So, I decided I need to read some more of the works by the established bigwigs of science fiction, people like Greg Bear, Robert Silverburg, Larry Niven, and a whole sleu of others I don't have on my shelves.

So, while in Fort Collins a while ago, I picked up "The Forge of God" by Greg Bear.

Good book.
It's a disaster tale about the end of the world, but done unlike most disaster stories. It is slow, character oriented. There's no huge action sequences, merely a steady building of strange events the Human characters don't quite understand, and never really do (in this fashion, it's much like Stanislaw Lem's work--another author I should post on.) Although the tale was slow, it kept me turning the pages. The characters were real, the ending all to uncommon. Nothing felt forced. I really didn't feel I was reading science fiction, but then again, this was a near future tale.

In summary, it was worth every penny spent, and it made me want to pick up another book by Greg Bear.