No, not that question... And not that other question either ;o)
There's a lot of other stuff going on right now and I totally missed the publication of Harrison's 'Empty Space: A Haunting'. If it hadn't come through the door yesterday morning I would have probably missed it completely...
I was about to get stuck in (despite everything else) when I realised that 'Empty Space' is actually the third book in a trilogy, 'Light' and 'Nova Swing' being the previous two. So my question is...
Have any of you guys read 'Light' or 'Nova Swing'? I'm trying to get a feel for how well 'Empty Space' might stand on its own as I don't really have the time to go back and get caught up.
All comments welcome :o)
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I'm in a similar situation, mate. Way back before The Speculative Scotsman, I read Light, and I loved it. Quite blew my mind. Then I managed to miss Nova Swing entirely. I have it on my shelf now, but the time never seemed to be right, and now Empty Space is here, I'm wondering if it'd spoil things if I skipped over book two.
So to answer your question, Graeme, I uh... can't answer your question! But I can recommend Light wholeheartedly. It's incredible sf.
A little tweeting has since revealed that I could probably jump into 'Empty Space' and not get too lost. It has since become a 'sooner rather than later' read :o)
Thanks for the recommendation though! I've got plenty to read at the moment but I will have to check out 'Light' at some point.
Sorry don't know anything about this series, but based on the synopsis I kind of want to! :D If you read it, let us know how you like it! I'd be interested to know! :D
Be my test subject, then? :)
If you can find something to like about it, without having read either Light or Nova Swing... I'm in.
I've got a couple of books that I want to read first but... you're on :o)
I have read both light and nova swing. light i have read 2wice and on second reading the story makes a lot more sense. in fact light is one of the few books i have read twice. nova swing is good. reads quite a lot like an updated version of ' a roadside picnic.'
but i for one am really really looking forward to empty space!
I have not bought Empty Space yet but I looked at the beginning on Amazon. The first chapter is about a character from "Light" and there are references to another major character from that book. I feel that you get more out of the first few pages if you know who Michael is and what his disappearance was about - the chapter in "Light" which describes this is one of the most moving and awesome bits of prose I know. Chapter 2 looks as if it contains references to "Nova Swing" too as there are references to a ship of that name but I have not read this yet - plan to before I read "Empty Space".
I doubt it is strictly necessary but I would read the books in order. "Light" in any event is so wonderful that you will not lose by reading it. I doubt the new book will be incomprehensible without a knowledge of the other two but I am sure it will be greatly enriched, the more you know about the common background to the three books.
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