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From: jim@randvax.ARPA (Jim Gillogly)
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Subject: Re: a book you might find interesting
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Date: Fri, 30-Dec-83 15:12:22 EST
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Prince Ombra is indeed by Roderick MacLeish.  He does an occasional
Spectrum appearance on CBS Radio (KNX in my area).  (You know, "Rod
MacLeish??)  I read the book but wasn't too thrilled with it.  There
are bunches of avatars of Good throughout the years, as described in
the previous note, and they must confront Evil in their own time and
either win or lose ... losing dooms the Earth to the effects of Evil
until it burns itself out for awhile.  (That's not a spoiler yet.)
I didn't find the author's vision of the pre-life state very compelling;
nor was I impressed with the quality of the competition to the Ultimate
Evil ... you wouldn't expect Luke Skywalker or any moisture-farmer of
that ilk to be successful against the whole Empire, would you?  Me
neither.

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