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newnumber6Finished General Practice, the third Sector General omnibus by James White. Rather liked, despite the focus moving to alien protagonists (which is okay but tends to lead to a lot of referring to humans as 'it' rather than he or
she, and so on, which can get mildly irritating).
Next up is Conquistador, by S.M. Stirling, which is about a portal accidentally created in 1946 which lead to an alternate Earth where Europe never colonized the Americas. The discoverers used the gate for profit and in 2009 it is still a secret but risking discovery from the outside. It's okay so far... the only other bit by Stirling I've read is his Nantucket Trilogy (starting with Island in the Sea of Time) in which the present-day island of Nantucket somehow winds up in the Bronze Age, and they're forced to deal with the situation and make the best of it, opening up trade with peoples around the worlds and setting up technological infrastructures/dramatic new ideas. I enjoyed that quite a bit for the 'whisked away on an adventure' aspect (and building civilization based on advanced knowledge in primitive situations is a pet favorite theme of mine)... if Conquistador followed the discovery of the gate strictly and it was an 'exploring this wonderous discovery' I might be enjoying it more.
Still, I've only just started, so it might get better.
she, and so on, which can get mildly irritating).
Next up is Conquistador, by S.M. Stirling, which is about a portal accidentally created in 1946 which lead to an alternate Earth where Europe never colonized the Americas. The discoverers used the gate for profit and in 2009 it is still a secret but risking discovery from the outside. It's okay so far... the only other bit by Stirling I've read is his Nantucket Trilogy (starting with Island in the Sea of Time) in which the present-day island of Nantucket somehow winds up in the Bronze Age, and they're forced to deal with the situation and make the best of it, opening up trade with peoples around the worlds and setting up technological infrastructures/dramatic new ideas. I enjoyed that quite a bit for the 'whisked away on an adventure' aspect (and building civilization based on advanced knowledge in primitive situations is a pet favorite theme of mine)... if Conquistador followed the discovery of the gate strictly and it was an 'exploring this wonderous discovery' I might be enjoying it more.
Still, I've only just started, so it might get better.
