Reddit reviews A new dawn

Well, right now, I'm living in Phoenix, and I'm sure ASU has an engineering department, and it wouldn't surprise me if they had a concrete canoe competition, so maybe I'll google a bit and see about spending a spare Saturday or something checking it out.

Also, here's that short story. (Turns out the author is also a physics prof, which I hadn't expected.) It's really stupid (our church still has some pretty old-fashioned ideas men's and women's roles), but at least there is a concrete canoe in it. And this is the novel he turned it into, which is equally stupid, but there you have it. %-)

(Also, checking canoe weights: Went to clippercanoes.com, looked at the specs, and for a typical 17' canoe, the fibreglass ones weigh around 72 lb., and the Kevlar ones weigh around 60 lb. So yeah, I'm not sure I'd even want to portage the 100 lb. ones, never mind anything around 200 lb....)