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Subject: Re: Quickey Book Review:  "Voyagers," by Ben Bova
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Date: Sat, 21-Jan-84 21:51:30 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 21 21:51:30 1984
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From:  Mike Caplinger <mike@rice>

I feel compelled to defend Bova.  While old Ben is pretty heavy-handed
about government, the military, and social decline (his non-fiction THE
HIGH ROAD is rife with such) a lot of his fiction is worthwhile.  I
liked MILLENNIUM, and its sequel, COLONY, is only slightly less
worthwhile, and its prequel, KINSMAN, is OK too.  Some of his earlier
work, like THE DUELING MACHINE, is quite interesting.  And who could
fault THE STARCROSSED, a fictionalized sendup of Harlan Ellison's
encounter with Canadian TV?

I will gladly admit that VOYAGERS was poor, as was his juvenile EXILES
trilogy, but he usually writes worthwhile hard science fiction.  And a
lot of his non-fiction (such as THE NEW ASTRONOMIES, and THE FOURTH
STATE OF MATTER) is competent too.  Not Asimov, but...