I got the first book as part of a Humble Bundle or something and loved it, got the third and read it as part of the Hugo packet. THEN I read the second book: the third made a bit more sense after reading the second, but #3 fundamentally stood well on its own for me.
Regarding space telescopes. I'm thinking in terms of what might be possible if you could build the lenses and rest of the assemblies in orbit and didn't have to pay the gravity tax to boost off of Earth. I'll have to ask my wife about it: she's an astronomer and operates a 3.5 meter telescope. The problem is that I'll never be able to get her to read the books, she has too many other things to read in her queue.
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Date: 2017-11-11 05:49 pm (UTC)Regarding space telescopes. I'm thinking in terms of what might be possible if you could build the lenses and rest of the assemblies in orbit and didn't have to pay the gravity tax to boost off of Earth. I'll have to ask my wife about it: she's an astronomer and operates a 3.5 meter telescope. The problem is that I'll never be able to get her to read the books, she has too many other things to read in her queue.