At Comic-Con last year, Ray Bradbury named Greg Bear as an up-and-coming sci-fi writer to watch, as he had sort of mentored him after he came up to him at a signing and asked to correspond with him when he (Bear) was a boy.
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Polter-Cow - Aug 08, 2007 8:25:24 am PDT #3631 of 28200
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Aug 08, 2007 8:27:37 am PDT #3632 of 28200
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
At Comic-Con last year, Ray Bradbury named Greg Bear as an up-and-coming sci-fi writer to watch,
I think Bear has established himself as more than up-and-coming, though I'm sure that's Bradbury's perspective since he mentored Bear.
But Bear's been publishing regularly since the early eighties.
Polter-Cow - Aug 08, 2007 8:32:08 am PDT #3633 of 28200
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, he said he'd won more awards than he had, and that we probably knew him. But I'd never heard of him.
Jessica - Aug 08, 2007 8:37:59 am PDT #3634 of 28200
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think Bradbury meant it as a joke...
In an odd bit of synchronicity, a friend of mine will be chatting live with Greg Bear over on Gather later this month.
Miracleman - Aug 08, 2007 10:18:50 am PDT #3635 of 28200
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I've read Bear's Blood Music. Creepy and weird. But very good.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2007 10:21:00 am PDT #3636 of 28200
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've read Bear's Blood Music. Creepy and weird. But very good.
Yeah, Blood Music is excellent. But it's not a book I'd reread.
Whereas, like Jessica, I'd gladly reread Queen of Angels because I really enjoyed being in that world.
Got any used bookstores nearby, MM?
Laga - Aug 08, 2007 10:26:02 am PDT #3637 of 28200
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Man we've got Arthurian legends going in the Harry Potter thread and cyber punks going in here. It's just too much for me! I'll be in my bunk.
Miracleman - Aug 08, 2007 10:34:24 am PDT #3638 of 28200
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Got any used bookstores nearby, MM?
Yeah. I'll have to put that one on my list.
Polter-Cow - Aug 08, 2007 10:44:09 am PDT #3639 of 28200
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Man we've got Arthurian legends going in the Harry Potter thread and cyber punks going in here.
I should combine the two and be a revolutionary.
Laga - Aug 08, 2007 10:49:57 am PDT #3640 of 28200
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Well there was this.