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From: nathan@orstcs.UUCP (nathan)
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Subject: Spider Robinson
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Date: Sat, 25-Jan-86 21:25:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 25 21:25:00 1986
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Nf-From: orstcs!nathan    Jan 25 18:25:00 1986

Does anyone remember the posting some weeks/months back about
Spider Robinson and his wife asking for donations for her
dance troupe?  I sent them a money order, and got a couple of very
nice letters and some very interesting stories.  To the person
who posted the note, thank you.

About Spider Robinson's writing: I've been following him since the
early Callahan days.  It's very heartening to have seen him improving
steadily -- first, he mastered short stories (cf. "Overdose"); then
novelettes and novellas (cf. the stories Stardance, Telempath and
Mindkiller came from).  He's still working on novels, and hasn't
*quite* worked out endings yet, but he manages more depth with
each new work.  My personal opinion is that he won't achieve Greatness
(whatever that is) until he gets out from of Bob Heinlein's shadow.

"Night of Power" isn't perfect, but any flaws it has lie in its
overall organization.  The writing is vivid, gripping, and imaginative.
This is not a trivial book.  

	Nathan C. Myers		orstcs!nathan, nathan@oregon-state