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Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: SKYRIPOFF!
Article-I.D.: inuxd.292
Posted: Sat Apr 30 21:13:04 1983
Received: Mon May  2 06:24:01 1983

*****RIPOFF ALERT******
The heavily-promoted, silver-covered, spaceship-bedecked book by Tor,
SKYRIPPER, is NOT SF!

True, the first few pages and the LAST PARAGRAPH have SF elements in them,
but the rest (99+%) is just a standard secret-agent-turned-cynic/
cum fairly nice guy adventure story.  Not too bad for its type,
but NOT what you'd expect  of a book touted as SF.
I admit that it held my interest, but part of that was waiting for
the SF to begin.  

Buy it at a book sale for $.25 and read it when you are desparate.
--arlan andrews/indy