tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post7484624815268846385..comments2024-03-21T22:22:59.425-07:00Comments on Vintage Pop Fictions: James P. Hogan's Inherit the Starsdfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-16531871577901197232019-02-09T15:19:00.600-08:002019-02-09T15:19:00.600-08:00And so many SFF writers still fall for Lennon'...<em>And so many SFF writers still fall for Lennon's (Lenin's) utopian nonsense</em><br /><br />It amuses me that SF writers think of themselves as logical and rational but they will still fall for such silly ideas.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-2059442791294518832019-02-09T15:02:04.446-08:002019-02-09T15:02:04.446-08:00Since you liked this one, you might also like Ross...<em>Since you liked this one, you might also like Ross Rocklynne's short story, "Time Wants a Skeleton,"</em><br /><br />Yes, I remember reading your review of that one. I'll have to try to track down a copy.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-35147887752259975912019-02-09T08:46:54.921-08:002019-02-09T08:46:54.921-08:002001: A SPACE ODYSSEY without an ambiguous finale?...2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY without an ambiguous finale? Sign me up! And so many SFF writers still fall for Lennon's (Lenin's) utopian nonsense, lending some credibility to the theory of brain hemisphere dominance (right for emotions, left for logic), with the right hemisphere foremost in artistic types. (I *think* I've got that correct.) In any event, I'll be looking for INHERIT THE STARS just for its Golden Age of Detection tropes.Mike Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182471386130948540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-57532904029539333952019-02-09T00:34:43.271-08:002019-02-09T00:34:43.271-08:00So glad you liked Inherit the Stars and completely...So glad you liked <i>Inherit the Stars</i> and completely agree with your assessment of the plot. You can understand why this science-fiction novel secured a top spot in that Japanese list of 100 best mystery novels. <br /><br />Since you liked this one, you might also like Ross Rocklynne's short story, "Time Wants a Skeleton," which is more fiction than science, but the premise of a human skeleton found on desolate asteroid is still interesting and very well handled.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.com