ecl@mtgzy.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (03/05/86)
AFTER THE FLAMES edited by Elizabeth Mitchell
Baen, 1985, $2.95.
A book review by Evelyn C. Leeper
This book consists of three novellas. "The Election" by Robert
Silverberg has nothing particularly new to offer, and is quite predictable--
a disappointment from a talent like Silverberg's. "World War Last" by
Norman Spinrad fits in well with the new wave of "cyber-punk, hackers-save-
the-world" stories that have come along recently. "When Winter Ends" by
Michael Kube-McDowell is a more traditional post-holocaust story tied in
with the "what-would-you-put-in-a-shelter?" question. Not a great
collection, but the Spinrad and Kube-McDowell are worth reading.
Evelyn C. Leeper
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