Scatterbrain

It's a shame then that at the time I bought it, there wasn't the ability to "search inside". If I'd been able to take a peek I would have seen that it's mostly stuff I've read before padded out with assorted email chains that arose from collaborations. Admittedly there are a couple of good short stories here (as always), but it was only a small part of the whole. All of which meant it was nowhere near as entertaining as I had hoped. So if I had been able to see what was inside, I probably wouldn't have bought it.


lightspeed service   April 13, 2005
stuart (jinx)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful

I've read the other two books in this series,N-Space and Playgrounds of the Mind,both of which were excellent compilations with old stories collected together as well as author insights and recollections and some new stuff. This one ,although a slimmer volume is full of the same type of stuff,with even more of Larry's anecdotes and collaborative endeavours.I've been looking forward to this book for a while,being a massive Larry Niven fan and can recommend that all Larrys fans should read this as well as anyone interested in realistic Hard SF,old style but with a modern feel.


Scatterbrain confusion   August 25, 2003
17 out of 18 found this review helpful

An eclectic collection or LN taking it easy?
There are some excellent new stories (well I hadn't read them before), some excerpts from novels I had all read before, some short notes about himself and some collection of emails to colleagues.
Yes all very interesting but Isaac Asimov did it better.