tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post2956393364078557299..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Darwin's Blade -- Dan Simmonsmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-69926127710807994372010-01-19T09:15:42.997-06:002010-01-19T09:15:42.997-06:00It is rather interesting for me to read this post....It is rather interesting for me to read this post. Thanks the author for it. I like such themes and anything connected to them. BTW, try to add some pics :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-8169607043535465192008-04-07T07:09:00.000-05:002008-04-07T07:09:00.000-05:00That last is a fairly common blunder.That last is a fairly common blunder.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-21402646874377773912008-04-07T06:13:00.000-05:002008-04-07T06:13:00.000-05:00Darwin's Blade is my first Simmons novel, picked o...Darwin's Blade is my first Simmons novel, picked out of a shrinking pool at my (small)local library.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed the book immensely, with a couple of reservations. The author continuously mixed Imperial (what he called "English") and SI (metric) units, which got a little confusing, even for Dar and Syd! Understandable perhaps, Darwin is a scientist living and working in a country using archaic units of measurement.<BR/><BR/>The "gun talk" was fascinating, and Simmons seemed to know his stuff- except that he talks of a .748 Winchester, which as far as I know doesn't exist (he may have been confused with Winchester 748 smokeless powder). Bear in mind that the .748 refers to inches and a "50 cal" is half an inch, and at the extreme upper limit of what a human can shoulder fire. At one stage Simmons calls a cartridge case a "bullet", which is a mistake an ignorant tabloid journalist might make, and hopefully not too often by an educated novelist.viking13https://www.blogger.com/profile/16271591774495327719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-55264342510780123142007-10-14T08:54:00.000-05:002007-10-14T08:54:00.000-05:00This was the first Simmons that I read (picked it ...This was the first Simmons that I read (picked it up on a clearance table)...that lead me to Hard as Nails and the rest of his stuff.<BR/><BR/>I agree that he seems to have a very wide range as a writer. I even enjoy his horror stuff, a genre that I read very little in.<BR/><BR/>The Terror is close to a masterpiece.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434005455253030741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-50171532996317259282007-10-13T17:30:00.000-05:002007-10-13T17:30:00.000-05:00Oh, that's the same Simmons as "The Terror"? I'm ...Oh, that's the same Simmons as "The Terror"? I'm listening to that on audio, it is very good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-24712226482047962302007-10-12T15:04:00.000-05:002007-10-12T15:04:00.000-05:00Yeah, I'm a fan of Simmons myself. Started with t...Yeah, I'm a fan of Simmons myself. Started with the Kurtz novels and then moved into other areas with him. I have his The Terror in my TBR pile. Darwin's Blade was good stuff and unfortunately no sequel... yet.Craig Zablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350991808928451673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-75830780972326437742007-10-12T13:30:00.000-05:002007-10-12T13:30:00.000-05:00Guns like Stephen Hunter? I immediately grabbed t...Guns like Stephen Hunter? I immediately grabbed that book off the library shelf!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com