This book seemed to be the most agreed upon and it looks good so lets go with it.
Sound good?
Let's discuss in the comments over the next month. I'll try to post some thought provoking discussion points as I read it. I'm really busy so feel free to help out.
Enjoy!
relevant links:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Stainless-Steel-Harry-Harrison/dp/...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64394.The_Stainless_Steel...
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I'm about 60-70 pages in (I got the 'omnibus' edition which includes more than just the first book). So far I like it, it's fast-paced; not very deep either, it reads like a "young-adult" novel (which it may well be, I don't know). That's not necessarily a bad thing - The Pullman series "His Dark Materials" was "young-adult" too, and it was great. I was loooking at the author's Wikipedia page, and I realised I have read something by him before - he wrote "West of Eden", a speculative story where the dinosaur-extinction asteroid of 65 million years ago never hit Earth, and dinosaur evolution continued so that they eventually became sentient. I read it a long time ago but I remember liking it at the time.
I plan on picking it up this weekend. I've gone to my library and it has been checked out. It must have been an enjoyable read if you finished it in one day. It's a series, do you plan on continuing?
It wasn't the greatest story that I've read; the plot itself is rather simple, but the narrator is a likeable character and is really what redeemed a book that I think would be otherwise only mildly interesting. I will most likely not be continuing the series unless we do it as part of the book club. Still have a lot of Philip K. Dick to read.
So I shouldn't be discouraged from reading it but also, I should not be overly excited... Sound about right?
Yeah. Its not along the lines of Enders Game or Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep and other stories that have a lot more plot to offer, but its a plot that is functional, and the story is more about the characters. It reminds me a lot of the EU book "I, Jedi" which is underappreciated. Again with that, the story is simple but the characters are strong and it is ultimately worth the read. So yes, in many words, exactly what you said.
If done properly, I'll bet it would make a fun movie.
I finished it yesterday, and started in on the second one (SSR's revenge). (Very minor spoiler): Did anyone else notice the anachronism of applying X-rays to erase the film in the doctor's camera? I guess that digital photography thing is just a fad, and film cameras will be making a comeback ;-)
I blame mk, for not implementing that cool spoiler blackout thingy that they have in reddit ;-)
Just want to test this out P.S. You start making beer yet?
No beer yet - I'm picking up some malt & hops the weekend, though! Next week or the week after, I'll be making about 10 gallons of Pale Ale :-) This will be my first time to try native NZ malt.
exciting! Enjoy the process, let me know how it goes.
I've seen that used and always thought it looked horrible. It is useful though?
Sure, it works - a black block hides "spoiler" text, until you mouse-over it (or maybe click it, I forget).
Sounds cool. mk, what say thee? Perhaps we could do it in a new way?
Yeah, I can add a spoiler text format. Maybe it will be automatically on for briandmyers. ;) I'll add it to the short list. I'm doing some bug fixin' atm.