From: Chris Hibbert (hibbert@mydruthers.com)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 11:00:59 MDT
I think Damien wrote this:
> I'll be damned. David Brin was right. (See "Heaven's Reach").
and Eliezer S. Yudkowsky responded:
> Sorry, you'll have to spell out what you mean. I haven't read
> "Heaven's Reach", and given that it's the conclusion of a set of two
> trilogies which I was not able to get through the first book of, I
> don't think I will be reading it any time soon.
I'll try to keep this from being a spoiler. In the series, of course,
there is widespread galactic civilization, with much contact and
conflict between family groups. In the earlier books, the older
civilizations are known, but not much in evidence. In the final (so
far) book, we actually get to mingle with the older civilizations, and
go on a grand tour. The very oldest civilizations seem to
predominantly be clustered in retirement communities around black
holes. To say more about their goals or what brings them there would
be to give too much away.
Chris
--
C. J. Cherryh, "Invader", on why we visit very old buildings:
"A sense of age, of profound truths. Respect for something hands
made, that's stood through storms and wars and time. It
persuades us that things we do may last and matter."
Chris Hibbert
hibbert@mydruthers.com
http://discuss.foresight.org/~hibbert
President of the Libertarian Futurist Society, lfs.org
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