Re: Anyone read Stirling's latest?

"John Schilling" <schillin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 06 Apr 2008 19:05:42 GMT, "Dan Goodman" <dsgood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>ravenlynne wrote:
>
>>> prestorjon wrote:
>>> > I've been burned by him recently.  Both Conquistador and Sky People
>>> > were short on plot.  I saw one review which said that Crimson Kings
>>> > was better than Sky People.  Has anyone read it?  Is it worth
>>> > taking a look at?
>
>>> Nope.
>
>>> I made most of the way through Dies the Fire, and decided that this
>>> author isn't for me.
>
>>Try something better by him:  Island in the Sea of Time.
>
> That's actually the book that convinced me not to ever read any more
> Stirling.
>
>
No accounting for tastes, but I thought the ISOT books were excellent.  I 
have re-read them at least a dozen times since they came out and I always 
wind up feeling sad that there is no more to read when I get to the end.