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Subject: AFTER THE FLAMES edited by E. Mitchell
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 11:19:15 EST
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              AFTER THE FLAMES edited by Elizabeth Mitchell
                            Baen, 1985, $2.95.
                    A book review by Evelyn C. Leeper

     This book consists of three novellas. "The Election" by Robert
Silverberg has nothing particularly new to offer, and is quite predictable--
a disappointment from a talent like Silverberg's.  "World War Last" by
Norman Spinrad fits in well with the new wave of "cyber-punk, hackers-save-
the-world" stories that have come along recently.  "When Winter Ends" by
Michael Kube-McDowell is a more traditional post-holocaust story tied in
with the "what-would-you-put-in-a-shelter?" question.  Not a great
collection, but the Spinrad and Kube-McDowell are worth reading.

					Evelyn C. Leeper
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