tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post1035296748732054026..comments2024-03-15T02:42:58.854-04:00Comments on The Hat Rack: George R.R. Martin - SandkingsNathaniel Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-3597346858126027932011-07-11T11:41:21.612-04:002011-07-11T11:41:21.612-04:00What I'd recommend and what is pertinent here ...What I'd recommend and what is pertinent here are his "zones of thought" books, <i>A Fire Upon the Deep</i>, and <i>A Deepness in the Sky</i>rastronomicalshttp://lahistoriadelamusicarock.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-83701063919745523442011-07-07T15:11:49.343-04:002011-07-07T15:11:49.343-04:00@Rastronomicals: I've actually never read Ving...@Rastronomicals: I've actually never read Vinge, though it seems I very much have to, now. Is there a particular work of his you'd recommend? <br /><br />As for the last line, upon rereading it just now, I can see what you mean, but am still not sure that I dislike it. Its inclusion is a tad abrupt, coming after the grand nature of the preceding paragraphs, but the entire tale is, after all, about the blurring of the personal and the incomprehensibly vast.<br /><br />@Anton Gully: Thank you very much!Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-42532421335643904762011-07-07T07:46:56.806-04:002011-07-07T07:46:56.806-04:00I actually got goose bumps reading this, as the st...I actually got goose bumps reading this, as the stories were brought back to me. Excellent analysis, as always.Panicswitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074225770192887676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-38164985379755098222011-07-06T12:58:28.720-04:002011-07-06T12:58:28.720-04:00Re-reading this now myself, and I had a very simil...Re-reading this now myself, and I had a very similar experience with "The Stone City." I had remembered the plots and the locations of "Sandkings" and "The Way of Cross and Dragon" and "In the House of the Worm," from my readings in the late eighties, but not those of "The Stone City."<br /><br />But re-reading now, I'm astounded by how well "The Stone City" evokes a very strange and very large galaxy, in which Man and Mannish thought can find themselves very lonesome indeed.<br /><br />"The Stone City" is sort of Vingian, too, ten years or so before Vernor Vinge would write the books that would make the adjective meaningful, in that it suggests that physical law might vary by location in the galactic disc.<br /><br />One thing bothered me slightly about the story, though: Martin in his eagerness to use that "Holt walks among the stars" capline sort of clumsily appends it to his little time-lecture at the end of the story. Hard to believe an editor couldn't have fixed that last bit up for him, it's such a phenomenal story otherwise.rastronomicalshttp://lahistoriadelamusicarock.comnoreply@blogger.com