ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (02/09/86)
AFTER LONDON by Richard Jefferies Oxford University Press, 1885 (1980), $3.95. A book review by Evelyn C. Leeper Billed as one of "The World's Classics," this post-holocaust story is interesting mostly from an historical perspective. Though the afterword deals with the question of how it "all fell apart," the story itself is just another feudal adventure story. (It actually reads a lot like THE CROSS- TIME ENGINEER, which I have also just read and reviewed.) Don't expect rousing adventure, but the literary style is interesting. Evelyn C. Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl ****************************************************************************** * Get a Usenetter on the ballot at Confederation! * * Nominate MARK R. LEEPER for Hugo for Best Fan Writer in 1986! * ******************************************************************************
ncx@cheviot.uucp (Lindsay F. Marshall) (02/13/86)
I can heartily recommend Richard Jeffries as an Author to anyone interested in 19th Century life. His style is a bit dated now (e.g BEVIS - The story of a boy, which is a ripping yarn if there ever was one) but much of the factual information is fascinating. I can recommend "The Gamekeeper at Home" and "Wild Life of a SOuthern County" to anyone interested. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lindsay F. Marshall, Computing Lab., U of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK ARPA : lindsay%cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa JANET : lindsay@uk.ac.newcastle.cheviot UUCP : <UK>!ukc!cheviot!lindsay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------