Comments on: Years of Rice and Salt http://www.of2minds.org/otm/2005/10/16/years-of-rice-and-salt/ Books, Music, Movies, Concerts and more.... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:10:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Catie http://www.of2minds.org/otm/2005/10/16/years-of-rice-and-salt/#comment-33 Catie Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:36:46 +0000 http://www.of2minds.org/otm/?p=75#comment-33 I've read a fair bit of Robinson and YEARS OF RICE AND SALT is easily my least favorite of what I've read. The Mars trilogy gets too bogged down in science a few times in the first book, but recovers from it and is a good enough read that it didn't stop me. I really enjoyed his latest, FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN, and am impatient for more. You have Too Many Blogs, darn it. I’ve read a fair bit of Robinson and YEARS OF RICE AND SALT is easily my least favorite of what I’ve read. The Mars trilogy gets too bogged down in science a few times in the first book, but recovers from it and is a good enough read that it didn’t stop me. I really enjoyed his latest, FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN, and am impatient for more.

You have Too Many Blogs, darn it.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.of2minds.org/otm/2005/10/16/years-of-rice-and-salt/#comment-32 Meredith Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:20:03 +0000 http://www.of2minds.org/otm/?p=75#comment-32 This was also the first Robinson I'd read, and I want to go back and check out the Mars trilogy eventually. I know what you mean about wanting fewer lives and more detail ... but what I found right from the start was that half of the reincarnating souls the book follows were completely unsympathetic characters that I wished would just Go Away. Some of the episodes in the book really stuck with me, though. For that alone I would recommend the book in general. This was also the first Robinson I’d read, and I want to go back and check out the Mars trilogy eventually.

I know what you mean about wanting fewer lives and more detail … but what I found right from the start was that half of the reincarnating souls the book follows were completely unsympathetic characters that I wished would just Go Away.

Some of the episodes in the book really stuck with me, though. For that alone I would recommend the book in general.

]]> By: Sol http://www.of2minds.org/otm/2005/10/16/years-of-rice-and-salt/#comment-31 Sol Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:40:56 +0000 http://www.of2minds.org/otm/?p=75#comment-31 For my money, Robinson's best stuff were his novels _Gold Coast_ and _Pacific Edge_, and the short stories from the same time period (mid-to-late 80s). Great stuff. Everything since then has gone progressively downhill, to the point where I've gone from buying his novels as soon as they came out in hardcover to not even bothering to read them. (Which of course means I haven't read the last few to check, but all the reviews I've read make them sound like more of the same.) For my money, Robinson’s best stuff were his novels _Gold Coast_ and _Pacific Edge_, and the short stories from the same time period (mid-to-late 80s). Great stuff.

Everything since then has gone progressively downhill, to the point where I’ve gone from buying his novels as soon as they came out in hardcover to not even bothering to read them. (Which of course means I haven’t read the last few to check, but all the reviews I’ve read make them sound like more of the same.)

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