Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!columbia!topaz!@RUTGERS.ARPA:SRA@MIT-XX.ARPA From: @RUTGERS.ARPA:SRA@MIT-XX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Chalker Message-ID: <842@topaz.ARPA> Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 10:57:17 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.842 Posted: Sat Mar 2 10:57:17 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Mar-85 02:09:26 EST Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 19 From: Rob AusteinThe Four Lords of the Diamond seems to be getting bad press around here. I liked it, anyway, and I didn't notice any deformed women in it. Certainly the series ends on a somewhat appocolyptic note, but it's worth reading. It's actually about as "hard" sf as he has written. The Dancing Gods books are fun if you can put up with a series that is a parody of itself (a barbarian named Joe?!?). War of Shadows is also a good standalone, particularly if you like quadruple-bluff what-the-bleep-is-going-on stories. His other stuff has mostly been mentioned. I agree that his politics tend to repeat in most of his books, but this goes for most authors I have read. --Rob -------