Re: Anyone read Stirling's latest?

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:44:35 -0700 (PDT), Ahasuerus
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> wrote:

>On the other hand, it's easy to see how Steve's "discussion of the
>book[s] here" can eventually help convince a reader that the strength
>of his convictions is not always fully sup****ted by his command of the
>facts, something hinted at in the books. Admittedly, this is by no
>means uncommon in SF, but it can seriously damage the kind of WSOD
>that you need to enjoy world building scenarios, something that
>Stirling specializes in. Which is too bad since, as you say:
>
>> Now, Stirling is a vastly better writer than John Norman, but still...

AOL to that - I liked (some of) his books a good deal before I
encountered him on soc.history.what-if.

Now that I know how much of his own **** he believes, I find him
pretty nearly unreadable.  And creepy as hell.