new reader of gap series

[Loredoctor]

some of the best scifi of all times, and this is coming from a diehard asimov/clarke/niven fan

My girlfriend's a big fan of Asimov etc too, but she just will not believe me about the Gap.

Sounds like a short trip to "Dump GF Town" to me.

[CovenantJr]

some of the best scifi of all times, and this is coming from a diehard asimov/clarke/niven fan

My girlfriend's a big fan of Asimov etc too, but she just will not believe me about the Gap.

Sounds like a short trip to "Dump GF Town" to me.

Only so you can nab her. She loves the classics, science fiction literature (not films/TV so much) and psychology.

[Loredoctor]

Only so you can nab her. She loves the classics, science fiction literature (not films/TV so much) and psychology.

Alas, you are right. But given that she knows my true identity - that of a drunken homeless man who lives in South Croyden and who has a badger named 'ponce' would I have any chance?

[CovenantJr]

I think Ponce the badger might sway her.

[Loredoctor]

I think Ponce the badger might sway her.

He swayed me into being homeless. No one resists Ponce the Badger. No one.

[CovenantJr]

Ponce the Badger fact #1:

Even Hierachy can't resist Ponce the Badger.

[Loredoctor]

Ponce the Badger fact #1:

Even Hierachy can't resist Ponce the Badger.

[CovenantJr]

Hmm, Ponce the Badger sounds like an archaic English tradition. The annual poncing of the badger.

[hierachy]

I love me a bit of badger poncing.

[Loredoctor]

I love me a bit of badger poncing.

[Zarathustra]

I'm having a hard time getting going with book 4 right now. Seems like we've lost some of the momentum of the nonstop action of books 2 & 3. I guess SRD is regrouping somewhat to set up the next phase of the action.

That was my impression, too. Even on rereads, it's the slowest part of the entire series. I assume you've made progress since this post, but if you haven't finished it yet, hang in there. Then end of Book 4 is definitely worth the time put into it.

2 & 3 were certainly the meat of the story and action. 5 is a fantastic finale. 4 is necessary to bridge the two. And it does have a few merits of its own.

Didn't Donaldson say somewhere that his personal life was a bit rocky during this period? Certainly the lack of sales on the previous books couldn't have helped. But wasn't his divorce during this time?

Actually, I just found the quote from the introduction to Reave the Just: "'The Woman Who Loved Pigs' helped me regain my balance whe I'd begun to founder in the Gap novels--specifically, between A Dark and Hungry God Arises and Chaos and Order."