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From: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
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Subject: Re: THE FLIGHT OF THE DRAGONFLY
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 08:58:29 EDT
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Summary: 

I agree with Mark Leeper's review. I have read the book about
a month ago, and had almost exactly the same thoughts about it.
The characters are two-dimensional at best, and some of them
thrown in just to "complete" the crew. Although the gravitational
characteristics of "Roche's World" is interesting, the rest
of the book displays the "Second Book Syndrome". (I.e. Author tries
to pull a similar rabbit out of the hat, except the second rabbit
is ... er ... just a mock-up..)

My rating is the same as Mark's. There are some interesting tidbits
in the book, but it is absolutely no match for "Dragon's Egg".

Btw: My sincere thanks to the regulars of this newsgroup, for some
of whom were kind enough to recommend "Dragon's Egg" to me, upon
my query about some good Hard SF to read. 

Oz
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