tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post3372387341365834417..comments2024-01-30T20:01:01.316+00:00Comments on Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Devil's Nebula by Eric Brown, and Gunner Cade by Cyril JuddAnthony G Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-43822179460285407332014-08-27T16:16:45.863+01:002014-08-27T16:16:45.863+01:00Indeed, the concept that beliefs should be based o...Indeed, the concept that beliefs should be based on evidence seems to be a minority view...<br />Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-59108671994065520212014-08-27T14:57:51.712+01:002014-08-27T14:57:51.712+01:00I first read "Gunner Cade" a *long* time... I first read "Gunner Cade" a *long* time ago... late 1960s, probably. The copy on my shelf has made it through decades of culling.<br /><br /> Yeah, the same basic plot has been done before, and arguably better, and the writing is a bit stilted by modern standards, but the story line and character development move right along. I thought the ending was slightly contrived, but it was already a longish book by the standards of the day, as you noted. Nowadads the story would sprawl into a trilogy at least.<br /><br /> When I first read it as a preteen, I was struck that Cade not only believed everything he had been taught, but that he defended it even when faced with evidence to the contrary. Little did I know how common that is in the real world...<br />dlwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912456339359889684noreply@blogger.com