Re: Bouncing off Poul Anderson

"Girish" <girishbhat6620@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Random thoughts:
>
> His writing style is good, but  he refuses to provide a "hook" to keep
> me reading, I start wondering what the point of the whole exercise is,
> and get irritated at all the "detailing" going on. Any one else have
> the same problem?
>
> Yet if I plough through, the pay off is good and  his ideas and actual
> story is revealed to be quite neat.  (judging by what I finished ie
> "Call me  Joe"
>
> Stories that I have currently bounced off
> Time Patrol
> Brain Wave
>
> Suggestions  and comments?


The first Anderson I read was a short story called "The Tupilak".  I loved

it.  Unfortunately, other than Brainwave I never really loved any of his 
novels.  I kept looking for a novel similar in style to Tupilak and never 
found it.
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