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A review by tservais
Cosm by Gregory Benford
3.0
Very compelling, I guess because I was interested to see what he would do with the Cosm as it developed. Characters are fairly believable, and the central science makes good fiction.
One niggle, from page 253: "The car took off with a surge, but no roar and squealing of brakes." Huh? How does anyone interested in how the world works not understand the basics of cars? This is especially puzzling given what he wrote on page 257: "... the car burned rubber getting away." So it would seem he knows that tires experience a lot of friction under hard acceleration, yet .... And why didn't anyone else catch that along the way? There are very few typos, so it seems likely someone else edited the novel.
One niggle, from page 253: "The car took off with a surge, but no roar and squealing of brakes." Huh? How does anyone interested in how the world works not understand the basics of cars? This is especially puzzling given what he wrote on page 257: "... the car burned rubber getting away." So it would seem he knows that tires experience a lot of friction under hard acceleration, yet .... And why didn't anyone else catch that along the way? There are very few typos, so it seems likely someone else edited the novel.