chabot@miles.DEC (Bits is bits) (05/13/85)
> -- Josh Susser <Susser.pasa@Xerox.arpa> > /In the Ocean of Night/ is set in the near future, and involves > humankind's first contacts with alien intelligence. As science fiction, > this book is very believable. As a novel, this book is a work of art. > While I was slightly annoyed at the way Benford chose to end this book,... Benford consistently fails on this point: endings. If you can't end it properly, it's not art, it's not a novel. L S Chabot ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-AMBER!chabot chabot%AMBER.dec@decwrl.arpa