| I can't tell you about DAVID"S SLING -- haven't read the book,
though I've ordered the hypertext Macintosh version. Three recent
books which I can recommend that might meet your tastes are FIRST FLIGHT by
Chris Claremont (ACE 0-441-23584-0 $2.95), METROPHAGE by Richard
Kadrey (ACE 0-441-52813-9 $2.95), and MERCEDES NIGHTS by Michael
D. Weaver (ST. MARTINS PRESS 0-312-01066-4 $16.95).
None of the authors are particularly well-known, but I suspect are
going to have very successful careers. Claremont's book has both
solid technology and a solid story -- it reminded me of early Heinlein.
Kadrey's book has a cyberpunk sensibility to it, but stands out
in the crowded cyberpunk field as being completely different from
its peers. I have to admit that I didn't like Weaver's book all
that much. But people whose opinion I respect liked it a great deal.
I think, like everybody, I go through periods where every book I seem
to read proves out Sturgeon's Law. Happily, every now and then the
trend reverses and I hit a number of good books one after another.
Fred
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| Well, I finished David's Sling and was reasonably impressed! It
was highly reccomended on the Arpanet RISKS digest, and rightly
so, but as SF_with_rivets (my favorite) it did fairly well. I'd
give it about 4 out of 5. I had a few problems with realism (if
the soviets attacked Europe, wouldn't you expect them to knock down
just a few imaging satellites and maybe think about some ECM?),
but overall it began to restore my faith in SF.
Willie
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