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From: gek@ihu1j.UUCP (glenn kapetansky)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Snow Queen/World's End
Message-ID: <150@ihu1j.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 13:53:42 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 11 13:53:42 1985
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I just read Joan Vinge's two books, and I just wanted to put in my
two petro-dollars' worth.

Snow Queen is kalaidescopic, and I mean that literally as well as 
colloquially. The plot lines twist and turn and settle into new
patterns, but they all connect subtly to the other lines until
they meat at the end. Well done, and enjoyable.

I wish I could say the same for World's End. A novel (:-) approach,
but poorly done in comparison to Heart of Darkness, which it emulates
(see the opening quotes). Maybe I wouldn't be so critical if it
didn't aspire so high...

-- 
glenn kapetansky                                                      
                                                                        
"Think of it as evolution in action"
                                                                        
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