Up to Eric's Home Page | To Index | Sat Jul 20 22:32:36 EDT 1991 |
%T Fallen Angels
%A Larry Niven
%A Jerry Pournelle
%A Michael Flynn
%I Baen
%D July 1990
%O paperback, US$5.95
%P 394
%G 0-671-72052-X
In a future America overrun by fanatical anti-technologists and
menaced by rapidly advancing glaciers, who will come to the rescue of
two astronauts from a space habitat, downed on the Ice by a missile?
Why...science-fiction fandom, of course --- or, what's left of it.
This book is a tissue of in-jokes, puns, and characters based on real
people instantly recognizable to any long-time fan. The goings-on get
a bit too cute to justify the Hugo it's been nominated for, but this
is good clean fun --- and a don't-miss for anyone who's ever enjoyed
an SF convention.
%T The Clouds of Saturn
%A Michael McCollum
%I Del Rey
%D July 1991
%O paperback, US$4.95
%P 311
%G 0-345-36412-0
Larson Sands is a privateer in the clouds of Saturn's upper
atmosphere, humanity's refuge ever since a jump in the Sun's activity
made Earth uninhabitable. Despite the risks, he enjoys life as a
mercenary in the limited wars among the fragile cloud cities ---
until one of them murders his brother. His quest for revenge
eventually sends him after a secret buried on dead Earth. This is
competent adventure SF in an unlikely and interesting setting, a fun
read-once.
Up to Eric's Home Page | To Index | Sat Jul 20 22:32:36 EDT 1991 |
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>