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%T The Giants Novels
%A James P. Hogan
%I Del Rey
%D October 1991
%O clothbound, US$16.00
%P 517
%G ISBN 0-345-37381
Here's a true treat for the hard-SF fan --- a handsome reissue of James
Hogan's trilogy Inherit The Stars, The Gentle Giants Of
Ganymede, and Giant's Star. Hogan blazed like a nova in
the SF firmament of the late Seventies when these came out and they're still
terrific the second time around. Indulge yourself, and make this a permanent
addition to your collection.
%T Playgrounds of the Mind
%A Larry Niven
%I TOR
%D October 1991
%O clothbound, US$22.95
%P 485
%G ISBN 0-312-85219
If you are a Larry Niven fan (I am), you must have this book. It's a
fascinating collection of familiar and unfamiliar --- short stories, novel
excerpts, reminiscences, outlines for stuff not yet written, all manner of
odds and ends that add up to more than the sum of their parts. Maybe you want
to wait till the paperback happens, though...
%T Chernevog
%A C.J. Cherryh
%I Del Rey
%D October 1991
%O paperback, US$5.99
%P 315
%G 0-345-37351-0
"Chernevog" shares with "Rusalka," the first novel in this series,
an unusual distinction; both are fantasy novels that primarily explore
moral ideas. In Cherryh's medieval Russia, wizards can change things,
places, people and events by simply wishing them to be different.
But should they? And if so, how and when? If you crave swash and
buckle in your fantasy reading, these books will bore you. However,
if you appreciate the opportunity to watch believable, likeable
characters grow into better people as the story unfolds, you will find
these books absorbing. [CCO]
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