There were several points and several lines that caused me to throw the book... too overwhelmed.

Forgive me if I get the quote wrong, but when Vector tells Morn "I'm keeping you sane. So, he can keep hurting you." ... I threw the book and stormed off for an hour.

I've got to call you on Ender's Game. Yes, it is really good science fiction, but it's emotional and intellectual depth, complexity. and maturity aren't even in the same universe as the Gap. Very true. But it's very entertaining. If I have an afternoon, I'll pick it up and read it again. I've read ...

Interesting points, but can we take the analysis one step farther? It seems to me that there is a corresponding change in the characters "Power" through this transition. In the early stages of denial, they hurt and harm everyone and everything around them. The rape of Lena is the obvious e...

Certainly one of the two best, with Dune. Gap appeals more to the emotional side of me and Dune to the intellectual. But both are simply fantastic. I think that's exactly right. Dune was an intellectual exercise. It expanded my horizons in many ways. The Gap series is an exercise in emotional endur...

If failure means that we can't forsee all the implications of our decisons 3500 years into the future... doesn't that pretty much make EVERYONE a failure?

I had to register, because I thought that this really needed to be said.

I think one of the primary morals of the Gap series, other than those listed already is...

Horrible compromises are made, and horrible prices are paid by those who attempt to extend beyond their humanity.