VIDEO: Gregory Benford and Larry Niven @Google
Gregory Benford and Larry Niven, who recently collaborated on The Bowl of Heaven,
From YouTube:
Larry Niven & Gregory Benford, two of the most respected authors of hard science fiction, talk about their new book Bowl of Heaven and the concept of stories about “big dumb objects” as a sub-genre. They review prior stories (including Ringworld by Niven) and then talk about the physics of the “big smart object” that is the Bowl of Heaven — a half dyson-sphere steering a star on an interstellar voyage.
Also: Pay attention at 44:44 for news on the Ringworld movie!
Bowl of Heaven ends pretty abruptly. At least they promise only two books.
Amazon reviews are pretty bad overall. Anyone else here want to comment before I spend $13?
I mostly liked the beginning space exploration part, but not so much the jungle adventure part, but that’s my taste. And I was happy with the short length until I saw it had no end. It doesn’t look that popular. There isn’t even an audiobook yet. It’s nice to see some singularity-less science fiction.