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From: israel@umcp-cs.UUCP (Bruce Israel)
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Subject: Dickson's The Final Encyclopedia
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 18:02:56 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 18:02:56 1986
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In article <695@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> scifi@ukc.UUCP (I.L.Sewell) writes:
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>The book may be a good read but in my opinion you read 500+ pages to
>get ..well no where really. I agree Dickson is a good writer I
>wouldn't have the book otherwise, and he keeps you hooked right to
>the end where the book falls flat on its face. Okay there is nothing
>wrong with the end but as the culmination of a twelve(?) volume saga
>and 500+ pages you expect a bit of a climax. 

I had heard originally that tFE was to be the climax, but since it's
come out I've heard different.  Supposedly, before Dickson starts
writing the historical and contemporary novels, he's planning on
writing two more books set in the future.  They are called Chantry
Guild and Childe.  

My guess is that Chantry Guild is going to be set just after the
ending of Necromancer, and cover the evolution of the destruction
oriented Chantry Guild into the Exotics.  I've been wanting more on
the Exotics, since I find them a much more interesting culture than
either the Dorsai or the Friendlies.

Childe, I would guess would be the culmination of the series
(especially since its called The Childe Cycle).  Hopefully, that will
have in it both the final battle between Hal and Bleys, as well as
what I was expecting to be in tFE, i.e. the merging together of the
Splinter Culture mentalities to form a new and improved form of human
being.

Bruce
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Bruce Israel

University of Maryland, Computer Science Dept.
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