tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post7792687789588978483..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: Report on 1994: The Savage ReportEarl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-55837768538775954352014-04-07T20:51:31.657-06:002014-04-07T20:51:31.657-06:00Glad to hear from someone else who's read thes...Glad to hear from someone else who's read these strange novels, James. You're quite right - there are many worse books than these, and I did enjoy them. For whatever reason, they live on in my memory, so there must be more to them than some purple prose. Earl J. Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-27869109455929492102014-04-03T10:40:26.655-06:002014-04-03T10:40:26.655-06:00I actually did buy and read both novels when they ...I actually did buy and read both novels when they came out. I was in junior college at the time. I remember the books as you describe them, including the writing which at the time I admired. It seems to me that the books were described as "Science Faction" on the cover and were supposed to be an ongoing series.<br /><br />I have read many worse books than these. They were a guilty pleasure at the time. <br /><br />Some random thing in my brain made me google "War Of The Gurus" and that led me here.<br /><br />I am as surprised as anyone that Howard Rhinegold wrote these.James Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780967961700803212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-12690283444204813302009-10-01T20:50:22.478-06:002009-10-01T20:50:22.478-06:00"If any readers have read 1994..."
Well..."If any readers have read 1994..."<br /><br />Well, that would probably be me. I think you covered 1994 rather well, and better than it deserves. It's one of those books that takes a long time to read, because there's no way you can just plough through the words. Even skimming the book, you're going to run across a passage that's so bizarrely styled that you have to stop and start again.<br /><br />I very vaguely recall The Guru Wars, although I've never read it. I hope I am wrong when I say that the sequel is supposed to be less bombastic than the original. <br /><br />In any case, reading your assessment of the 1994 book, I am pleased that it's going to sit on your shelf for the next ten years. Although now I will have to bug you for The Guru Wars...<br /><br />>>SPOILER ALERT<<<br /><br />... Strangely, the one thing I was not expecting reading 1994 was an almost completely unresolved ending. I'll just have to knuckle under and read The Guru Wars to find out of we all live to see 1995.Hot Jeff! Part Deuxnoreply@blogger.com