SFBRP #021 – Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes – Encounter With Tiber

Luke mentioned in the last show that Encounter With Tiber was one of the most memorable books he has read. Turns out, after re-reading it, that he might have a selective memory.

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Next book review: John Brunner – The Crucible of Time

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SFBRP #019 – Alastair Reynolds – The Prefect

The Prefect is the second book and the first novel by Alastair Reynolds reviewed so far. While thinking he couldn’t talk so long about a story that has so many spoilers to avoid, Luke got a bit too enthusiastic and went on for almost 30 minutes!

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SFBRP #018 – Greg Bear – Moving Mars

Moving Mars is a book by Greg Bear. It won a Nebula Award and all that… but did it move Luke?

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SFBRP #017 – Kim Stanley Robinson – Antarctica

Luke read this book years before going to Antarctica… how well did Kim Stanley Robinson capture the feeling of the coldest, driest, highest and least populated continent? And is the novel any good?

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SFBRP #016 – David Evans – Time Station Berlin

The first in the theme “Sci-fi novels about places Luke has lived” is Time Station Berlin, set in Luke’s home town. Luke explains why this book is such a big inspiration.

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SFBRP #015 – Vernor Vinge – The Peace War

Luke reviews this novel from 1984 and thinks about bobbling himself up, only to come back in future times when he can read all of Vernor Vinge’s books and not have to wait so long for the new ones.

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