From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 06:55:42 -0400
Subject: RE: Footfall (off-list)
Greetings, Is Footfall worth the read? As I may have mentioned at some time on the list, I am dyslexic, so it takes me MUCH longer to read something than most people. I enjoy reading, but often invest a couple of weeks into a book and find out that it is not worth the read (let alone the cost) and so quit and start something else. Your comments would be appreciated. Thanks!
From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 07:01:21 -0400
Subject: RE: Footfall (off-list)
Sorry, I meant this to go to Laserlight directly. ----- Brian Bell bkb@beol.net ----- > -----Original Message-----
From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:12:51 -0400
Subject: Fw: Footfall (off-list)
> Greetings, a) you may be interested to know that the first (possibly "only") person to win all four Navy warfare badges--surface, air, submarine, and ground, IIRC but that's a big "if"--is dyslexic. I happen to know him--Robert D'Agostino, SEAL, now retired. (He's quite modest about it, by the way--in fact, I only found out about it because the newspaper had an article on him. His comment: "When you're sitting in a sub, you have plenty of time to study.") b) Footfall is good but not great. I've read it twice since it came out--by comparison, I'm on my second _copy_ of Mote in God's Eye. I had difficulty following the alien politics (Niven doesn't seem to like giving his aliens short names), and I felt it could have been shorter without losing anything. I'd recommend instead The Warrior's Apprentice or The Vor Game by Lois Bujold.
From: Roger Books <books@m...>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:38:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Fw: Footfall (off-list)
> On 20-Jun-00 at 08:17, Laserlight (laserlight@quixnet.net) wrote: > b) Footfall is good but not great. I've read it twice since it I'd have to agree with that, to me the aliens were of the "men in rubber suits" variety. There was an attempt to go for herd mentality but it didn't work very well. OTH I really consider Legacy of Heorot to be one of the finest pieces of science fiction I have read.
From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: 20 Jun 2000 14:02 GMT
Subject: Re: Fw: Footfall (off-list)
> OTH I really consider Legacy of Heorot to be one of the finest A good read, plausible tech and interesting characters. On the other hand, I found the aliens' biology and ecology in 'Legacy of Heorot' and 'Beowulf's Children' just a bit too far out for a hard-SF book. Especially that turbo gland that allows them to sprint at incredible speeds smells too much like a trick to make no-tech aliens a threat to high-tech human settlers. Greetings Karl Heinz
From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:05:18 PDT
Subject: RE: Footfall (off-list)
Don't be sorry, I'm glad you asked, it's another of those books I've considered, and now I can reap the rewards of your asking. As a personal aside, you're not the only lister here with a learning disability. I grew up having to deal with ADD before they had a name for it. Brian Bilderback > From: "Bell, Brian K" <Brian_Bell@dscc.dla.mil>
From: Los <los@c...>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:46:47 -0400
Subject: Re: Footfall (off-list)
I enjoyed it. Los > "Bell, Brian K" wrote: > Greetings,