Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Charles Sheffield returns to the Solar System of his novel Cold As Ice, to spin a tale of the years immediately following the Great War, a horrifying spasm that was over in weeks, but killed half the human race.
Why I read this book: Fictionwise/eReader released their software as a free download for iPhones, and I was pleased to be able to read books I hadn't look at in years. Dark as Day seemed particularly interesting, so I checked it out from the MCPL as well. Charles Sheffield was my favorite America...
I first read this in High School, so it may be that my opinion of the book is bouyed by the passage of time, but I still think that this is a very engaging and fun book with good science (so far as a mythologist like myself can tell) and enjoyable characters. Reminds me of Arthur C Clarke in man...