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From: brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust)
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Subject: Re: THX 1138 & Sheri Tepper
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 10:10:39 EST
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> Two items:
> 
> (1) Someone posted a description of THX 1138 that he mistakenly called
> UBX.  Wasn't there a book about some kind of aerosol spray called UBX?
> 
	The book is UBIK by Phil Dick.  A must for those who find Dick
tolerable, recommended for everyone else.

> (2) I just read _THE SONG OF MAVIN MANYSHAPED_ by Sheri Tepper, a prequel
> to the TRUE GAME series.  I found the book better than the TRUE GAME
> books.  I think Tepper has learned to write a bit better and to construct
> a plot much better.  I reccommend the book.
> 
> 					-- Scott Turner
I enjoyed the TRUE GAME series quite a bit.  Good, fun adventure fantasy,
with enough interesting ideas to keep my head busy.  She IS, I think,
improving as a writer, but from the beginning she kept you turning the
pages, which is more than I can say for many established pros.
			--SKZB