ctj@msudoc.UUCP (Chris T. Johnson {msucl Systems}) (02/13/86)
===================Food for the Line Eater================= "Wind Child" by R.M. Meluch Score: Beginning: 4, Middle: 4, End: 4, Overall: 6+ Blurb: Born of wind and woman. Daniel East's mother was dead. Laure Lafayette-Remington East, the only person who had ever been able to speak with the Kistraalians, the wind beings who'd called Aeolis their home long before humans transformed it into a paradise planet for the very wealthy. Alive, Laure could have warned the winds about the human weapon that could threaten their very existence. Now Daniel alone remained to carry his mother's message of survival. But to accomplish his mission Daniel had to learn how to communicate with the winds. And in the learning, he discovered a ten-thousand-year-old secret that sent him rocketing across the galaxy in search of a living legend which could herald the beginning of a new age or the final extinction of an entire race... Opinion: A sad statement of person-kinds treatment of the unknown. The story is very much an tear-jerking statement of how man has treated the natives of any land. Within the story are some interesting moments when you must cry out shame that humans can be this way. Some of the ideas seem to come from the expansion of the pioneers in to the lands of the native american indian. The total parinoia of the military leaders is a good example. There is also some strong statements on the ideas of possession of land and "things". Overall, the book was a very nice change from my standard book diet. I think that most people willing to read SF will like the book for its slightly diffrent handling of human expansion into space. /eom ctj ..!ihnp4!msudoc!ctj (Chris Johnson) "Me read a lot? You must be kidding. I use them for wall coverings"