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| Title: | Arcana Caelestia |
| Notice: | Directory listings are in topic 2 |
| Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
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| Created: | Thu Dec 08 1983 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1300 |
| Total number of notes: | 18728 |
948.0. "Katherine Kerr "Polar City Blues"" by CASEY::BROCKNEY () Mon Jan 21 1991 15:32
Being an avid reader of both science fiction and murder
mysteries, I was delighted to discover "Polar City Blues".
It's like meeting Kinsey Milhone on Mars!
The action starts on a desert planet called Hagar when a
Confereracy diplomat is found murdered. (The universe
is divided between three political powers: the Confederacy,
the Allies, and the Republic, of which Hagar is a part.)
The obvious suspects are the Allies, and that's just what
police Chief Bates sets out to prove with the help of
Bobbie Lacey, a tough ex-spacer who knows everything there is
to know about Porttown, the white ghetto on Hagar.
The action is non-stop, and the characters are extremely
well-drawn and memorable, all 4 or 5 races of them.
I hope we see more of Lacey and Bates in the future.
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| 948.1 | Not too message laden. | BIGUN::HOLLOWAY | Savage Tree Frogs on Speed | Thu Jun 25 1992 05:47 | 4 |
| A bad cover painting and description have not helped this book in Oz.
I liked it and would recommend it as a "light" read.
David
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