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From: cpf@lasspvax.UUCP (Courtenay Footman)
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Subject: Beyond the Dar El Harb;  RIP-OFF WARNING!
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Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 13:49:21 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 20 13:49:21 1985
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"Beyond the Dar El Harb" by Gorden Dickson (I may have the title 
slightly wrong) is a sequel to "Jamie the Red", by Dickson and Green.
What is not apparent from cover, front blurb, or rear blurb is that it
is not a novel, but a novella;  the remaining two thirds of the book
are two mediocre Dickson stories that have been published several
times before.

As a novella, the thing is not bad; not all that great, but not bad.
As it was, however, I encountered the biggest surprise ending of any
book that I have ever read.  ("You mean, its over, and the next 150
pages are worthless???"  "Yes.")
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