@RUTGERS.ARPA,@MIT-MC:G.ZEEP@MIT-EECS (04/23/85)
From: Wang Zeep <G.ZEEP%MIT-EECS@MIT-MC.ARPA> [I wish people would read all of the SF-Lovers.....] As I've mentioned before, Powers wrote two (or three, if you count Drawing of the Dark) "lost" books. "Epitaph in Rust" is set in a similar universe to "Dinner...," but not identical: it has a strong Church, android breweries, etc. "The Skys Discrowned" is about a young man missing an ear who saves a planet. The first FKFreas art book has its cover work. Both are "Laser Books," Roger Elwood's attempt at turning SF into a packaged series like the Harlequin romances (Laser was financed by H.). This may account for their scarcity -- the Lasers were heavily returned, and many used bookstores won't carry anything from Elwood. Reissues of these would not be too embarrassing to Powers, but they really aren't that good. Pretty fluffy. MITSFS has them in Special Reserve (Paperback), so they must be rare. wz -------