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%T Crygender
%A Thomas T. Thomas
%I Baen
%D $4.99
%O paperback, US$5.99
%P 316
%G ISBN 0-671-72101-1
The title character of this odd and fascinating novel is a
surgically-created hermaphrodite who runs Babylon, the world of 2020's
most expensive brothel. It begins with an assortment of apparently
random characters converging on Babylon, each with complex motives,
most tied in some way to Crygender's obscured past. Everything
Crygender touches will change...and that past is about to catch up
with it. Recommended.
%T Take Back Plenty
%A Colin Greenland
%I Avon
%D January 1992
%O paperback, US$4.99
%P 484
%G ISBN 0-380-76395
This is one helluva space opera with a couple of unusual features.
First, Greenland's protagonist is female and black, her behavior often
a subtle and satirical comment on the Kimball Kinnisons of SF
tradition. Secondly, the author packs as much variety, exotica and
places-to-go into our one solar system as most do into whole galaxies.
Third, the story has a droll sense of humor that's never lost even
at moments of high drama. Recommended!
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