkably detailed and realistic background of the martian landscape. Pity I hate political tales,and dislike almost all the characters.Plus the style,and the inordinately detailed telling of some characters inner thoughts while whole exciting swathes of the story are tossed off in a few sentences. Too much stuff happens off stage for my liking.
Oops,sorry there I go on my KSR hobby horse,
Many thanks Doc Nefario for setting up this challenge,I really enjoyed it. I intend to spend a lot more time reading more stories from the 50s and 60s lists,though few from later decades. Just a matter of taste really.
Good luck to all the other readers doing the challenge. Have fun

Edited by dustydigger 2017-11-10 10:32 AM

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