http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/03/greg-egans-incandescence-upping-the-relativistic-ante/ The science of futurist technologies—and an excuse to soak in sci-fi TV shows, books, movies, toys, and video games. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:42:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/03/greg-egans-incandescence-upping-the-relativistic-ante/#comment-2327 Philcha Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:04:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/03/greg-egans-incandescence-upping-the-relativistic-ante/#comment-2327 It's a riff on Robert Forward's "Dragon's Egg". Egan's prose is better but for me Forward's version of the scenario works better. Since Egan puts the Arkdwellers in a resource-poor environment, they offer less scope for adventure and too much for Egan's tendency to give physics lectures. Readers who find Egan's physics hard to take can just skim over these parts, or try "Dragon's Egg" and possibly John Brunner's "The Crucible Of Time" and you'll appreciate the Arkdwellers, who are the real story. It’s a riff on Robert Forward’s “Dragon’s Egg”. Egan’s prose is better but for me Forward’s version of the scenario works better. Since Egan puts the Arkdwellers in a resource-poor environment, they offer less scope for adventure and too much for Egan’s tendency to give physics lectures. Readers who find Egan’s physics hard to take can just skim over these parts, or try “Dragon’s Egg” and possibly John Brunner’s “The Crucible Of Time” and you’ll appreciate the Arkdwellers, who are the real story.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/03/greg-egans-incandescence-upping-the-relativistic-ante/#comment-1165 City of Ember: Keeping a Society Bottled Up | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:40:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/03/greg-egans-incandescence-upping-the-relativistic-ante/#comment-1165 [...] before it reaches its destination). For a modern twist, check out Greg’s Egan’s recent Incandescence, about a civilization that must eke out an existence within the confines of a planetoid orbiting [...] […] before it reaches its destination). For a modern twist, check out Greg’s Egan’s recent Incandescence, about a civilization that must eke out an existence within the confines of a planetoid orbiting […]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/03/greg-egans-incandescence-upping-the-relativistic-ante/#comment-515 Discover on Incandescence at Night Shade Books Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:36:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/03/greg-egans-incandescence-upping-the-relativistic-ante/#comment-515 [...] the Discover Magazine blog, Science Not Fiction, Stephen Cass reviews Greg Egan’s Incandescence: "Incandescence sets a new bar for hard science fiction. … [...] […] the Discover Magazine blog, Science Not Fiction, Stephen Cass reviews Greg Egan’s Incandescence: "Incandescence sets a new bar for hard science fiction. … […]

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