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From: scott@hou2g.UUCP (Colonel'K)
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Subject: Re: NIGHTMARE JOURNEY by Dean R. Koontz
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 09:39:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 10 09:39:58 1985
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>  creating horrible races of deformed beings--some scaled, some furred,
>  tiny, winged, and huge. Now Jask, a Pure who retains the original human
>  genetic code, and Tedesco, a great bear with a human mind, are thrown
>  together by their one shared and fatal trait--telepathy. Hunted like
>  animals by the fearful populace, they go in search of The Black Presence--
>  which may be the key to mankind's place in the cosmos."

>The jacket is fairly accurate about the story. The author divides his
>time between Jask learning how to rethink his views on the world
>(and, in particular, about non-Pure creatures), and adventures on the
>way to The Black Presence.

>Duane Morse	...!noao!terak!anasazi!duane

This sounds an awful lot like "Hiero's Journey" by Sterling Lanier
(and its sequel, the name of which escapes me just now).  These two
books are decent "soft", post-holocaust SF, although their depiction
of good/evil is somewhat simplistic (i.e. black-and-white, with no grey). 

I'd recommend 'em, however.  A good rendition of psionics.

          

			"Penfold! I've GOT it!  This grandfather clock
			 is a great big time machine!"

				"Aren't ALL clocks time machines, DM?"

			"No no no, Penfold, this machine travels THROUGH time."

				"Oh...like that Doctor fellow."


				Scott J. Berry
				ihnp4!hou2g!scott