Re: [FT] Novel - Gap Series.

Actually scrap this comment:

> Fantasy.. Far from it. There has never been a space opera so brutal as
the
> Gap,

Peter Hamilton is maybe just a tiny bit more brutal.. :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Fitton" <robin@robinf.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [FT] Novel - Gap Series.

> > There were spaceships?!?!? I thought it was another 'fantasy'
series!
> > *blush*
>
> Fantasy.. Far from it. There has never been a space opera so brutal as
the
> Gap, it does not pull any punches. I must get my set out and dust them
off
> again! Not light reading with a lot of adult content.
>
> Some people have mixed feelings, because the books are brutal with a
close
> focus on the character's core. I found this tense character generation
made
> for better space combat because I felt closer to the characters... R
>
> Some reviews:
>
>
http://www.sffworld.com/authors/d/donaldson_stephen/reviews/gapseries.ht
ml
>
>
http://www.alternative-worlds.com/authors/d/stephen-donaldson/stephen-do
naldson-gap-reviews-1.php
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Doug Evans" <devans@nebraska.edu>
> To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [FT] Novel - Gap Series.
>
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> > >Has anyone tried to simulate or design ships based on the Stephen
R.
> > >Donaldson "Gap Series".
> >
> > There were spaceships?!?!? I thought it was another 'fantasy'
series!
> > *blush*
> >
> > The_Beast
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