Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BCFD 36 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (Big Hair Big Guns!) Fevre Dream by George R R Martin Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 10:50:17 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 19:50:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3375d37261238d2da5878a2c57dcb096"; logging-data="2376697"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18DCh3/IJssL0489m9aSrBR" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:H0dSjyuekFWV1+CKDsBwrIQCZ7o= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1909 On 8/1/24 06:15, James Nicoll wrote: > Fevre Dream by George R R Martin > > Steamboat entrepreneur Abner Marsh is rescued from financial disaster > by a mysterious benefactor who is curiously averse to direct sunlight. > > https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/got-the-fever I listened to Fevre Dream whilst doing my organlegger job. Lots of hours stack up between Boulder Creek and Sacramento via San Francisco Airport and then home or Boulder Creek, to the airport, to UCSF Hospital and back. I thoroughly enjoyed it. If his info on riverboats was correct (adding fat to the firebox to increase heat, etc.), I learned a bit about them in the process. -- ---------------- Dave Scruggs Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired) Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired) Board of Directors - Boulder Creek Fire Protection District (What was I thinking?)