Re: Anyone read Stirling's latest?

"prestorjon" <prestorjon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> My issue is that I think Stirling is better at creating worlds than
> writing stories set in them.  I've enjoyed the SETTING of all of his
> books which I've read recently but I'd have to go back to the ISOT
> trilogy for one which I actually enjoyed as a story and even the third
> books there suffered from the extended retelling of Zulu and the
> frenetic rush to wrap everything up at the end

I  agree entirely with your synopsis. The settings are very good. The 
stories have lacked *something* since the second ISOT.