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Book 18: The Merchants' War by Frederick Pohl. This is a sequel to The Space Merchants by Pohl and Kornbluth written several (many, possibly into the decades) later. It, unfortunately, suffers from being a sequel, so the world and ideas aren't all that new, and suffers from, I think, not being as good as the original in writing, plotting, etc. Maybe that's the loss of half the author affecting things. On the whole, a solid meh.
Book 19: Conqueror's Pride by Timothy Zahn. First book of a trilogy, and this is classic Zahn. Combat SF, strong heroes, fast-moving, and fun -- but nothing particularly deep or heavy in here.
Book 18: The Merchants' War by Frederick Pohl. This is a sequel to The Space Merchants by Pohl and Kornbluth written several (many, possibly into the decades) later. It, unfortunately, suffers from being a sequel, so the world and ideas aren't all that new, and suffers from, I think, not being as good as the original in writing, plotting, etc. Maybe that's the loss of half the author affecting things. On the whole, a solid meh.
Book 19: Conqueror's Pride by Timothy Zahn. First book of a trilogy, and this is classic Zahn. Combat SF, strong heroes, fast-moving, and fun -- but nothing particularly deep or heavy in here.
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Date: 2006-06-20 12:25 pm (UTC)T.
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Date: 2006-06-20 02:20 pm (UTC)I, too, have liked much of what Pohl has written -- this one was a bit of a disappointment. I don't remember the 'hand' series off-hand, though.
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Date: 2006-06-20 02:31 pm (UTC)'The Gripping Hand' and 'The Mote in Gods eye' books.
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