Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site yetti.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!yetti!oz From: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) Newsgroups: net.books,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: THE FLIGHT OF THE DRAGONFLY Message-ID: <235@yetti.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 08:58:29 EDT Article-I.D.: yetti.235 Posted: Tue Aug 20 08:58:29 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 14:20:43 EDT References: <1045@mtgzz.UUCP> Reply-To: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) Organization: York University Computer Science Lines: 24 Xref: utcs net.books:2171 net.sf-lovers:9426 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 -- Usenet: [decvax|allegra|linus|ihnp4]!utzoo!yetti!oz Bitnet: oz@[yusol|yuyetti] You see things; and you say "WHY?" But I dream things that never were; and say "WHY NOT?" G. Bernard Shaw (Back to Methuselah)