[Spoilers ahead]
I recently finished reading Greg Bear's Eon. The reason I originally picked this book was it is in SF Masters series (this was before I realized not everything under SF masters is good SF, as per my definition anyway. But this one I liked). The story begins with an asteroid unexpectedly entering the solar system, the only problem is it is missing 40% of its mass. Probes are launched and investigators discover deserted, human made cities inside the asteroid. Plus the records indicate the stone, as it is subsequently named, came from the future. As the story unwinds, more mysteries reveal themselves. But let me not spell out everything, despite the spoiler alert in the beginning.
The book was published in 1985; cold war was not yet over, and a bit of pro-americanism is apparent. Russians are mostly depiected as ignorant, suspicious or quarrelsome. And the reasonable ones say things (to an american) like, 'yes you are right, but my people will not agree to that'. That will appear quaint, but probably everything had the same flavor then (and of course we have our own flavors). As is the case with most big books (this one is 502 pages), some portions will put you to sleep. I found the latter 2/5th to be much weaker than what came earlier, but good bits keep popping up to keep you going. Overall a good read.
Enjoy!
I recently finished reading Greg Bear's Eon. The reason I originally picked this book was it is in SF Masters series (this was before I realized not everything under SF masters is good SF, as per my definition anyway. But this one I liked). The story begins with an asteroid unexpectedly entering the solar system, the only problem is it is missing 40% of its mass. Probes are launched and investigators discover deserted, human made cities inside the asteroid. Plus the records indicate the stone, as it is subsequently named, came from the future. As the story unwinds, more mysteries reveal themselves. But let me not spell out everything, despite the spoiler alert in the beginning.
The book was published in 1985; cold war was not yet over, and a bit of pro-americanism is apparent. Russians are mostly depiected as ignorant, suspicious or quarrelsome. And the reasonable ones say things (to an american) like, 'yes you are right, but my people will not agree to that'. That will appear quaint, but probably everything had the same flavor then (and of course we have our own flavors). As is the case with most big books (this one is 502 pages), some portions will put you to sleep. I found the latter 2/5th to be much weaker than what came earlier, but good bits keep popping up to keep you going. Overall a good read.
Enjoy!
