From: noone@nowhere.com   
      
   On 3/01/26 04:53, Tony Nance wrote:   
      
   > ( +++++ - - ) The Wreck of the River of Stars - Flynn   
   > This was stunningly well-written, with wonderful insights, turns of   
   > phrase, and literary references a-plenty (which are easy to ignore if   
   > one wishes to), BUT…friends, this is a tragedy, in the essential sense   
   > of Greek Tragedy. And I spoil nothing by telling you so, since it’s in   
   > the title, it’s on the back cover, and from about page 20 onward (if not   
   > before!) it is clear to every reader that things will neither go well   
   > nor end well. All of the characters are broken in some way, they make   
   > both heroic and stupid choices, the miscommunications are numerous, and   
   > the consequences are dire…and the readers sees almost all of it.   
   > Absolutely magnificent, and painful to observe.   
      
   I see from Fantastic Fiction that it is number 5 in a series of 5. Did   
   you read the first four?   
   A very long time ago, I enjoyed "The January Dancer" and I have the   
   follow up, "Up Jim River" but would have to reread the complicated   
   January Dancer again first and have not done so. More recently, I have   
   read and recommend "In the Country of the Blind" though I was not so   
   enthusiastic as you in regard to these. I now have "The Wreck of the   
   River of Stars".   
      
   > ( +++ 1/2) Aristoi - Walter Jon Williams [Re-read Project #4]   
   > This was excellent (again). I remembered almost none of it from the   
   > first reading roughly 30 years ago. So many ideas, in such a neat   
   > setting. Far future advanced humans have nano-level control of their   
   > environment, as well as FTL travel. The leaders (and privileged few) are   
   > the Aristoi, but even the lower levels are rather advanced. Of course,   
   > utopias seem to always have some people looking to upset the status quo,   
   > or gain advantage, etc etc. This was brilliantly done by WJW. It’s very   
   > well-resolved, but open to a sequel as well.   
      
   I read it last year? on your recommendation and wish to read it again   
   already.   
      
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