mason@utcsri.UUCP (Dave Mason) (01/07/86)
This is the first book I have read by Brian Daley. It is about an Earthman who has been left an inheritance that he must go off-planet to collect on. It has a fairly strong primary plot of the adventures on the way, with a fairly subtle sub-plot about political intrigue on Earth (the Earthservice expects to confiscate the inheritance on his return) on a scale of -4..4 I'd rate it a 2-3 The book does not really end cleanly. Daley obviously hopes to have a long string of these. Overall the book has some interesting ideas, but is not one of the "all-time great book"s The sequel: Jinx on a Terran Inheritance is at a comparable level, although I have not yet finished it, so cannot give a definitive opinion. -- Usenet: {dalcs dciem garfield musocs qucis sask titan trigraph ubc-vision utzoo watmath allegra cornell decvax decwrl ihnp4 uw-beaver} !utcsri!mason Dave Mason, U. Toronto CSRI ryesone!mason Dave Mason, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute CSNET: mason@Toronto ARPA: mason%Toronto@CSNet-Relay BITNET: FCTY7053@RYERSON.BITNET