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Subject: Steve Rabin on "Godstalk"
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From: Dean Sutherland 

No "sequel warnings" can be blamed strictly on the publisher/editor: it is NOT
the author's fault.  I do believe, however, that there should have been a
sequel warning included.  

Now for your other comments:

@begin
The ONLY plot element "Godstalk" shares with "Breed to Come" is one (1) cat.
In fact the cat in GS is just a cat (which happens to talk), while the cats in
BTC were the intelligent mutated descendants of today's house cats.  NOT a very
close match!  GS is NOT 'a poor womans version of Norton's "Breed
to Come"' it is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT kind of book with ONLY ONE plot element
(out of many) in common!!!!

The plot may be convoluted (OK, "crazed"), but it has quite a few original
ideas which are VERY well presented.  

Over all, I would recommend the book highly to anyone who does not hate
fantasy.

@end

Dean F. Sutherland