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From: Slocum.CSCDA@HI-MULTICS.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU
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Subject: Re: book info req.
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Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 11:43:33 EST
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From: Slocum@HI-MULTICS.ARPA

In regards to the book that was similar to Stasheff's "Warlock ...", I
believe you're talking about the Camolot books by Arthur Landis.  These
consist of "A World Called Camolot", "Camolot in Orbit", and another
book of which I don't the title.  These books were very good.  The main
character is a terran agent sent to Camolot, a world where magic seems
to work.  He was sent there because the previous agents had been sending
some very strange reports up until the reports stopped coming.  This
agent poses as a warrior, and since he comes from a high gravity world,
he has a lot of strength.  He also has some nifty devices with him that
come in handy.  The idea is not to disturb the inhabitants, and not to
let them know that he is from outside.  These devices produce effects
similar to magic.  A very good example of Lazarus Long's comment "A
sufficiently high level of technology is indistinguishable from magic."
(Or something like that.)

Is this the book you meant?

   Brett Slocum
   (Slocum@HI-MULTICS)