Re: Book Thread number ?
When it's all said and done (after all four novels), I think it's fairly certain that there's very little that doesn't either help to fill out the universe of the stories or advance the plot (and the universe that the plot takes place in is essential to that plot, and to the philosophical questions it raises). I can't argue with you about the paint-by-numbers thing, though... it's something that's certain to be a personal reaction to the story that you either have or you don't. You did, I didn't.
YMMV, obviously. I haven't read Forever War, but I think I'd put the Hyperion pair (Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion) ahead of Dune and Ender's Game. Hyperion alone does a masterful job of laying out the world and the rules of the game, but it's only half the story.
Originally posted by MattS
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At any rate I certainly would not have it in the top 25 SciFi novels of all time. Certainly not with the likes of Dune, Ender's Game, The Forever War, etc.
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