Heart of the Comet [Import] [Paperback]

Gregory & Brin, David Benford (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 492 pages
• Publisher: NY Bantam 1987.; 1St Edition edition (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553172913
• ISBN-13: 978-0553172911
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great example of "hard" sci-fi, September 27, 2000

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"deblock" (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heart of the Comet (A Bantam Spectra Book) (Mass Market Paperback)

My dad, who got me started on sci-fi as a kid, recently complained that too much of today's sci-fi is more fantasy than science. I'm going to send him this book for Christmas, because it tackles so many areas -- space travel, biology, even sociology. I thought it was one of the best hard sci-fi books I've read, ever.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Hard Science, September 20, 2002

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Eric Callman "Mr. E" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heart of the Comet (A Bantam Spectra Book) (Mass Market Paperback)

I enjoyed this book immensely! The perfect balance of exploring scientific concepts and telling a riveting story. Like "Earth" (novel by David Brin), some of the scientific ideas are a little farfetched, but not just silly. They are well thought out, and explained in relatively simple terms. There are explorations of biology (the interplay of hostile and symbiotic microscopic life forms - germs), astrophysics (using sublimation to steer a comet), and even the psycology (small groups of people under stress - a la "Lord of the Flies"). I think this is why it took two authors to write this book... there are just too many interesting concepts going on for just one person to have thouroughly researched. Oh, and did I mention that it has lots of action and a great story. Not nearly as dry as you might guess from the title - quite a treat.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Hard Science Fiction Book, May 12, 1999

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Jay A. Weinstein - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heart of the Comet (A Bantam Spectra Book) (Mass Market Paperback)

Finally!! The blurbs on the book cover do it justice. What a woderful book written by two science fiction masters. I had put ofrf reading this book and had it for several years. I picked it up after a friend recommended it and WOW!. It is truly a world building story and the characters are lovingly portrayed and the plot moves along quickly. This is one "hard" science fiction book that does not get bogged down in science facts and details. Just enough to keep you interested. I can;t say enough good things about this book. Too bad these two authors didn;t collaborate on another project.