Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Martin@YALE.ARPA From: Martin@YALE.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Startide Rising Message-ID: <13249@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Nov-83 12:01:13 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13249 Posted: Wed Nov 2 12:01:13 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Nov-83 18:55:23 EST Lines: 14 From: Charles Martin I know there've already been too many messages about this book, but I can't resist. In the face of books like "Son of Foundation," "Son of 2001," and "The Nth Offspring of Lazarus Long," it's good to see a great new novel by a (relatively) new author. Startide Rising is without a doubt better than all of the preceeding. I thought those three were pretty hackneyed. Sure, it's great to curl up with a Heinlein--just put the brain on automatic, call up the Salty_Survivor_Type semantic analyzer, and turn the pages. Startide Rising, while not as smooth as the others, has much more in the way of ideas, new methods of characterization, etc...definitely the more interesting book. Anyway, get it. This would've had my vote for the Hugo last year, had it been in the running.