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3.0 out of 5 stars Disjointed, confusing, but hardcore SciFi, Jun 22 2004

By	tj2k (Issaquah, wa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eon (Mass Market Paperback)

The absolutely blatent plagerizing of Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendevous With Rama" series aside, this book is a fairly healthy mix of harcore science fiction (heavy on the physics) and absolutely random tangents of plot that go nowhere.

I found the book unsatisfying in story development and resolution, but interesting enough in theoretical creativity to balance it out.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Some good ideas poorly presented, May 13 2004

By	B. K. Marshall - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Eon (Mass Market Paperback)

Never having read Greg Bear before I wasn't sure what I had in store for me when I picked up Eon. A few chapters into the book I was about ready to give up on Mr. Bear. I could forgive his frequent forays into the technical discussions of hard science fiction. I could forgive his tendency to introduce subjects/objects/phrases and not properly explain them until several chapters later. But I could not forgive the hollow characters who behaved more and more eratically as the story progressed. And I disliked the teasing of what seemed to be potentially important subjects (i.e. the Frants or the increasingly promiscious nature of characters) that went no where.

Despite all this, he managed to weave an intriguing enough story that I struggled through these faults and finished the book. I certainly wouldn't put this on any Top X book list, but neither would I toss it in the trash if I received it as a gift.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unfilmable, Jan 21 2004

By	whitedruid - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eon (Mass Market Paperback)

If anyone can make this book a film then maybe it is those Matrix guys but this would be a huge production if they did.

The book is about a comet with an inside that is bigger than the outside. There are cities inside that have been deserted.

This book is a great cut of classic sci-fi. You will love it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thou Dart Bullseye
This book was painted by him as a Great Science Fiction Novel. When it dried, it hung proud in the Gallery of the Greats, and I always remember it as a fabulous touchstone to the... Read more

Published on Jan 13 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars read a physics book
Wow! Great story and characters. Really sucked me in an wouldn't let go. Bear's imagination is seldom rivaled. Read more

Published on Dec 17 2003 by J. Stover

3.0 out of 5 stars The Eon Enigma. Great SF or complete bollocks?
Something inbetween perhaps. The ideas in Eon earn 9/10, however Bear's writing style gets a 4. For starters, he describes the different locations in overtechnical geometric... Read more

Published on Nov 17 2003 by haysonics

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Book
This book is fascinating. If you are into science, especially time and space related, consider this book. Read more

Published on Nov 16 2003 by Randy Given

3.0 out of 5 stars Confusing
"Eon" may pose more of a challenge when it comes to selecting a rating than any other book I've ever read, since it consists of one half of a solid, well-written SF... Read more

Published on Aug 3 2003 by not4prophet

1.0 out of 5 stars Appalling drivel
This is one of the worst books I have ever read in any genre. You could go on and on about the flaws in Eon, cardboard characters, stupid, old fashioned ideas (the cold war is... Read more

Published on Dec 30 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Two deadly secrets.
This book contains two deadly secrets.

Deadly secret number one has to do with what the book's major characters will discover when they travel down the time-tunnel that forms... Read more

Published on Dec 10 2002 by Warlen Bassham

1.0 out of 5 stars "I Just Could Not Get Into It."
I got up to around 100 pages before I put this book down. The premise sounded good and I liked the potential conflict with the Soviets over the strange asteroid that settled in... Read more

Published on Jul 25 2002 by John J. Rust

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best SF books of the late 20th century
Eon stretches your mind, literally since it deals with higher dimensions to achieve the plotline. It led me to buy the subsequent "Eternity" and "Legacy" and I... Read more

Published on May 15 2002 by MR MARK DOWLING

5.0 out of 5 stars The only fantastic book ever found for [$]
...This is the only one I've kept. I beleive that even though this is fantanisy, we, as a people are always closer to the events that lead to the Thistledown's creation that one... Read more

Published on April 21 2002 by Jeremiah R. Halstead