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%T Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire
%A Melinda M. Snodgrass
%I Bantam
%D April 1992
%O paperback, 437 pp, US$5.50
%G ISBN 0-553-29493-8
In the first full-length Wild Cards novel in a while, Melinda Snodgrass
gives us the story of how Dr. Tachyon recovers his body from his conniving
psychotic grandson. Snodgrass mercifully refrains from hammering the reader
over the head with the book's politically correct theme (Tachyon, now
inhabiting a woman's body, is forced to come to grips with his chauvinistic
attitudes while experiencing first hand the most difficult aspects of being
female), and delivers a satisfyingly brisk adventure without the grossly
excessive violence that has marred some of the Wild Cards books. A fun read.
[CCO]
%T Sword and Sorceress IX
%A Marian Zimmer Bradley, ed.
%I DAW
%D April 1992
%O paperback, 299 pp, US$4.50
%G ISBN 0-886770509-4
This is yet another Bradley collection of sword-and-sorcery style fantasy
stories, written primarily by young or new authors. (Contributions from Josepha
Sherman, Diana Paxson, and Mercedes Lackey also appear in this volume.) As
usual, the quality of the stories varies from good to indifferent and Marian's
introductions to each of them are, in this reviwer's opinion, intrusive and
obnoxious. Some of the stories, however, are based on concepts that are
sufficiently intriguing to be worth reading despite their flaws. [CCO]
%T Liar's Oath
%A Elizabeth Moon
%I Baen
%D May 1992
%O paperback, US$5.99
%P 472
%G ISBN 0-671-72117
RECEIVED BUT NOT REVIEWED:
_Serpent's_Gift_ (Star Bridge #4) by A. C. Crispin
_Omega_Sub_#6:_Raven_Rising_ by J. D. Cameron. I hurl at the very thought.
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