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%T Divergence
%S The Heritage Universe
%V Book Two
%A Charles Sheffield
%I Del Rey
%D February 1992
%O paperback, US$4.99
%P 293
%G ISBN 0-345-36938-6
This sequel to Summertide (RR#102) delivers more solid sense-of-wonder
entertainment for fans of the Clarke/Niven/Hogan school of
alien-puzzle hard SF. The search for the vanished Builders continues,
a deadly scavenger hunt through the galaxy-spanning maze of their
mega-artifacts. Thrills, chills, and lots of neat world-building.
Recommended.
%T The Hammer
%S The General
%V Book II
%A S.M. Stirling
%A David Drake
%I Baen
%D February 1992
%O paperback, US$4.99
%P 307
%G ISBN 0671-72105-4
Well, the cat's out of the bag now --- on the flyleaf of this sequel
to The Forge (RR#110), David
Drake cops to the fact that The General is a rework of
the life of the Byzantine general Belisarius and that Steve Stirling
is doing most of the writing. Those of who are military-history buffs
enough to have caught the in-jokes Steve larded the first volume with
will enjoy them in this one too. Otherwise it's pretty standard
military-SF carno with a few new and neat ideas in it. If you'll
enjoy it, you already know so from that description.
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