Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1j.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihu1j!gek 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 Article-I.D.: ihu1j.150 Posted: Mon Mar 11 13:53:42 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 22:11:45 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 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" ...ihnp4!ihu1j!gek