Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdcc6.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdcc6!ix241 From: ix241@sdcc6.UUCP (ix241) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: _Valentina-Soul in Sapphire_ Message-ID: <1774@sdcc6.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 15:55:29 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcc6.1774 Posted: Mon Oct 8 15:55:29 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Oct-84 04:49:01 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U.C. San Diego, Computer Center Lines: 14 _Valentina-Soul in Sapphire_; Joseph H. Delany and Mark Siegler _Valentina_ is three shorter works cobbled together. Two appeared in Analog this year (May(?) and September). The book is fun, I think. However, The first appearance of Valentina in Analog caused a bit of an uproar here on the net over the characterization of the two hacker protaganists. The idea of the computer program who wakes up is intriguing. The author's characterization of the title character is good. Some of the other characters are a bit cardboard. The last section is a bit hokey but overall the stories are a good read. John Testa UCSD Chemistry sdcsvax!sdcc6!ix241