jerryh@SDCSVAX.ARPA (06/08/85)
From: crash!jerryh@SDCSVAX.ARPA
I've been following SF-Lovers for a few months now, and I'm surprised that no-
one has said anything about Somtow Sutcharitkul's Inquestor Series. The books
in the series are:
o Light On The Sound
o The Throne Of Madness
o Utopia Hunters
o The Darkling Wind
I'm not going to say anything about these books (no spoilers), but this set of
four novels is probably some of the finest F&SF to be written in the last 20
years. Admittedly, there must be a small suspension of disbelief on the part
of the reader, but Sutcharitkul's skill as a wordsmith more than makes up for
the minor inconsistencies that are the basis for the story. I really can't
stress my delight with these books strongly enough -- every time I have some-
one over who's interested in F&SF I drag them over to the bookcase and beat
them over the head with one of the paperbacks (in some cases I've written the
names of the books on a piece of scrap paper and forced them to take it home).
But! Don't judge the rest of Somtow Sutcharitkuls' work by these four books.
His other writing, with the exception of Starship & Haiku, is trash (I was
heartbroken!). He even wrote a story for the (gag! choke! barf!) "V" paper-
back series called "V - The Alien Swordmaster". Spare toilet tissue...
Anyway: PLEASE do yourself a favor and beg, borrow or steal copies of these
books and read them. They will become four of your most prized possessions.
Jerry Hewett {crash!jerryh@ucsd}