...you spend a lot of time at the public library which I haven't done in many years....
My son, Jared, and I are both reading the 2001 series and he is finishing 2061 while I just finished 2010. I'm a little embarrassed that as a major science fiction fan I have not read them before. Of course, I saw the film of 2001, but I had not read the book. I studied astronomy in high school and have always been a huge fan of Carl Sagan and cried when I'd heard he'd died, especially after I had read Billions and Billions, but ACC is fascinating. I'll comment when I can as I go along in the books. So far Dave Bowman's return as a Starchild intrigues me and the kelp-like and other life-forms found on Europa fascinate me as well. The archaic descriptions of the future of integrated curcuitry crack my up as well, but after 25 years of experience with such things, I am always interested.
Oh, and I also read Childhood's End, though when my son asked me to look it up for him, I first thought he was saying 'Childhood Zen'....getting older can be amusing at times.
WW
My son, Jared, and I are both reading the 2001 series and he is finishing 2061 while I just finished 2010. I'm a little embarrassed that as a major science fiction fan I have not read them before. Of course, I saw the film of 2001, but I had not read the book. I studied astronomy in high school and have always been a huge fan of Carl Sagan and cried when I'd heard he'd died, especially after I had read Billions and Billions, but ACC is fascinating. I'll comment when I can as I go along in the books. So far Dave Bowman's return as a Starchild intrigues me and the kelp-like and other life-forms found on Europa fascinate me as well. The archaic descriptions of the future of integrated curcuitry crack my up as well, but after 25 years of experience with such things, I am always interested.
Oh, and I also read Childhood's End, though when my son asked me to look it up for him, I first thought he was saying 'Childhood Zen'....getting older can be amusing at times.
WW
