Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watrose.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watrose!mwnorman From: mwnorman@watrose.UUCP (mwnorman) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: "M.A. Foster - I like him. Anyone else?" Message-ID: <7139@watrose.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 15:23:19 EST Article-I.D.: watrose.7139 Posted: Fri Dec 7 15:23:19 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 03:47:56 EST Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 32 FROM : mwnorman@watrose (Mike Norman - student-at-large; U of Waterloo) Hi! This my first attempt at getting something posted to the net, so please be patient with me (i.e like if I've left anything out from the header, break any ettiquette (sp?) rules, fart rudely, etc ...) I'd like to know if anyone out there in net-land has heard of a SF author by the name of M.A. Foster? He/she (I don't know which) did "Warriors of Dawn", "Game Players of Zan", "Waves" ... etc In my opinion, this person is just a fantastic writer. It seems to me that he (in the generic-use-mode) must have a very solid grounding in social pyschology AND math. He likes most to play with different societies which he constructs with great detail. I don't mean that there is alot of volume there, its just that what he presents is so believable. The characters are interesting as well. He usually doesn't draw upon the usual North-American cultures when he does the background history of these people (or planets). Its quite refreshing to see something very new and very good at the same time. Mike Norman (student-at-large - a little too large right now, I've got to lose some weight. Anyone out there want some? Going cheap! University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ...allegra!watmath!watrose!mwnorman - the allegra machine is the only one that I know of that gets here.