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Title:Arcana Caelestia
Notice:Directory listings are in topic 2
Moderator:NETRIX::thomas
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

1133.0. ""A Season for Slaughter" -- fourth Chtorr Book" by SOFBAS::SHERMAN () Mon Feb 22 1993 19:04

    This is the fourth book in Gerrold's series "The War Against the
    Chtorr." I stumbled over ot several weeks ago -- the last copy the
    store had of the initial shipment.
    
    **SPOILERS**
    
    
    This book is, in my opinion, a big improvement over the last one. It
    moves briskly, loses most of the boring crap about "Mode Training," and
    has a number of twists and turns. It is also darker in tone. I highly
    recommend it.
    
    At the end, Gerrold reprints an interview he gave at a SF con about the
    series.
    
    **additional spoilers**
    
    
    There will be at least seven books in this "trilogy."
    
    He already knows precisely how the story will end.
    
    It takes several years to write one of these books, the latest being
    about 222,000 words long (about 550 pages).
    
    
    
    kbs
    
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1133.1KDX200::ROBRThis world is spinning around meMon Feb 22 1993 20:1611
    
    it takes HIM several years to write one :').  (because he always gets
    distracted by other projects :')).  anyway, ive been waiting for this
    book for AGES, i knew it was out but have yet to find it (even at the
    big barnes and noble in nashua).  currently in the middle of dragonbone
    chair (thanks to this conference :')).
    
    ps, we already have a note string for this series.
    
    - rob