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Old 11th December 2007, 04:39 PM   #12 (permalink)
clovis-man
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Re: Favourite Clarke

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Originally Posted by AE35Unit View Post
I enjoyed City and the Stars/Against the Fall of Night but could not get my head round Benford's sequel. Didn't understand a word of it and I've read all of Benford's brilliant sequence including Great Sky River(the first Benford book I read)
I agree 100%. He just took off on a tangent. Didn't provide any real homage to the ideas of the original. Turned it into a (not very good) space opera. Perhaps it's unfair of me, but I avoid reading any of Benford's stuff now as a result.

Jim
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