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The Field of the Cloth of Gold - Book Group Discussion Thread

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Badger Nov 2017 10:56am, 27 Nov 2017 8,851 posts	Quote Pin Badger I was a bit disappointed, because I liked Maintenance of Headway so very much. This... feels as though it's trying to use a very light form to imply some much heavier things, and somehow the combination doesn't make me want to put the work in. Not bothered so much about the grass and so on, I'm not reading this as if it is a work of hard SF where the author is supposed to have done the hard work to get all the maths right.
GregP Nov 2017 11:01am, 27 Nov 2017 97,312 posts	Quote Pin GregP I don't think getting the maths right is the exclusive domain of hard SF. I expect all but the lightest, most disposable SF to get the maths right - I don't consider most of what I read 'hard', although a buddy has got me to agree to try Hannu Rajaniemi which I think is going to be way beyond my intellect.
McGoohan Nov 2017 11:02am, 27 Nov 2017 32,046 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan (I hated that Hannu Rajaiemi book Greppers. Even blogged my hatred for it.)
GregP Nov 2017 11:03am, 27 Nov 2017 97,313 posts	Quote Pin GregP Ooh - linky please McG - I'm an 'occasional reader' when it comes to your blog.
Ceratonia Nov 2017 11:06am, 27 Nov 2017 6,666 posts	Quote Pin Ceratonia Ooh, thanks for posting this. I really like Magnus Mills, wasn't aware he'd written anything new in several years.
Badger Nov 2017 11:18am, 27 Nov 2017 8,853 posts	Quote Pin Badger At the risk of getting very tangential, I disagree, Grep; if I remember correctly, you're something of a fan of Peter Hamilton, and his faster-than-light drives are handwave magic for getting his characters around fast enough to make his space operas work. Which is fine, but it isn't getting the maths right; it's taking the same kind of liberty as not worrying about who's cutting the grass in order to tell the story you want to in the way you want to do it.
McGoohan Nov 2017 11:19am, 27 Nov 2017 32,047 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan (Twas this one Greppington: fetcheveryone.com/blog/137/2016/3#blog350109 )
GregP Nov 2017 11:21am, 27 Nov 2017 97,320 posts	Quote Pin GregP Well yes and no - wormhole travel is an accepted sci-fi conceit, yes? He gets (most) of the rest of the maths right. Although I have Doubts about Norfolk Tears.
GregP Nov 2017 11:21am, 27 Nov 2017 97,321 posts	Quote Pin GregP Thanks Maccles.
GregP Nov 2017 11:46am, 27 Nov 2017 97,323 posts	Quote Pin GregP Badgo/Maccers - can we move this back to the other thread? Ta. See you in a minute.