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Hmm

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Disadvantages: Rehash

...Ok, I'm not one to deny a writer his paycheck but Eon didn't need a sequel, come on admit it. The scope of the first book was enormous, and it was kind of cyclic. Revisiting it all again seems rather contrived. I would read Eon again, but Eternity went to ...

Saturn 08.08.2000 · Read full review

Review of Eternity - Greg Bear

CHAOS THEORY

Advantages: Fast moving, classic Sci-fi
Disadvantages: Part of a long series

...With Isaac Asimov’s death it was reasonable to assume that the Foundation saga, a series of novel that began with the first groundbreaking ‘Foundation Trilogy’, was finally over however the temptation to write follow ups was too great for his estate. In t ...

Mauri 16.12.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy S.) - Greg Bear

Bloody Imaginative

Advantages: A clever fusion of many excellent ideas in a great story
Disadvantages: Hardly any

...Do you think a novel about molecular biology sounds intriguing? Well, I didn't, but it is a delightful experience to read a good book about a subject you thought impossible to make interesting. For me, such a book is Greg Bear's marvelous novel Blood Musi ...

dead.letter 18.01.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Blood Music - Greg Bear

Short story version

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Blood Music is one of the best short stories that I have read in recent years. It is certainly the best story about nanotechnology that I have ever read. Considering its scope - Greg Bear is never one to limit his imagination - it is surprisingly convinci ...

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Review of Blood Music - Greg Bear

Disturbingly plausible

Advantages: Incredibly well written. Engrossing story, engaging characters.
Disadvantages: Sleepless nights - from staying up late reading the book, and then worrying about how accurate it is....

...I don't know if Greg Bear had an unhappy childhood; but most of the books he wrote which I've read have involved destroying the Earth in some manner. In Blood Music, it's a plague that does us all in. A plague that, due to genetic tampering, is as smar ...

andrewsi 15.04.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Blood Music - Greg Bear