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A review by jrt5166
Eon by Greg Bear
2.0
When I was writing my senior thesis in college, I had an advisor who nearly every meeting we had would look at me seriously over his glasses and say "scope creep." Reading this novel made me understand how he felt.
The author had several big story ideas and instead of writing a book about each, wrote this book about all of them. It made for a rather lengthy read. That said, the ideas themselves were interesting. He speculated about whether seeing the future (a world wide nuclear war) would prevent or cause it. He also had many thoughts about the nature of the soul, alien life, alternate universes, etc.
It was a bit dense for me. My lack of theoretical physics knowledge made it hard for me to find the line between scientifically founded speculation and pure imagination. However, I can't reasonable be hard on Bear when I was the one sleeping though AP Physics.
I do believe I can reasonably object to all of the bad sex scenes. They seem to be a staple in sci-fi of a certain era, and reading such scenes always causes me to roll my eyes.
The author had several big story ideas and instead of writing a book about each, wrote this book about all of them. It made for a rather lengthy read. That said, the ideas themselves were interesting. He speculated about whether seeing the future (a world wide nuclear war) would prevent or cause it. He also had many thoughts about the nature of the soul, alien life, alternate universes, etc.
It was a bit dense for me. My lack of theoretical physics knowledge made it hard for me to find the line between scientifically founded speculation and pure imagination. However, I can't reasonable be hard on Bear when I was the one sleeping though AP Physics.
I do believe I can reasonably object to all of the bad sex scenes. They seem to be a staple in sci-fi of a certain era, and reading such scenes always causes me to roll my eyes.